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January 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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India appears to be seeking to extend its influence on the Indian Ocean region by increasing its parternships with regional countries. Therefore, India is to renew its offer of procuring the Maldives Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems (CSRS).
The Russian Defense Ministry will get a smaller option of Tsirkon hypersonic antiship missile to arm Karakurt-class corvettes of project 22800 and Buyan-M-class corvettes of project 21631.
The Indian Navy, in association with the Indian Coast Guard, have taken a series of exercises on the Indian coasts to increase its security response to terrorism. This took place ten years after a terrific terror attack, launched by Pakistani terrorists, in which 166 people died.
The main base of the Northern fleet submarines, Gadzhievo garrison in Murmansk region held a gala ceremony to open the first multirole training facility for divers, rescuers, mountain and assault missions, the fleet said. "Submarine fleet Commander Rear Admiral Arkady Romanov and representative of the design bureau Vladislav Zanin participated in the ceremony," it said.
From 2018, Italy had discussed its Special and Diving Operations - Submarine Rescue Ship (SDO-SuRS) programme for which an amount of € 424 million ($US 480 million) has been unblocked. This year, this acquisition programme is to be launched by the Naval Armament Directorate of the Italian MoD.
The Spanish government has confirmed that Navantia is to start the construction of 5 units of its new class of frigates, the F-110, this May.
CNIM Group, a French industrial contractor, has been chosen by the French Navy (taking the lead on its rivals Kership and CMN) to deliver 14 new landing craft (LCU type), the EDA-S, to replace its aging CTM (previous verison of the LCU).
Global PCCI (a joint venture) has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, worth $US 250 million, from the US DoD for the Emergency Ship Salvage Material (ESSM) system.
L3 ASV announced the completion of a series of demonstrations at the Australian Defence Showcase, Autonomous Warrior 18, in Jervis Bay, Australia. In support of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), L3 ASV operated a 9-metre (30ft) vessel outfitted with advanced autonomous navigation capability for reconnaissance, interdiction and patrol tasks.
The Swedish Navy has decided to acquire two BAE Systems Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm guns in order to arm its vessels.
The Maltese MoD has signed a €35 million contract with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the building of a second offshore patrol vessel named P71.
According to Thales, at the end of 2018, the first ship from the Mexican Navy’s new POLA (Patrullera Oceanica de Largo Alcance) class, ARM Reformador, was launched at the ASTIMAR-20 shipyard in Salina Cruz, Mexico. Thales joins with the Mexican Navy in celebrating this key milestone and is proud to support the Mexican Navy in its ambition to safeguard Mexican territorial waters.
Norway-based Østensjø Rederi is contracted to deliver the future HMZS Resolution (also known as ‘Edda Fonn’) to the New Zealand Ministry of Defense in 2019 with an integrated ROV and dive system amongst its upgrades.
The newest minesweeper Ivan Antonov of project 12700 (Aleksandrit) has finished state trials. The ship’s crew is getting ready for a ceremony of hoisting the St. Andrew’s flag of the Russian Navy scheduled for January 26. All the acceptance documents on the completion of state trials were signed earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
L3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract for work on the Royal Canadian Navy’s Joint Support Ships (JSS) from the Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan Shipyards.
The US Navy plans to change the way their fleet have been developing since the Cold War. Their actual objective is to construct smaller ships that are cheaper to maintain and to upgrade, and unmanned ships could be the key. An other option could be the conversion of civil ships into missile ships.
According to USNI, the US Navy is currently planning to replace its actual auxiliary ships by two new hulls, under the Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP) program.
As reported on its website, Saab is pleased to announce the launch of its laser warning system portfolio in the U.S., which includes mature technologies for both land and naval domains, and is ready to meet the specific needs and requirements of the U.S. Armed Forces. Multiple technology demonstrations are planned in 2019.
Raytheon has announced its brand new agreement with Phoenix Products Inc. (PPI) for the production of the Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) required by the US Department of Defense (DoD) for the U.S. Navy.
The U.S. Navy has estimated that the developing and procuring of a fleet of 72 MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft will cost $US 15.2 billion, nearly $US 2 billion more than the original estimate of $US 13.3 billion.
