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The Royal Navy, U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force are scheduled to start anti-submarine warfare drills on March 14, for only the second trilateral exercise of its kind in the western Pacific.
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MARCH 2019 news
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The Royal Navy, U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force are scheduled to start anti-submarine warfare drills on March 14, for only the second trilateral exercise of its kind in the western Pacific.
Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services of Nigeria (HIOS) has ordered two additional Damen 3307 Patrol Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group.
The Russian Pacific Fleet has received a new battalion set of the Bastion mobile coastal missile complex under a program of rearmament with modern pieces of military hardware, the information support group of the Primorye region said.
The U.S. Navy plans to shed about 3,100 medical personnel in Fiscal Year 2020 while adding 5,000 active duty sailors to staff aviation units and a crop of new ships, according to Tuesday’s Department of the Navy budget request.
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration involving a United States Navy shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Sarcos Robotics will jointly develop robotic technologies, including full-body powered exoskeletons, for use in naval shipyards, the two entities jointly announced.
Dell Marketing LP has been awarded an estimated $231,170,000 firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement (BPA) in accordance with the firm’s United States General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule contract. This agreement will provide VMware brand-name software licenses, software maintenance and services to the Department of the Navy.
Pakistan has recently accused the Indian Navy of sending submarines close to its coastline, while Indian top government sources say it is the Pakistan Navy that is out at sea, patrolling 50-60 km from its coast.
On March 11, the Royal Australian Navy kicked off the Indo-Pacific Endeavour 19 (IPE 19) deployment. As part of this exercise are the HMA Canberra, the HMA Success, the HMA Newcastle and the HMA Parramatta.
Recently, the Leader of the German Christian Democratic Union, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, suggested the creation of a European aircraft carrier, in response to the French President's proposals for European defense reform.
The Ukrainian Navy has recently published its development stategy, going through 2035. Ukraine has understood the urgency it has to enhance its maritime security, due to the events that occured in the Black and Azov Seas in 2018.
The U.S. Navy’s first Zumwalt-class stealth guided-missile destroyer, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed San Diego, on March 8, for its first operational underway at sea.
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu recently told the State Duma defense committee that the average share of modern weapons in the Russian armed forces (and naval forces) has increased to 61.5% by the beginning of 2019. The share in the strategic nuclear deterrence in the Navy reaches 62.3%.
MBDA France bagged the contract to supply surface-to-air missiles for the two Philippine Navy's future frigates, which are currently being constructed by South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
The Naval Group's booth at Colombiamar 2019, from March 13 to March 15 in Colombia, will reflect its comprehensive maritime offer, with a focus on surface ships and innovative solutions, by showcasing the Gowind and the SCORPENE.
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) relies on Thales’s expertise in sensors and has placed an order for two Coast Watcher 100s. This coastal surveillance radar is specially designed for the critically important role of protecting national coastlines from a broad array of threats. The radars will be installed at the DGA missile test ranges of Mediterranean Sea and Landes. Thales will provide through-life support and security maintenance for seven years.
The 13th Shipyard completed the medium overhaul of the Rubin-class Zheleznyakov minesweeper of project 12600, the shipyard told Mil.Press FlotProm online publication.
China, as part of an exercise in the South China Sea that took place during February, deployed a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing hybrid drone on a guided missile destroyer.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced that, through its new Naval Systems Programme, Norway's most investments during 2019-2026 period will be related to military vessels and associated weapon systems.
Singapore's fleet will soon undergo a huge upgrade, including the design and building of a Joint Multi Mission Ship (JMMS) whose flight deck is capable of accomodating several helicopters. Such project could help Singapore becoming one of the most powerful navies of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
Iskander missile launcher units trained electronic strikes during a field exercise of the Baltic fleet artillery and missile forces, the Western District said.