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According to a press release published on October 19, 2020, Rohde & Schwarz has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to equip five new F110 frigates with external communications systems.
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OCTOBER 2020 news
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According to a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) on October 19, 2020, the Russian Navy modernized Marshal Shaposhnikov Udaloy-class destroyer will start sea trials in the Sea of Japan.
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On October 14, 2020, a ceremony was held in Varna for the induction in the Bulgarian navy of two mine sweepers of the Tripartite type (Alkmaar type) built in the 1980s – M856 Maassluis and M859 Hellevoetsluis – which were previously operated by the Dutch navy.
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) successfully completed a Live Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) missile demonstration during Joint Warrior 20-2 by destroying a high speed maneuvering target using a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), Oct. 14, 2020. Lt. j.g. Sarah Claudy, USS Donald Cook Public Affairs, reports.
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According to a video released by the British Company Gravity Industries, the British Royal Navy has conducted tests with a combat assault team equipped with Jet Suit backpack designed by the British company Gravity Industries, to determine if soldiers equipped with that type of equipment could be used to rapidly swarm and board ships.
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According to a Tweet published by the Indian DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) on October 18, 2020, the Indian Navy successfully test-fired naval version of BrahMos cruise missile from the Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea. The missile hit the target successfully with pinpoint accuracy.
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According to a press release published on October 16, 2020, the United States State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Romania of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defense Systems (CDS) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $300 million.
Myanmar acquires first diesel-electric Sindhughosh Kilo class submarine INS Sindhuvir S58 from India
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According to information published by the India Today website on October 17, 2020, Myanmar will acquire its first diesel-electric submarine from India. India will deliver the INS Sindhuvir (S58) Sindhughosh-class submarine that was in service with the Indian navy, to the Myanmar navy as a part of defense cooperation.
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According to pictures released by the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS HARRY DEWOLF Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPS) of the Canadian Navy has conducted sea trials off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 15, 2020.
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According to an article published by the Official magazine of the Royal New Zealand Navy, in September of this year, the HMNZS TE KAHA frigate of Royal New Zealand Navy began these sea trials, focused on getting TE KAHA’s plant, including two diesel and a gas turbine engine, operating smoothly, as well as some testing and calibration of some of the new electronics systems.
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According to a press release published on October 13, 2020, Thales celebrates the delivery of CCGS John Cabot, the third Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV) delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard under the Government of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).
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According to information published on October 15, 2020, MAN Energy Solutions has announced the latest order for its MAN 175D four-stroke engine in connection with the building of four Pohjanmaa-class corvettes for the Finnish Navy. Each of the four ships will be equipped with 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEL GenSets with a total output of 7,700 kW (4 × 1920 kW) – in total, 16 GenSets.
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The POM (Patrouilleur Oure-Mer, Overseas Patrol Boat) program was announced by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, at the Assises de l'Economie de la Mer on December 3, 2019. It allows the restoration of the component of patrol boats stationed overseas.
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According to a press release published on October 13, 2020, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded seven contracts for work on Phase 1 of the NOMARS (No Manning Required Ship) program, which seeks to simultaneously explore two competing objectives related to unmanned surface vessels (USV) ship design: (1) the maximization of seaframe performance when human constraints are removed; and (2) achieving sufficient vessel maintenance and logistics functionality for long endurance operations with no human crew onboard.
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Naval Group’s new Port Adelaide base has been officially opened on Oct. 16 as the gear up for the move to the Attack Class submarine construction yard gathers momentum.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries has transferred the recently christened Virginia-class submarine Montana (SSN 794) to the floating dry dock at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in preparation for the ship’s launch.
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According to a press release published by the U.S. Navy on October 13, 2020, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced that the new Block 5 Virginia-class also called SSN-774 class attack submarine will be named USS Barb (SSN 804).
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According to a news published by the Russian press agency TASS on October 13, 2020, the nuclear-powered guided missile submarine SSGN K-266 Oryol (Project 949A ‘Antey’ NATO reporting name Oscar-Class) struck a target with a Granit anti-ship cruise missile from its submerged position in the Barents Sea.
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According to a Tweet released by the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) on October 14, 2020, Saudi Arabia has launched its first local-made fast interceptor boat manufactured by Zamil Ship Manufacturing Company, as part of the project to manufacture locally HSI32 rapid interceptor boat.
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According to information released by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) from U.S. Navy is participating as part of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group for Naval Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2.
