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NAVAL NEWS DECEMBER 2022
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According to information published by Tass on December 20, 2022, the Project 1143.5 heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will leave the dockside after repairs in the next few days, Alexei Rakhmanov, director-general of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, said.
According to information published by the Indian MoD on December 20, 2022, the fifth Scorpene class submarine INS Vagir has been delivered to the Indian Navy.
According to a PR published by Naval Group on December 20, 2022, as the frigate program moves forward, Naval Group fulfilled its commitments to involve the Hellenic industry and strengthened its ties with its Hellenic partners.
According to information published by the Indian government on December 20, 2022, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), the second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
According to information published by Global Times on December 20, 2022, after sailing across the Miyako Strait, the aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has reportedly started to host fighter jet exercises in the Philippine Sea.
According to a tweet published by the French Gov on December 16, 2022, the French Navy's FREMM frigate Bretagne has tracked the Russian Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship Yuriy Ivanov.
According to information published by the US DoD on December 20, 2022, the Navy’s first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) completed Builder’s Trials.
According to information published by the Indian MoD on December 17, 2022, containerised missile systems are being inducted by the Indian Navy to enhance operational capability and augment flexibility in operations.
According to information published by ThyssenKrupp on December 13, 2022, two state-of-the-art submarines for the Republic of Singapore were launched in a festive ceremony at the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel.
According to information published by the Australian DoD on December 14, 2022, an autonomous robotic undersea warfare vehicle is being designed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy.
According to information published by the US DoD on December 16, 2022, Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $171,187,894 fixed-price incentive modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001922C0031).
The two groups have agreed upon the creation of corvettes manufacturing & maintenance line, located at Elefsis Shipyards, with multiple benefits for the national economy and defense.
According to a tweet published by the Royal Thai Navy on December 19, 2022, the Ratanakosin-class corvette HTMS Sukhothai has sunk despite the Navy's attempts to save her.
According to information published by the Japanese MoD on December 19, 2022, it was confirmed that a Chinese Navy Shupang-class survey ship sailed through Japan's territorial waters near Yakushima Island. This is the 9th time, the first since November this year, that a Chinese Naval vessel entry into Japan’s territorial waters.
In a tweet posted on December 15, the French Directorate General for Armament (DGA) announced it had taken delivery of the 10th ATL2 modernized to standard 6 for the Navy, out of the 18 planned by the Military Programming Law LPM 2019-2025.
On December 15, 2022, Israeli company RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announced that two FAIC-M/SHALDAG MK5 vessels with a fully-integrated RAFAEL naval combat suite have been commissioned by the Philippine Navy.
On December 11, Ismail Demir, president of SSB, the Turkish Defense Agency, posted a tweet to unveil the new unmanned surface vessel called “Ulaq”. A video released by the agency in this tweet shows the ship’s upgraded features, including a new configuration for anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
Plasan announces that they have signed a contract with BAE Systems for the armouring of Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the UK Royal Navy – Batch 2. Plasan is currently delivering composite armour for the first three frigates as part of the Batch 1 contract. The new Batch 2 contract includes composite armour for five Type 26 frigates, demonstrating the successful performance of the composite armour delivery to date in providing value for money to the Royal Navy.
On 8 December 2022, the OCCAR-EA Director, on behalf of the UK MoD, signed Amendment 10 of the Sustainment & Enhancement (S&E) contract with Eurosam’s consortium Managing Director, Mrs. Eva Bruxmeier. The contract amendment saw the UK joining the multi-National partnership between France and Italy for the Production of the Aster Block 1, with a new contract managed by MBDA through Eurosam.
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems $13.5 million to incorporate its Smart D2 technology as part of the U.S. Navy’s ALE-47 Common Carriage program which increases expendable payload capacity as the USN converts from round to square countermeasures. The contract is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) through the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC). This is the first purchase of Smart D2 technology by the Department of Defense (DoD).
