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OCTOBER 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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DSIT Solutions Ltd. (DSIT) – a pioneer and world leader in underwater defence and security solutions based on advanced, sonar and acoustics technologies for naval missions – will launch its SwordFish Towed Array Sonar (TAS) system at Pacific 2019.
The fifth and final new River Class patrol ship for the Royal British Navy was formally named as work on HMS Spey nears completion on October 3, 2019. The ceremony almost closes the chapter on a seven-year program which will give the Royal Navy a flotilla of brand-new patrol ships ready for deployment around the globe.
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) October 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.
Crews of the Bal and Bastion mobile coastal missile systems of the Baltic Fleet are training to deliver strikes at surface ships of the conditional adversary during a planned exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russia is resuming the construction of blue and green-water warships after a long break. Expert Alexander Shishkin writes about the warships and their strength in the Vzglyad business newspaper.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded last month a $49.8 million contract to Walsh Federal LLC to build a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) logistics facility at Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida.
The Argentine Coast Guard has reintroduced its fourth Mantilla-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) into active service after undergoing maintenance and modernization work at the country's Tandanor Shipyards. The vessel's renewal was marked by a formal ceremony held in late September in Buenos Aires.
North Korean state media has now officially said that the country has successfully tested the new Pukkuksong-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and released photographs of the test. The images show that this was indeed an underwater launch.
When they need to deliver the military and cargoes to hard-of-access areas, they usually engage helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, supply ships and even dog sledges. However, ground-effect vehicles will become a priority in some cases in the near future. The Army Standard online publication examined the prospects of the new transportation vehicle.
Members of the United States military and Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) come together for several days of training aboard USS Green Bay (LPD 20), on the beach, and in the jungle during the bilateral exercise Tiger Strike 19 in Malaysia from September 30 to October 5, 2019.
A variety of shore-to-ship missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, "YJ-18/18A" as well as the latest ship-borne air defence weapons "HHQ-9A" were shown as part of the naval battle group formations that marched through Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday.
Today a group of the Pacific Fleet’s ships consisting of the Pacific Fleet’s guards missile flagship Varyag of the Order of Nakhimov, the large antisubmarine ship Admiral Panteleyev and the medium sea tanker Pechenga has left Vladivostok and embarked on far-voyage tasks in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The UK Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon has completed training with a U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group off the east coast of the United States.
Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in exercise Pacific Griffin 2019 sank the decommissioned ex-USS Ford (FFG 54) Oct. 1 in waters approximately 170 nautical miles off the coast of Guam.
Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. is awarded a contract, worth around $41.4 million, to produce MK11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles (SWCS) for the U.S. Navy.
Russia is resuming the construction of blue and green-water warships after a long break. Expert Alexander Shishkin writes about the warships and their strength in the Vzglyad business newspaper.
China's autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) has been spotted on a military truck during rehearsals for Tuesday’s National Day parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, October 1, 2019.
The UK Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan (D37) returned home to Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon after completing a nearly seven-month deployment.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) took another step toward becoming a deployment-ready naval vessel, after returning to Norfolk upon completion of Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) September 29.
The Project 12700 latest minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov has left the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) quay and is heading for the Gulf of Finland for shipbuilders’ sea trials, the Shipyard’s press office reported on Monday.
