NAVAL NEWS AUGUST 2021

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Turkish Coast Guard Command displays SAGAPRO unmanned underwater vehicle (miniROV) at IDEX, the International Defense Exhibition. The miniROV is made by Desistek Inc. that is the first manufacturer company of portable underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems in Turkey.

During IDEF, the International Defense Exhibition that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 20 August 2021, Dearsan Shipyard displays a model of Corvette C92, that named Deniz Han by the Turkmen Naval Forces after its launch.

Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) displays Close Air Defence System YHSS at IDEF, the International Defense Exhibition that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 20 August 2021. Established in 1950, MKE is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with military products.

At IDEF, the International Defense Exhibition that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 20 August 2021, Ares Shipyard from Turkey, showcases Ares 85 Hercules Fast Patrol Boat. Founded in 2006 by the Kalafatoğlu Family, ARES Shipyard was initially established to produce pleasure craft and fishing boats, based on the family’s long tradition of shipbuilding and sailing.

According to information published by Naval Air Systems Command on August 12, 2021, the last E-2C Hawkeye to complete the planned maintenance interval two (PMI-2) procedure at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) departed the command’s test line August 3 to Carrier Airborne Early Squadron 116 (VAW-116) stationed at Naval Base Ventura County.

According to information published by Korea on August 13, 2021, the ceremony for the handover, acquisition and commissioning of the Republic of Korea Navy's submarine Dosan Ahn Chang-ho (SS-083) held at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. The vessel is the nation's first in the 3,000-ton class designed and built with domestic technology.

According to information published by the Indian Ministry of Defense on August 6, 2021, keels of the first warship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC) project and the third warship of Survey Vessel Large (SVL) project for the Indian Navy were laid virtually by VAdm SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of Naval Staff.

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