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OCTOBER 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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Two ships of the Bangladesh Navy arrived Vishakhapatnam on Saturday (13rd Oct) to take part in a four-day naval exercise. The Bangladesh Navy ships-Ali Haider and BNS Shadinota-reached the Eastern Naval Command of India. Ali Haider is a type 053 frigate while BBNS Shadinota is a type 056 stealth guided missile corvette.
According to the press release of the U.S. Navy, the newest expeditionary sea base (ESB) ship, Miguel Keith (ESB 5), successfully completed Acceptance Trials on October 11, four months after it first took to the sea.
The Commonwealth of Australia has signed a contract with Finland’s Boomeranger Boats on October 9 to supply Rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) for Royal Australian Navy’s new Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).
A Plymouth-based warship turned night into day the old fashioned way during war games off the coast of Scotland - but the Royal Navy can also light up hostile positions without the enemy knowing.
The Commanding Officer of HMAS Diamantina, Lieutenant Commander Darren McDevitt has hosted a welcoming event for Captain Soon Lee, the Commander of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Minesweeper Flotilla 5 and his staff in Busan, Korea.
Deployed under the 149th mandate of the Corymbe mission, the Somme is ready for its mission which will start with a patrol in Senegalese waters. Left from Brest at the end of September, the Durance class, command and replenishment ship sails towards the warmer waters of the Gulf of Guinea.
The future BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), an 84m offshore patrol vessel being built by France’s OCEA Shipyard for the Philippine Coast Guard, successfully completed her maiden sea trials earlier this month.
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. handed over Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montréal (FFH 336) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) following the completion of a 53-week docking work period on August 22.
The Royal Australian Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, HMAS Brisbane, has geared up for combat system trials for the Aegis combat system off the west coast of the US.
As part of Indian Navy's Overseas Deployment, four indigenously built ships of Indian Navy's First Training Squadron, Indian Naval Ships Tir, Sujata and Shardul and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi, are visiting Tanzania from 14 to 17 October 2019.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Defence of Poland, the Polish Navy’s second Kormoran II-class minehunter, the ORP “Albatros” (Pennant Number 602) was launched in a ceremony at Remontowa Shipbuilding on October 10, Gdańsk.
According to the press release of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet, an opening ceremony was held for the “Sama Sama” Maritime Training Activity with the participation of the U.S. Navy, Philippine Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in Puerto Princesa on October 14.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) delivered 3 ANKA armed drones to the Turkish Navy yesterday (Oct 12). One of the armed drones has a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ANKA is an advanced Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class Unmanned Aerial System.
Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Thursday signalled Greece’s willingness to launch talks for the acquisition of two new navy frigates in talks with his French counterpart Florence Parly in Paris.
South Korea's Navy is looking to build 2 nuclear-powered submarines and has assigned a task force to study the project. South Korean chief Admiral Sim Seung-seob said that nuclear-powered submarines would be “most effective in finding and destroying North Korean submarines equipped with submarine-launched ballistic missiles,”.
Pictures released by the MOD show UK F-35 Lightning jets landing, taking off and hovering onboard Britain’s next-generation aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time.
Israel’s submarine corps is a tiny force with a big open secret: in all likelihood, it is armed with nuclear weapons. The five Dolphin-class submarines represent an ace in the hole for Israel, the ultimate guarantor of the country’s security, ensuring that if attacked with nukes, the tiny nation can strike back in kind.
Naval Group and Mactaggart Scott Australia (MTSA) signed a Memorandum of understanding during PACIFIC Maritime Exposition 2019 in the frame of Naval Group Pacific countermeasures projects in Australia.
On 26th September 2019, the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command and Aker Arctic Technology Inc signed a contract for the design, delivery and integration of complete propulsion lines to four Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvettes for the Finnish Navy. Construction of the vessels is scheduled to begin in 2022 and the four-strong squadron will achieve operational readiness in 2028.
The South Korean Navy said Thursday, Oct. 10, it has been running a task force on the potential construction of nuclear-powered submarines as part of efforts to bolster its nuclear deterrent and boost defense capabilities, Yonhap reports.
