Category: Technology

Lockheed Martin receives order to build 70 VLS launchers

Lockheed Martin receives order to build 70 VLS launchers

Gepostet von | 27 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 1

Lockheed Martin has received an order from the Pentagon for the delivery of a further 70 Mk 41 vertical take-off systems. The VLS modules are primarily intended for the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and the future Constellation-class frigates. The package has a total value of more than 231 million dollars. The US Navy will receive 80 per cent of the launchers, with a further 13 per cent (30.7 million dollars) earmarked for Australia under the Foreign Military Sales programme and 7 per cent (17.5 million dollars) for Spain. Both nations have ships equipped with the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System. In Australia, these are the Hobart-class destroyers...

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Seven new dwarves

Seven new dwarves

Gepostet von | 26 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 1

In June, the French Directorate General for Defence (DGA) ordered seven more new ten-tonne class bow tugs for the French Navy. According to the Ministry of Defence in Paris, the order is worth more than eight million euros. This order brings the total number of units ordered to 22, with a medium-term target of 29 tugs of this type. The tugs are to be deployed in all of the country's naval bases, where they will replace 35 old vehicles with a thrust of between four and ten tonnes. The new bow tugs are more powerful and compact than their predecessors. With a length of twelve metres, the draught is only...

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Russian submarine awaits launch

Russian submarine awaits launch

Gepostet von | 26 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 0

The Russian Ministry of Defence reports that the Krasnoyarsk submarine will be launched on 30 July. The ceremony in Severodvinsk will be led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. The Krasnoyarsk is a Jasen M-class boat (Project 885M) and is categorised by the Russians as an underwater missile cruiser. She was the third boat in the Yasen-M class to be laid down in 2014. The submarines, which displace 8600 tonnes and are 130 metres long, are powered by a pressurised water reactor. In addition to ten torpedo tubes with a diameter of 533 millimetres, the armament includes eight vertical launchers for cruise missiles of the Oniks or Kalibr type. According to the Russian news agency Tass...

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Mitsubishi launches MRRV

Mitsubishi launches MRRV

Gepostet von | 26 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 0

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding is also celebrating: the first of two new vessels for the Philippine Coast Guard was launched today (26 July) with colourful balloons and ribbons at the shipyard in Shimonoseki, southern Japan. The Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRV) will be used for SAR missions, including in heavy weather and for patrols in offshore and coastal areas. Operations against smugglers will be at the centre of activities. The MRRVs, which are almost 97 metres long and displace 2,260 tonnes, can travel at a maximum speed of 24 knots. The operational radius is 4000 nautical miles. In addition to RHIBs, the 67-strong crew will also have a Remotely Operated Battleship at their disposal for the missions.

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Launching of the fourth corvette for Saudi Arabia

Launching of the fourth corvette for Saudi Arabia

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The fourth corvette for Saudi Arabia was launched at Navantia in San Fernando in southern Spain last Saturday (24 July). In the presence of the Inspector of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave, the Commander of the Saudi Navy, Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily, smashed a bottle of water from Mecca on the bow of the new ship. This was followed by the actual launching ceremony, during which the corvette slid stern-first into her new element. In future, the ship will sail as Jazan and thus bear the name of a city with 100,000 inhabitants in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. Navantia has...

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