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May 2018 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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Boeing inducted the first F/A-18 into the Service Life Modification program, which will modernize and extend the life of the U.S. Navy Super Hornet fleet. The Super Hornet, which returned to Boeing St. Louis in early April, received a warm welcome during a ceremony on May 4 attended by U.S. Navy representatives, local elected officials and Boeing employees.
The first Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette Uragan will start its shipbuilders trials in Lake Ladoga in mid-May, Chief of the Russian Navy’s Shipbuilding Department Rear-Admiral Vladimir Tryapichnikov said.
Thales is pleased to announce that the first Sea Fire radar for the French Navy’s FTI future medium-size frigates programme is now in production. The Sea Fire is fully solid-state multifunction radar with a four-panel phased array antenna. It is designed for roles ranging from ship self-defence to extended air defence, providing protection from conventional, asymmetric and emerging air and surface threats.
India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) contractor has developed a prototype of an inclined launcher for the PJ-10 BRAHMOS cruise missile, according to the press department of the company.
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $175 million contract for more than 7,000 cost-efficient Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS©) laser-guided rockets.
Since early April, nearly 350 French Navy sailors and their aircraft are deployed in the Norfolk area, home of the Carrier Air Wing 8. As the first (land-based) phase of Chesapeake mission 2018 comes to an end, the Marine Nationale (French Navy) released several pictures showing how its "sailors of the sky" maintain their skills and confirm their high level of interoperability with their American allies.
Russia’s Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren built by the Yantar Shipyard in west Russia has completed its sea trials and returned to the shipyard, shipyard spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said. The Yantar Shipyard is a subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). The start of fabrication signifies the first 100 tons of steel have been cut.
The German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime unmanned aircraft system. The Puma systems will include the Mantis i45 sensor and pocket Remote Video Terminal (p/RVT). AeroVironment partnered with ESG to satisfy the requirement of the Bundesamt fur Ausrustung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) for an urgent operational requirement.
The second serial-produced (third overall) Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette Shkval has been launched at the Pella Shipyard in the Leningrad Region in northwest Russia.
An autonomous minesweeper system that can safely clear sea lanes of mines has been handed over to the Royal Navy. Following a period of successful trials the demonstrator system could go on to be used by the Royal Navy in the future to defeat the threat of modern digital mines.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program announced the successful completion of two days of at-sea testing of the AN/SLQ-61 Lightweight Tow (LWT) Torpedo Defense Mission Module (TDMM), May 2.
U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. John Richardson, announced the establishment of U.S. 2nd Fleet during a change of command ceremony for U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) in Norfolk, May 4.
The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) successfully completed acceptance trials May 3 after spending a day underway off the coast of Maine. DDG 116 is the first Arleigh Burke-class, "Flight IIA: Technology Insertion" variant. "Technology Insertion" ships are fitted with elements from the future DDG 51 Flight III.
Two reliable GE LM2500 marine gas turbines now power the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) newest destroyer JS Asahi (DD119). This first of two new destroyers in the JMSDF’s Asahi-class destroyer program was recently commissioned by the JMSDF. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Japan.
The UK and Norway advanced their plans for international Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) co-operation in the North Atlantic, as the nations’ defence ministers flew in an American P-8A Poseidon from RAF Lossiemouth this week.
Critical design work on the Royal Australian Navy’s Future Submarine Program will move to South Australia from 2022, fueling more local jobs and investment. The 12 new submarines will be constructed in Adelaide, utilizing a national supply chain and ensuring this $50 billion initiative is completed with Australian expertise.
Workers of the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia have completed the fitting-out of the Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika and started its dock trials, the shipyard’s press office said.
China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three outposts in the South China Sea according to several media outlets (the first one being U.S. news network CNBC), citing U.S. intelligence sources.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started construction of the Philippine Navy’s first of two future guided missile frigate. The steel-cutting ceremony was held on May 1st at the HHI shipyard in Ulsan.
