December 2017 News - Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security
 
 

Brown-water warships to become priority for Russian navy development - part 1
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Russia is losing perspectives as a global sea power. Such conclusions can be drawn from official Defense Ministry statements about navy development priorities in the coming ten years. The so-called brown-water or inner maritime zone warships are to become a priority, expert Alexander Shishkin writes in the Vzglyad business daily.
 

Scorpene-class Submarine INS Kalvari Commissioned into the Indian Navy
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INS Kalvari Scorpene Submarine India 1
The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi commissioned INS Kalvari (S-21), the first of the six Scorpene class submarines built under Project 75 (Kalvari Class) into the Indian Navy at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai today (14 Dec 17). The event marked the formal induction into the Navy of the first of the six submarines being constructed at Mazagon Docks Ltd., in collaboration with the French builder M/s Naval Group.
 

Russian Navy Chief: Project 22350M Frigates to become main blue and green-water warships
 
Upgraded project 22350 frigate Russia IMDS 2017 The Main Russian navy command and the Admiralty coordination council of navy veteran organizations held a joint meeting in St. Petersburg. Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolev delivered a report on fleet buildup in 2017 and prospects up to 2030.
 

Thales celebrates launch of first large vessel under Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy
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Thales celebrated the launch of the first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel OFSV
On December 8, 2017 Thales celebrated the launch of the first Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV) at Seaspan Shipyards. This first of class vessel represents a remarkable achievement as the first large non-combat ship to be designed and built under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), demonstrating the domestic shipbuilding industry’s strength and capabilities.
 

Russia may face challenges with diesel submarines on world market - Part 2
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PLAN Chinese Kilo in service
Efficient engagement of Russian naval hardware in Syria seems to have created all preconditions for its successful marketing, including diesel-electric submarines of project 636 and their various export options, arms technology expert and PhD Technical Sciences Nikolai Novichkov writes in the Military-Industrial Courier.
 

U.S. Navy Completes Dual LRASM Test Against Moving Targets
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LRASM dual test US Navy 1
rThe U.S. Navy is closer to delivering its new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) after completing another milestone test flight from an Air Force B-1B Lancer Dec. 8 over Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California. During the test, aircrew aboard the B-1B simultaneously launched two missiles against multiple moving maritime targets for the first time.
 

Russian Navy Project 11711 Landing Ship LST Ivan Gren Trials Continue
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LST Project 11711 Ivan Gren Russia
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren built by the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia has embarked and disembarked armored vehicles during the trials, Russian Baltic Fleet spokesman Roman Martov told TASS.
 

France Orders an Additional Light Patrol Vessel PLG for Antilles
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French Navy Guyana-based Light Patrol Vessel PLG La Confiance is Now on Active Duty
French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced today that a third PLG (Patrouilleur Léger Guyanais or French Guyana-based Light Patrol Vessel) was ordered on December 1st from the Socarenam shipyard. On September 24 2017, French Minister Florence Parly announced that a PLG would be ordered in the coming weeks for delivery "as soon as possible" by 2019. The patrol vessel will be based in the French Antilles likely homeported in Martinique where the French Navy (Marine Nationale) has a permanent naval base.
 

Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel Lauge Koch Commissioned with Royal Danish Navy
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Knud Rasmussen class patrol vessel Lauge Koch
The Royal Danish Navy commissioned the third and final Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel during in a ceremony at Naval Station Korsør on December 11th. , HDMS Lauge Koch (P572) was handed over to the Navy by General Lieutenant Flemming Lentfer who declared "It is a ship of the time".
 

Russia may face challenges with diesel submarines on world market - Part 1
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Efficient engagement of Russian naval hardware in Syria seems to have created all preconditions for its successful marketing, including diesel-electric submarines of project 636 and their various export options, arms technology expert and PhD Technical Sciences Nikolai Novichkov writes in the Military-Industrial Courier.
 

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