NAVAL NEWS JANUARY 2023

Navy Forces Naval Maritime Defense Security Industry

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According to information published by the US DoD on January 18, 2023, BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota, is awarded a $71,909,045 definite-quantity, fixed-price incentive, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price economic price adjustment contract for the manufacture and delivery of five Columbia-class submarine components.

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According to information published by Global Times on January 19, 2023, China delivered the world’s first seaborne drone carrier, the Zhu Hai Yun, capable of operating on its own. The unmanned carrier can be controlled remotely and navigate autonomously in open water. It will undertake marine scientific research and other observations.

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According to information published by the US DoD on January 18, 2023, in recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. The ship could be the Vishnya-class intelligence ship Kareliya.

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According to information published by the US DoD on January 12, 2023, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) completed a weapons-handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Mississippi to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) assets ashore and back to the submarine, while moored at HMAS Stirling Naval Base.

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According to a PR published by Thales on January 18, 2023, the Ministries of Defence of France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, represented by OCCAR, have signed a contract renewal with Thales for the maintenance and support of the S1850M volume search radars in use by their Navies.

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