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The Indian Defense ministry is expected to move forward with the procurement of 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters by this year’s end, Franz-Stefan Gady reports on The Diplomat.
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JULY 2019 news
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The Indian Defense ministry is expected to move forward with the procurement of 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters by this year’s end, Franz-Stefan Gady reports on The Diplomat.
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary saw its numbers bolstered as RFA Tideforce – the last of four new-generation tankers – was welcomed into the Fleet.
The inventor, test pilot and former Royal Marines Reservist headed into the Solent with fast patrol boat HMS Dasher and a couple of boats to test his jet-powered body suit over the water for the first time. The real-life Ironman has demonstrated the potential of his jet-powered suit to the Royal Marines, joined them for amphibious landings and wowed the crowds at Yeovilton at the Fleet Air Arm’s annual show.
According to the Twitter account of the Chief of Australian Navy, the Australian Navy has used for the first time LHD Landing Craft to carry M1A1 Abrams main battle tank and perform landing operations aboard LCM-1E (Landing Craft Mechanical 1E) during the bilateral defense exercise with the US, Talisman Sabre 2019.
The Japanese defence ministry plans to introduce about 20 large, unmanned helicopters to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers and other ships. The helicopter model is expected to be selected in fiscal 2022, with the procurement starting in fiscal 2023.
Russian corvettes of project 20380 will get innovative radars which detect both aircraft, anti-ship missiles and small drones. Together with Redut air defense, the radars make the corvettes practically invulnerable for air attacks, the Izvestia daily writes.
BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles will replace Klub-N anti-ship missiles as the Talwar-class’ primary weapon system, Franz-Stefan Gady reports on The Diplomat.
The sixth of eight indigenously built Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ships 'LCU L 56' was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command, on July 29 at Visakhapatnam.
U.S. Navy has announced that it conducts tests of newest and revolutionary unmanned aircraft, called the V-BAT, at the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1).
India is set to hand over Myanmar its first ever submarine, with a Kilo class boat likely to be sent across this year after being refitted indigenously. The INS Sindhuvir will be used by the Myanmar Navy — which is looking at acquiring its own submarine fleet in the coming years — for training purposes.
According to a news published on the Philippine news agency website, July 25, 2019, the Navy of Philippines shown interest to purchase French Scorpene-class submarines designed and manufactured by the Company Naval Group. The Philippines Ministry of Defense is also looking into the proposals made by Russia, South Korea, Germany and France for the submarine acquisition program.
Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has announced the newest Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ship (T-ATS 8) will be named Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek in honor of the history, service and contributions of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
The German Navy has approved the acquisition of two new ship tankers referred as Type 707 to replace the old Type 704 ships that were built in the 1970s. The new tanker vessels are scheduled to replace their predecessors from 2024.
The "Seine", the third of the four new naval support and metropolitan support ships BSAM Loire-class vessel (former BSAH) of the French Navy, was commissioned to active service on 24 July, 2019.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program will begin developmental testing on an Independence-variant LCS in August, following a successful structural test firing of the ship’s Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) on the Point Mugu Sea Range on June 11.
BAE Systems has successfully completed a series of trials on a ‘first of its kind’ autonomous Pacific 950 Rigid Inflatable Boat that will allow navies to go beyond the limits of human endurance with unmanned vessels that can travel further, for longer and to more inhospitable environments.
On July 25, 2019, the Indonesia Navy has officially taken delivery of four Fast Attack Craft KCR-60M, according to a plan to modernize the Navy Forces of Indonesia. In January 2019, the Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed an order for four more KCR-60M-class fast attack craft with state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL.
The Russian Navy maintains high combat readiness, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
BAE Systems has received a follow-on contract to produce 28 more payload tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class attack submarines.
BAE Systems will deliver five Mk 45 naval gun systems to the US Navy under a recently issued $70.6 million contract to upgrade existing guns to the Mod 4 configuration, increasing their firepower and extending their range.