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P-8I to Boost for Indian Navy’s Sealift, Snooping Capabilities
NEW DELHI: In a strong booster dose to India’s maritime reconnaissance and strategic sea-lift capabilities, the defence ministry has cleared the acquisition of four long-range surveillance aircraft and four big amphibious assault warships for the Navy. MoD sources say the two big naval projects, whose cumulative worth is Rs 20,600 crore, were cleared by the [...]
Australia to Acquire MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes
WASHINGTON: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of up to 200 MK 54 All-Up-Round Torpedoes, 179 MK 54 Flight in Air Material Kits, 10 MK 54 Exercise Sections, 10 MK 54 Exercise Fuel Tanks, 10 MK 54 Dummy Torpedoes and 6 MK [...]
Netherlands Navy Orders Additional Gatekeeper System
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organization and Thales Nederland signed a contract this month for the delivery of one additional Gatekeeper electro-optic surveillance system. This system will be installed on the Netherlands’ Navy’s HrMs Amsterdam as a part of an extensive upkeep programme. Gatekeeper is scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2011. In [...]
Work Begins on the Halifax-Class Frigates
HALIFAX, NS: Today, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced that refit and modernization of HMCS Halifax has begun under the Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM)/Frigate Life Extension (FELEX) project. HMCS Halifax is the first frigate to undergo modernization and refit through the HCM/FELEX project. “This Government is giving the Navy the robust and modern [...]
SeaOtter MkII and SAS Demonstration Successfully Completed
WINFRITH/BREMEN, Germany: Atlas Elektronik has successfully delivered a series of technology demonstrations of the SeaOtter MkII and Vision600 Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS). The SAS equipped AUV conducted over 10 hours of survey runs mapping various sea bed features in the shallow waters of Portland Harbour. The Vision600 SAS provides 1 inch resolution across the 200m [...]
Halifax-Class Modernization and Life Extension
The Canadian Forces’ 12 Halifax-Class frigates, commissioned between 1992 and 1995, form the backbone of the Navy. These multi-purpose ships were primarily designed to accomplish the Cold War missions of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASUW), mainly in the open-ocean environment. In the years following the end of the Cold War, the roles of [...]
Russia steps up navy presence in Arctic: military
Moscow: Russia is strengthening its naval presence in the Arctic, a senior Russian military official said on Saturday, stoking concerns of a scramble to secure rights to the region’s energy-rich seabed. “The reinforcement in the Arctic of all Northern and Pacific Fleet units is continuing,” Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti [...]
Bluefin-9 AUV Completes World Tour
CAMBRIDGE, MA.: Bluefin Robotics, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) manufacturer is pleased to announce the Bluefin-9 AUV has successfully completed a series of consecutive demonstrations. The air-shippable, two-man portable AUV system journeyed through the US, Australia, France and Japan before diving into United Kingdom waters this August. The most recent demonstration conducted at the facilities [...]
Maritime Laser System Shows Higher Lethality At Longer Ranges
Dahlgren VA: Tests of the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Laser Demonstration (MLD) system conducted recently at the Potomac River Test Range confirmed the laser weapon system’s readiness to proceed with at-sea testing later this year, according to Northrop Grumman Corporation. Operating from a fixed site on land, the MLD weapon system fired a laser beam at [...]
