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The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), will be christened on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Newport News, Virginia.
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DECEMBER 2019 news
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The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), will be christened on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Newport News, Virginia.
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is the Programme Management Agency for design & development of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) – Tejas. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the design partner and production agency and manufacturing facilities have been established by HAL.
Lockheed Martin recently signed a contract with Navantia to equip five new F-110 multimission frigates and their land-based test site (Centro de Integración de Sistemas en Tierra or CIST) – with Lockheed Martin’s first naval installation of its solid-state S-band radar. The new F-110 frigates will be built by Spain’s national shipbuilder, Navantia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a series of meetings on military buildup and called to increase Navy capabilities. He said specific attention should be paid to warships and submarines armed with hypersonic Tsirkon missiles in order to preserve strategic stability. Warships with Kalibr missiles should receive the new weapon. Upgraded big antisubmarine warfare ships of project 1155 will be also armed with Tsirkon, the Izvestia daily writes quoting Navy sources.
South Korea’s defence project promotion committee announced on December 4, 2019, that it will award the design and construction contract of the first Ulsan-class FFX Batch III guided-missile frigate in the first quarter of 2020, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on its website.
The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Mobile (LCS 26), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Dec. 7, in Mobile, Alabama.
On November 29, the christening of a patrol ship for the Dutch National Police took place at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. This vessel is the first in a series of a total of six ships. Following a European tender, Damen was contracted to build three Stan Patrol 2005 vessels for inland waterway operations in addition to three sea-going Stan Patrol 2506 vessels. The first vessel, an SPa 2506, will be called P41.
The Russian Navy will receive over 480 items of armament and military hardware in 2019, including submarines, surface ships and missile systems, President Vladimir Putin said at a government meeting on defence on Tuesday.
Fairbanks Morse, an EnPro Industries company (NYSE: NPO), reports that it has been awarded a contract for four main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) 7. This is the seventh ship in the Navy's Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD)/Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.
18 years after the keel-laying ceremony, the ORP Ślązak patrol corvette has been finally commissioned. The patrol ship will be part of the Battle Ship Squadrons of the 3rd Ship Flotilla. In total 97 sailors will be serving ORP Ślązak. On Thursday, November 28, the ORP Ślązak patrol vessel has received the MW flag in Gdynia War Port.
On November 23, 2019, Halifax Shipyard has launched initial builder’s sea trials for Canada’s lead Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Harry DeWolf.
On an unseasonally fine December day in the eastern Atlantic, HMS Queen Elizabeth’s carrier battle group forms up one last time for the camera – just days from home. Slipping into the battle group for the second time alongside HMS Northumberland and tanker RFA Tideforce is the Norwegian Navy’s newest frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl as the Westlant 19 deployment ends as it began: a spot of NATO action.
The Admiral Kasatonov first serial frigate of project 22350 fired Kalibr and Onix missiles in the White Sea, the Defense Ministry said. The frigate began trials on November 20 and will continue them in the White Sea for several more days.
During the Assises of the maritime economy that took place yesterday in Montpellier, the President of the French Republic has announced the order of six new patrol boats. This program will complete the renewal of patrollers stationed overseas for the surveillance of our maritime areas, in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Reunion. Delivery is expected to be honoured between 2022 and 2025.
Damen Shipyards Group and VSTEP Simulation, a leading provider of training simulation technology, have joined forces to establish a laboratory to explore innovative new simulation solutions. The aim of the partnership is to develop software that will extend the capabilities of VSTEP’s existing NAUTIS Maritime Simulation platform into engineering applications and so open up new research and development possibilities for Damen’s numerous R&D programmes.
The Pella Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia has completed the construction of the Project 22800 missile corvette Odintsovo (NATO reporting name: Karakurt-class), the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
Techmodal, the Bristol and London based data specialists, have been successful in their bid to deliver positive transformational change in people, analytics and associated digital communications for the Royal Navy.
India's first missile tracking ship being built at Hindustan Shipyard Limited is in an advanced stage of construction. The project’s objective is to provide a robust cover to India’s nuclear missile shield. The missile is expected to enter Indian Navy for New Year, the Ministry of Defence said.
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) -- Block V contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2. The contract includes an option for one additional submarine with VPM. The Block V contract is a $22.2-billion fixed-price incentive fee, multi-year procurement contract for fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
Today, Northern Fleet rescue ship Igor Belousov, which left Vladivostok on November 22, arrived at Cam Ranh port with a business call. The ship will be involved in the first Russian-Vietnamese exercise to assist a submarine crew in distress lying on the ground. The exercise will be held on December 3-8 in the South China Sea.