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According to a tweet published by the Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications on May 23, 2022, the Turkish President Erdogan performed the first welding of the Reis-class submarine Selmanreis at Gölcük Shipyard Command.
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According to a PR published by Schiebel on May 25, 2022, the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) is operating the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 for maritime surveillance. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service is delivered by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
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According to a PR published by Saab on May 24, 2022, the firm has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for a new torpedo tube for lightweight torpedos. The order value is approximately SEK 150 million, and there is an option to increase the quantity of the order. Deliveries will take place in 2023.
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According to a tweet published by Naval News on May 24, 2022, the Royal Thai Navy reportedly received Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack Unmanned Aerial System from the United States.
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According to a PR published by Austal on May 23, 2022, the company successfully launched the 17th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Augusta (LCS 34).
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According to a PR published by Damen Shipyards on May 24, 2022, in a ceremony held at Simons Town Naval Base, the first of three, state-of-the-art, Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPVs) has been handed over to the South African Navy.
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According to information published by Военный Осведомитель on May 23, 2022, the new Project 20380 (Steregushchiy-class) corvette Mercury for the Russian Navy went on sea trials.
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According to information published by Global Times on May 24, 2022, the Liaoning aircraft carrier group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has reportedly returned to the East China Sea from its far sea training.
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According to information published by the U.S. DoD on May 24, 2022, the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said that Denmark will provide a Harpoon launcher and missiles to help Ukraine defend its coast.
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According to a PR published by Northrop Grumman on May 23, 2022, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard USS Jackson providing military commanders greater maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capability.
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According to information published by the U.S. DoD on May 21, 2022, the U.S. Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) in Duluth, Minnesota.
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According to a tweet published by the AK Party on May 23, 2022, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a speech at a ceremony held for the docking of the Hızırreis submarine.
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According to information published by Tass on May 20, 2022, the Pacific Fleet will receive the nuclear-powered submarines Knyaz Oleg and Novosibirsk and the diesel-electric submarines Magadan in 2022.
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According to a tweet published by the Turkish Ministry of Defense on May 20, 2022, the third Pakistanese Babur-class corvette was launched during a ceremony attended by the Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif.
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According to a tweet published by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force on May 23, 2022, the Murasame-class destroyer JS Harusame departed from Sasebo for counter-piracy enforcement in the Gulf of Aden.
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According to information published by Военный Осведомитель on May 20, 2022, the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will complete its repairs in September 2022 in Murmansk.
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According to Ukrinform, the threat of Russian missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine remains as three cruise missile carriers with up to 24 missiles are ready to strike from the Black Sea.
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On May 13, 2022, Al Emarat, the second Gowind corvette ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Naval Group, has been launched in Lorient in presence of an official delegation from the United Arab Emirates Navy.
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SEVASTOPOL, May 19. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Admiral Makarov frigate of project 11356 will likely become the flagship of the Black Sea fleet after the Moskva cruiser caught fire and sank, a source in Crimean security agencies told TASS. “Following the loss of Moskva, one of the three projects 11356 frigates may become the new flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet. So far, the Admiral Makarov has been chosen,” he said. TASS could not obtain official confirmation of the report.
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The U.S. Navy has commissioned the future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on Saturday, May 14, in Charleston, South Carolina. The USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the first ship to honor Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr., the first Black Marine Corps aviator and the first Black Marine Corps officer promoted to brigadier general. When Petersen retired in 1988 after 38 years of service, he was, by date of designation, the senior-ranking aviator in the Department of the Navy.
