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Congressional report: Replacement for US Navy cruisers and destroyers

Congressional report: Replacement for US Navy cruisers and destroyers

Gepostet von | 26 Jan 2022 | , , , | 0

DDG(X) Future Large Surface Combatant Programme: Background and Issues for Congress. The Congressional Research Service report was submitted to Congress on 13 January 2021. This is the procurement programme for the next generation of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the TICONDEROGA (CG-47)-class Aegis cruisers and the older ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51)-class Aegis destroyers. The navy plans to procure the first DDG(X) in 2028. The draft budget for 2022 requests 121.8 million dollars for research and development. All large surface combatants procured for the Navy since 1985 have been built at General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lockheed...

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Daily command with a clear message

Daily command with a clear message

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2022 | , , | 1

Rear Admiral Jan Christian Kaack is acting inspector of the German Navy His order of the day on Monday refers to the Naval Compass guide, a work compiled over the past four years on the self-image of the members of the armed forces: "We serve Germany. Our state, our fatherland, the people in our country, and people beyond our country. Faithfully and bravely. Worldwide. Every day. We are the instrument and arm of our state. Our uniform symbolises this. We are aware that our appearance and actions express the state's self-image and political will. With the way we are and the way we act, we express...

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mtu Rolls Royce for the F 126

mtu Rolls Royce for the F 126

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Rolls-Royce soll das Automationssystems mtu NautIQ Master für die Fregatten F126 liefern Das Schiffsautomationssystem mtu NautIQ Master und das Equipment Health Management System mtu NautIQ Foresight bilden das Führungssystem Automation Schiffstechnik der Fregatten der Klasse 126. Die Lieferung besteht aus den Komponenten  Schiffsautomation (IPMS) und Condition Monitoring System (CMS). Dafür liefert Rolls-Royce seine Lösungen mtu NautIQ Master und mtu NautIQ Foresight. Der entsprechende Vertrag mit dem Hauptauftragnehmer Damen Naval wurde am 21. Januar 2022 abgeschlossen. Bestandteil dieses Vertrages sind ebenfalls die Systeme Brandmeldeanlage, Personenortung und CCTV. Dieses „High-Tech Made in Germany“ – so die Pressemitteilung – ist weltweit einzigartig....

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Russian naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean - and worldwide

Russian naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean - and worldwide

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2022 | , , | 1

Amphibious group Three amphibious landing ships of the Baltic Fleet (Ropucha class, project 775) have been moving towards the Mediterranean for a week and have passed the English Channel. Two further Ropuchas and a large landing ship of the Ivan Gren class (Project 11711) of the Northern Fleet have left their bases and were only able to reach the North Sea and continue southwards after a delay due to weather conditions. Russia has announced that the ships' movements are allegedly aimed at naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean that have already been announced for a long time. However, it is not clear whether these not insignificant landing capacities will ultimately march through to the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine. Varyag surface combat group In the Gulf of...

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Autonomous car ferry!

Autonomous car ferry!

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Mitsubishi unveils successful test Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has conducted the first test of an autonomously navigating large car ferry. The demonstration of the project took place this week off the coast of Shinmoji in Kitakyushu City, Japan, in support of MEGURI 2040, a project sponsored by the Nippon Foundation to develop fully autonomous vessels. According to MHI, the test demonstrated the world's first fully autonomous navigation system on board a 222-metre-long ferry with autonomous docking and casting off, turning manoeuvres and speeds of up to 26 knots. The other new...

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