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Russian Navy to receive 10 diesel submarines by 2020
The Russian Navy is planning to receive up to 10 diesel-electric submarines by 2020, a Navy spokesman said. “The Russian Navy expects to receive 8-10 diesel submarines by 2020,” the official said on Monday. The new submarines will strengthen primarily Russia’s Baltic and Back Sea fleets, he added. Russia’s Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard on Monday launched [...]
Bluefin’s Advanced UUVs for Navy’s LCS Surface Mine Countermeasures
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) is being awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for engineering and manufacturing of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV). As a critical part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Warfare mission package, the SMCM [...]
Canada orders warships to stay in Mediterranean
Canada will maintain warships in the Mediterranean Sea until the end of 2012, Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced Sunday. The HMCS Vancouver frigate was originally deployed as part of NATO’s mission in Libya. It will remain in the Mediterranean Sea until early 2012, when it will be relieved by the HMCS Charlottetown, MacKay said. Officially, [...]
Navy Scientists Discover IED Detection Technique
Thanks to a discovery while researching synthetic aperture radar, detecting improvised explosive devices will now be easier, according to a Nov. 16 announcement by Navy scientists at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides high-resolution imagery from airborne or space-borne platforms, coupling the long-range propagation characteristics of radar signals and [...]
Fuel Cell Submarine “U 35″ for the German Navy Christened
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has assumed sponsorship of U 35. U [...]
Royal Navy Faces Shortage of Attack Submarines
The Royal Navy faces a shortage of attack submarines because of decisions taken in the Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review. That is the conclusion of the National Audit Office which says delays to the new Astute class would leave the Navy without sufficient submarines for operations over part of the next decade, while adding [...]
UK Requests Electromagnetic Catapult for New Carrier
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Kingdom for one long lead sub-assemblies for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System/Advanced Arresting Gear (EMALS/AAG) and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $200 million. The Government of the United [...]
New Royal Navy Submarine Fires First Tomahawk Missiles
The Royal Navy’s newest submarine has blasted Tomahawk missiles far across the North American skies, as part of its first test firing mission. The Tomahawk weapons rocketed from HMS Astute at up to 550 miles per hour (885kph) across the Gulf of Mexico. The 5.5-metre-long cruise missile weighs 1,300kg and has a range of more [...]
Raytheon Given Export Approvals for Advanced Maritime Radar
Raytheon Company has received approval from the U.S. Department of State to export the SeaVue eXpanded Mission Capability (SeaVue XMC) maritime and overland surveillance radar to Morocco. Morocco is the first country cleared for export of this radar with expanded technology. “Raytheon’s proven experience as a global leader in maritime surveillance is further solidified by [...]
