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Green light for second Constellation frigate

Green light for second Constellation frigate

Gepostet von | 23 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

Fincantieri Marinette Marine has received an order from the US Department of Defence for the construction of another frigate. It will be the second ship of the future Constellation class, whose design is based on the French-Italian Fremm frigates. From the mid-twenties, they were to replace the US Navy's unpopular and weakly armed Littoral Combat Ships. The Navy's specifications therefore included low development, construction and operating costs as well as a more powerful armament, which was to be less than that of the Arleigh Burke class. The contract value for the ship, which is to be named USS Congress, also includes detailed changes to the existing design and amounts to around 554 million dollars. At...

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DGzRS christens lifeboat Erich Koschubs

DGzRS christens lifeboat Erich Koschubs

Gepostet von | 22 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Sea rescue christening on Whitsun Saturday in Travemünde: The latest lifeboat of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was named ERICH KOSCHUBS on 22 May 2021 on the Priwall. The volunteer sea rescuers at the traditional DGzRS station have a state-of-the-art 10.1-metre newbuild of the latest generation. With the words "I christen you ERICH KOSCHUBS and wish you and your crew a safe journey at all times and always a safe return home", Edeltraut Koschubs christened the new lifeboat in the name of her late husband. The 78-year-old woman from Hamburg had made the new vessel with the DGzRS internal registration number SRB 80 possible with a very generous donation. Edeltraut Koschubs was...

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Small gift for the 290th birthday

Small gift for the 290th birthday

Gepostet von | 21 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

21 May 2021 marks the 290th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Pacific Fleet. And what could be better on this anniversary than a gift that you can give yourself? So some thought has been put into it and the latest ship in Project 12700 has been brought into its new home port for the first time. In beautiful Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city of around 180,000 inhabitants on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia and an important base for the Pacific Fleet, a dignified ceremony was held to mark the occasion. The Yakov Balayev is the fifth boat of the Alexandrite class, but only the fourth to be...

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France buys more SAR helicopters

France buys more SAR helicopters

Gepostet von | 20 May 2021 | , , , | 0

France has ordered two more H 160 helicopters from Airbus, as announced by the French procurement authority Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) on 20 May. They are to be delivered in a special, slightly militarised search-and-rescue version. Babcock will install an electro-optical system from the French company Safran for this purpose. With the Euroflir 410, the environment can be recorded and displayed to the pilots in any weather and at any time of day. Depending on the version, optical and laser sensors are integrated. The H 160 will also be equipped with a cable winch and a modular cabin that can be converted for various missions. Additional night vision devices and a...

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The US Navy orders at Lake Constance

The US Navy orders at Lake Constance

Gepostet von | 16 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Rolls-Royce to supply mtu gensets for Constellation frigates Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply mtu-branded naval gensets for the first phase of the US Constellation-class frigate newbuilding programme (FFG-62). The US Navy project was formerly known as the FFG(X) programme. Specifically, Rolls-Royce has been contracted to supply four mtu marine gensets, each rated at 3000 kWe at 1800 rpm, for the first ship of the new class. The Constellation-class frigates have been designed for use in coastal and deep-sea waters. The gensets are based on mtu 20V 4000 M53B engines and deliver a total output of 12 MW for propulsion and on-board power supply. The...

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