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NAVAL NEWS AUGUST 2021
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The first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Norway performed its maiden flight yesterday, Aug. 9. The aircraft took off at 10:03 a.m. Pacific time and flew for 2 hours, 24 minutes, reaching a maximum altitude of 41,000 feet during the flight from Renton Municipal Airport to Boeing Field in Seattle.
With the UK about to be the focus of international efforts to tackle climate change as it hosts the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow, the unique survey/research ship will continue her work supporting scientists from around the world study the impact of global warming.
The Lockheed Martin-led shipbuilding team launched and Polly Spencer, ship sponsor and wife of the 76th Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Richard V. Spencer, christened Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 27, the future USS Nantucket, into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard on Saturday, August 7, 2021.
Trials of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the Project 885 nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk (NATO reporting name: Severodvinsk-class) are planned to begin in late August, a source in the defense industry told TASS.
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant returned after five-day sea trial to test the performance of the 40,000-tonne warship.
According to a post published on LinkedIn on August 6, 2021, British company Babcock confirms its selection by the Polish Government to provide a potential design solution for the Polish Navy’s Miecznik (Swordfish) frigate program, based on the Arrowhead 140 frigate platform.
Schiebel Aircraft and Areté Associates, successfully showcased the Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) combined with Areté’s Pushbroom Imaging Lidar for Littoral Surveillance (PILLS) sensor to the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR).
According to information published on August 6, 2021, German shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has announced that the company was shortlisted to prepare a Concept Design and Feasibility Study as part of the MIECZNIK frigates program, concerning the acquisition of multi-mission frigates for the Polish Navy.
According to information published by the British Air Force on August 6, 2021, a Poseidon MRA1 (P-8A) Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the British Air Force 120 Squadron has conducted a naval exercise and dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo, simulating an attack on a submarine.
According to information released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Navy has christened its newest Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), during a ceremony that was held in Marinette, Wisconsin.
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on August 2021, the first green-water frigate of higher-power project 22350M will be laid by Severnaya Verf Shipyard in St. Petersburg in 2023, a defense industry source told TASS.
According to information published by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral TNI Ahmadi Heri Purwono, has reviewed the production process of the fast patrol ships PC60 ordered by the Indonesian Navy that are under construction at the PT Caputra Mitra Sejati shipyard.
The Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) completed its first live fire event July 19 off the coast of Point Mugu Sea Test Range.
According to the press service of the Royal Navy, The British Navy has decommissioned two Sandown minehunters, which will later be handed over to the Ukrainian Navy
According to information released on August 6, 2021, Spanish shipyard, Navantia has announced that the Polish Ministry of Defence has selected Navantia in a ‘short list’ along with two other finalists to build three frigates in the framework of a Technology Transfer (ToT) program.
According to information published by the U.S. Navy on August 3, 2021, the U.S. Navy Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CVCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 is deployed for the first time with the advanced capabilities of the F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft and U.S. Navy CMV-22B Osprey.
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on August 4, 2021,the e US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of AEGIS Class Destroyer Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $134 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale.
Admiralty Shipyard said it had completed factory running trials of the Magadan diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3.
Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Government of Canada is ensuring the members of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) have safe and effective vessels required to protect Canadian sovereignty, while creating jobs and generating economic benefits for communities across Canada.
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on August 4, 2021, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of RAM Block 2 Tactical Missiles RIM-116C and related equipment for an estimated cost of $61.5 million.
