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BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year, $US 80 million contract from the US Navy to maintain and enhance the communications and the connectivity of the US Navy and the Joint forces across the Pacific.
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January 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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Spanish shipmaker Navantia is to build a new Avante 2200-type corvette for Saudi Arabia, on the basis of a $US 2.2 billion contract which was signed last year for the procurement of 5 Avante 2200 corvettes.
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According to Lockheed Martin, The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Wichita (LCS 13) – the nation's seventh Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – at Naval Station Mayport on January 12 2019, before a crowd including active-duty and veteran sailors. This milestone places the ship, built by the Lockheed Martin (LMT)-led team into active service.
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According to Lockheed Martin (LMT), the company has received a $US 172 million contract from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production.
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Saab has signed a contract with Vard Group AS to take on the communication integrator role for the Norwegian Coast Guard project P6615.
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According to the U.S. Naval Institute, the U.S. Navy could consider the conversion of merchant ships into missile ships as the solution to reach the goal of a 355-ship force (which reaches only 290 ships nowadays).
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The U.S. Navy appears to test brand new combat groups, combining an Alreigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer with a San Antonio-class Landing Platform Dock, to adapt itself to the Chinese Navy in their conflict emerging in the South China Sea.
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Leidos has been awarded $US 36 million worth contract from the US Naval Sea Systems Command to develop Next Generation Countermeasures (NGCM) torpedo countermeasures for submarine defense.
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The Indian Navy has successfully tested the air-drop of logistics containers designed for air-droppable support intended to enhance its operational logistics capability at sea.
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In addition to its Naval Combat Systems Integration Support Services (NCSISS) previous contract, BAE Systems will provide both UK aircraft carriers – HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales – world class complex system engineering.
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Leonardo DRS is building its second generation of Integrated Electric Drive (IED) and Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) propulsion systems, to be used by the U.S. Coast Guards Offshore Patrol Cutter, the Korean FFX frigates and the U.S. Navy FFGX ships.
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Boieng has been awarded a $US 9,2 million contract from the US Navy Sea Systems to integrate the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC) on the P-8A Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft.
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The Russian Navy appears to be planning to buy 6 transparent bathyscaphes, aimed to be used for underwater special operations.
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The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) has awarded Indian company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) the acquisition project for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s Light Armor System Upgrade (LARSU), for a budget of $US 14 million.
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Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it was awarded a contract worth $US 15 million from Energean Israel Ltd. (a subsidiary of Energean Oil and Gas plc) to provide a security solution for their Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform.
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According to TASS, the Russian Navy is considering a new version of its ship-based Kalibr cruise missiles, the Kalibr-M.
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According to MBDA, at the end of 2018, MBDA successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstration firing that was performed from a SIMBAD-RC automated naval turret firing from the land against a fast moving remotely-controlled semi-rigid boat more than 3 kilometres off the coast. The scenario was intended to be representative of the selfprotection of a vessel against an asymmetric threat (commando or terrorist attack).
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According to a Japanese official, Japan and India are in talks on a proposal to procure India up to 12 ShinMaywa Japanese US-2 amphibious aircraft.
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It appears that the US Navy has tested, last summer, new ammunition for its existing weapons on destroyers and cruisers. This new type of ammunition is called the Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP) and can reach speeds up to Mach 3.
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The Royal Thai Navy has announced its desire to purchase the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) U-1 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), produced by RV Connex Company Ltd (RV Connex).
