Category: Security policy

Atlas UK supplies minehunting system for the Royal Navy

Atlas UK supplies minehunting system for the Royal Navy

Gepostet von | 28 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

Atlas Elektronik wins contract to supply mine hunting underwater vehicles for the Royal Navy ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) has been awarded a contract by DE & S's Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) team to supply autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems for the UK Royal Navy (RN). The contract, worth £32 million, includes the delivery of three MHC AUV systems totalling nine vehicles as well as a comprehensive training and support package for a period of three years from delivery. Already in service is the ARCIMS Unmanned Surface Vessel (USVs) with mine sweeping payloads and towed mine hunting sonars, which will be supported by the Unmanned Vehicles (UxV) autonomous software and sensors.

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Fletcher almost sunk

Fletcher almost sunk

Gepostet von | 26 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

A decommissioned World War II destroyer moored near downtown Buffalo, New York, took on water Thursday and was listing dangerously. Crews were working to keep the former "USS The Sullivans" from sinking at its berth at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. Part of the leaning ship's deck had sunk below the waterline by noon. The ship is memorable, it is a Fletcher destroyer, a class of which 175 ships have been built, according to available sources, the largest class ever built by...

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Drones monitor sulphur emissions in the Baltic Sea

Drones monitor sulphur emissions in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 22 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

Remotely piloted aircraft will be used to search for ships that do not comply with the sulphur limits in the region. The project, carried out by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, is a continuation of similar projects that EMSA has carried out in this area. Over the next three months, a drone will measure the sulphur content in the exhaust plumes of ships travelling through the Baltic Sea. The "sniffer" will be able to detect any breaches of the applicable limit values. At the same time, image data will also be collected for hydrographic surveying. The remote-controlled aircraft will take off from the Staberhuk military base...

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New international task force for the Red Sea established

New international task force for the Red Sea established

Gepostet von | 22 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have established a new international naval task force to enhance maritime security in the Red Sea region. During a ceremony at the US Navy's regional headquarters in Bahrain on 17 April, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and the CMF, commissioned Combined Task Force (CTF) 153, the US Navy said. As the fourth task force of the CMF, CTF 153 will focus on international maritime security and capacity building in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden. The CMF is the...

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For the sinking of a cruiser

For the sinking of a cruiser

Gepostet von | 22 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

Wrong place, insufficient capability or arrogance? On 15 April, Russia was forced to admit that the missile cruiser "Moskva" had sunk while being towed back to port. The Russian and Ukrainian versions differed, marineforum reported. Will this have consequences for the way naval forces operate and the risks they take? The last time a ship of comparable size to the Moskva was sunk by an enemy force was in 1982, when the Argentinian light cruiser "General Belgrano" was torpedoed by the Royal Navy's submarine "Conqueror" during the ten-day Falklands War. However, this is hardly comparable, because the submarine...

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