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The Indonesian Navy has selected BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun system for the country’s KCR-60 fast-attack vessel program. The initial contracts with government-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia include four 57 Mk3 gun systems.
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August 2019 news
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The Indonesian Navy has selected BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun system for the country’s KCR-60 fast-attack vessel program. The initial contracts with government-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia include four 57 Mk3 gun systems.
Teledyne Instruments has received a contract from the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center to provide autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to U.S. Navy. This contract also includes the supply of related monitoring and communications acoustic systems.
Fully refreshed after more than two years of refitting, the US Navy’s oldest guided-missile submarine, USS Ohio (SSGN 726), is once again ready to set sail, the PSNS & IMF Public Affairs said on August 15, 2019.
Raytheon Company and the US Navy completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, VA. In the first test the radar searched for, detected, identified and tracked numerous targets – including commercial aircraft. In a second exercise, the maturity of EASR integration enabled the radar to track multiple targets continuously for several hours during a test event involving another system.
The mine countermeasures ships USS Sentry (MCM 3), USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) of United States completed operations July 5-18 in the Arabian Gulf.
During the visit of the Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday, August 2019, Bahrain has announced that it will join the U.S.-led military coalition to provide safe passage for shipping around the Persian Gulf and Yemen.
HMAS Hobart (III) has become the first Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyer of Australian Navy to fire a missile (RIM-66 Standard Missile 2) in Australian waters. It was a test before the commencement of their Unit Readiness Evaluation (URE).
Russia has released a video, on August 16, 2019, showing the first trial test with the Project 636.3 “Improved Kilo-class aka "Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski” submarine. This submarine is considered to be the most noiseless among Russian diesel-electric submarines.
The Tuo Chiang-class corvette is a Taiwanese-designed class of fast and stealthy multi-mission corvettes built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy.
On July 17th, 2019, the naming and launching ceremony for the DDG HAGURO was held at Yokohama Shipyard Isogo Works, Japan Marine United Corp. The JS Haguro (DDG-180) is a Maya-class guided-missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Haguro was named for Mount Haguro.
Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan hosted Norwegian State Secretary Tone Skogen to discuss NATO and the UK’s role in the North Atlantic. The UK is investing £3 billion in nine new Boeing Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, with Norway committing to a further five. The aircraft are sophisticated submarine-hunters designed to scout complex undersea threats.
JFD, underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defence diving markets, and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced its acquisition of all the assets, IP and designs rights of Ortega Submersibles BV, the Netherlands-based submersible boat designer and manufacturer.
The sensor solutions provider Hensoldt will equip the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel “Svalbard” with the latest version of its TRS-3D naval radar and MSSR 2000 I IFF (Identification friend or foe) System. This is already the second upgrade contract from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency as Hensoldt is already under contract to equip the three new Arctic Coast Guard Vessels in the P6615 Program with the upgraded radar and IFF system.
The first steel was cut for HMS Cardiff, the second ship in the Royal Navy’s next generation of Type 26 anti-submarine frigates, August 14, 2019. British defence Procurement Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan cut the steel for the UK’s newest warship at a ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Govan on the River Clyde.
Portsmouth-based warships HMS Kent and HMS Defender today left their homeport to embark on operations to the Gulf and Asia Pacific respectively.
China's second aircraft carrier can carry at least 36 domestically developed J-15 fighter jets, some 50 percent more than the country's first, China's state broadcaster reported on August 13.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd launched the fifth Fast Patrol Vessel on Saturday, Aug 10., Pooja Mehta reports on WION.
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded $23,099,311 for cost-plus fixed-fee task order against previously awarded basic ordering agreementto accomplish advance planning, material procurement and accomplishment of work in support of the post shakedown availability (PSA) of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa.
The Project 22350 newest frigate Admiral Kasatonov will set off for Baltic Sea ranges in the coming week for the concluding stage of shipbuilders’ trials, Russian Navy Spokesman Captain 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said on August 13.
The USS Bataan (LHD 5) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) of U.S. navy completed its first Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise August 5, 2019. The USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy.