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According to information published by the Royal Australian Navy on October 19, 2021, the first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats was recently launched at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.
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NAVAL NEWS October 2021
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According to a press release published by Aerovironment on October 18, 2021, the firm announced the successful maritime demonstration of a Puma™ 3 AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade® 300 tactical missile system sensor-to-shooter (S2S) capability as part of NATO REP(MUS) 21, Europe’s maritime unmanned systems operational experimentation exercise, hosted at the Portuguese Navy Centre for Operational Experimentation held in Troia, Portugal in September.
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According to information published by Defense Studies on October 18, 2021, the Indonesian Navy's Fatahillah-class corvette KRI Malahayati has successfully destroyed its target during exercise at Bali Strait.
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According to a tweet published by Combined Maritime Forces on October 18, 2021, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducts surveillance mission from the air with P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft in the Gulf of Aden.
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According to a press release published by Boeing on October 18, 2021, the firm is continuing to expand the Indian Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities with the delivery of the country’s 11th P-8I. The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 30,000 flight hours since it was inducted in 2013.
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According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on October 15, 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia's fourth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, into service at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.
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According to a tweet published by the spokesman of the French Ministry of Armed Forces on October 14, 2021, the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) received the first upgraded La Fayette-class frigate Courbet, which will be operational in summer 2022.
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According to a tweet published by the Chief of Staff of the French Navy on October 15, 2021, the French Navy floats out the first POM (Patrouilleurs d'Outre-Mer) Offshore Patrol Vessel Auguste Benebig.
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According to information published by the Defseca website on October 15, 2021, Bangladesh could acquire patrol ships from The Turkish Company ARES Shipyard. Citing a Tweet from SeaWaves magazine published on October 16, 2021, the Bangladesh Coast Guard has ordered an ARES 150 HERCULES OPV from Ares Shipyard in Turkey.
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According to information published by the "Tehran Times" on October 16, 2021, the naval force of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) will be equipped with anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometers in the near future
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According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on October 15, 2021, the Ivan Papanin-class multirole Arctic dual-purpose reefer ship being developed by the St. Petersburg-based company Yugreftransflot can be armed with a Kalibr-K container-type cruise missile system.
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According to information published by the United States Navy on October 14, 2021, the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) of the U.S. Navy successfully completed a waterborne rudder overhaul onboard USS Rushmore (LSD 47) Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship recently.
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According to information released by the Russian press agency TASS on October 15, 2021, five icebreakers and three versatile vessels designed for the delivery of military cargo to garrisons in the Extreme North will be built by 2033 under the Russian auxiliary fleet development program, Russian Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Andrei Yefimov said at a roundtable meeting in the Federation Council.
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According to information released by the United States Department of Defense on October 16, 2021, the U.S. Navy has christened its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), during an official ceremony that was held, Saturday, October 16, 2021, in Mobile, Alabama.
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Aluminum workboat builder Silver Ships, Inc. was recently awarded an $8.2 million Delivery Order as a result of being awarded a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single award contract (N00024-21-D-2205) by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction and delivery of up to 110 Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Surface Support Craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast GuardSpecial Purpose Craft, Law Enforcement (SPC-LE) vessels, in addition to other accessories, parts and training. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $51.6 million.
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According to a press release published by Naval Group on October 12, 2021, the Centre of Excellence in Singapore recently launched three R&D projects to boost the safety and security capabilities of the maritime industry.
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According to information published by the Guardian on October 15, 2021, the Royal Australian Navy could use its Collins-class submarines until 2050. Indeed, with the AUKUS pact, Australia will have to wait for the construction of nuclear-powered submarines when it would have received the first Attack class submarine from Naval Group in 2030.
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According to a tweet published by Henri Kenhmann on October 15, 2021, Chinese Television showed for the first time images of the People's Liberation Army Navy Type 055 large destroyer Nanchang firing missiles.
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According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on October 14, 2021, Coast Guard crews completed Operation Aiga, a 46-day patrol in support of the Samoan government maritime law enforcement efforts by providing patrol coverage in the Samoan and American Samoan exclusive economic zones.
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According to a press release published by Naval Group on October 14, 2021, the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) awarded Naval Group the contract for the preliminary and detailed design of the Ocean Patrol Vessel program.
