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On June 15, in Marinette, Wisconsin, the U.S. Navy christened and launched the eleventh Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21).
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JUNE 2019 news
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According to Reuters, quoting the General Manager of the North Atlantic Treaty Ogranization (NATO) agency that manages the Airborne Warning & Control Systems (AWACS) fleet Michael Gschossmann, reported that the alliance might switch from the ageing E-3A surveillance aircraft fleet to the E-7 AWACS aircraft.
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Almost all surface combatants of the Russian Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF) will be fitted with the Paket-NK anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system, a source from the country`s defence industry told TASS.
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Recently, Fincantieri hosted the launching ceremony of the Italian Navy's first PPA (Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship, or OPV), dubbed Paolo Thaon di Revel (P430), at its shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia).
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According to the Royal Navy, HMS Trent's trials allowed the vessel to test its main engineering systems and sensors (engines, water production, sewage, waste collection, electricity generation, radar, etc...) and allows shipwrights to make tweaks and fix any problems once the ship returns to BAE shipyards at Scotstoun.
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India's ambitious Project-75 which involves the manufacturing of Scorpene submarines in Mazagon Dock (MDL), Mumbai, is expected to get further delayed as the Indian Navy has identified serious problems in the second vessel, INS Khanderi.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), through its Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been awarded a maximum-value $US 687 million cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, from the U.S. Navy, to perform maintenance work on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier.
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Following the announcement made on 23 October 2018, today, June 14, 2019, Italian Company Fincantieri and French Company Naval Group signed in Rome the Alliance Cooperation Agreement, which sets out the operational terms for the incorporation of a 50/50 owned joint venture.
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On June 10, the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) handed over the Chang Bogo I-class (Type 209/1200) diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK), dubbed Na Dae Yong, to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy (or ROKN), after two years of upgrading.
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Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a contract worth of $US 17 million (Rs 1.190 crore) for the supply of Heavy Weight Torpedoes - Varunastra - to the Indian Navy.
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A-50U early warning and control aircraft (AEW) of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have flown to an operational airfield in the Krasnodar Territory, the Southern Military District (YuVO) said.
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Two latest Alexandrite-class minesweepers of project 12700 will arrive in Kamchatka next year. They are armed with unmanned underwater and surface craft which remotely detect and destroy mines. In wartime, the minesweepers will have to clear waters around naval bases of mines to let nuclear submarines out, the Izvestia daily writes.
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The RFA Argus is at the heart of the amphibious task force deployed to the Baltic Sea for two months. The Royal Navy said the deployment will be led by flagship HMS Albion, "which has a substantial flight deck, but no hangar".
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Brazil recently agreed to transfer four of its German-made Tupi-class submarines to Argentina, as the Brazilian Navy is modernising its fleet of submarines.
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The survey vessel HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy used a Slocum Glider (named after Joshua Slocum, the first man to single-handedly sail around the world) in order to study areas of interest in the seas north of Scotland, in the North Atlantic.
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Leonardo and Diamond Aircraft Industries are teaming up to offer a version of Diamond’s popular twin-engine DA62 aircraft customised for maritime surveillance missions. The new variant designated DA62-MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) will be on show for the first time at Paris Air Show later this month. It will be outfitted with a full Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) suite based on Leonardo’s ATOS (Airborne Tactical Observation and Surveillance) mission system.
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On June 07, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) formally commissioned its latest diving support and hydrographic survey vessel, the HMNZS Manawanui, during a ceremony at Devonport Naval Base.
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In the coming months, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be evaluating whether it should, or shouldn't, continue to invest in the development programme of the aircraft carrier-based variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, which is dubbed Tejas-N (for Naval).
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The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) participated in a cooperative deployment with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessels JS Izumo (DH-183), JS Murasame (DD-101) and JS Akebono (DD-108) on June 10-12.
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The China's maritime early warning system appears to be immune to "radar killer" missiles and is reported to be capable of detecting stealth aircraft, according to its development team led by Chinese academician Liu Yongtan.
