Sensors & Combat Systems
German Navy Orders Satcom Terminals for Its K-130 Corvettes
German Navy has recently ordered five satellite communication (satcom) terminals for its Braunschweig class (K-130) corvettes. The three-year project, awarded to the Spanish company Indra, in partnership with the company Atlas Elektronik, covers manufacturing, integration and testing, electronic doc
Welcome Home HMS Pembroke
Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Pembroke returned home on Thursday, April 23, to HM Naval Base Clyde following a four-month deployment. The Sandown Class Mine Counter Measures Vessel has been assigned to NATO’s Mine Counter Measures Group 1 since January this year, operating in the Baltic and North Sea.
Russian Navy’s Vessels Leave Avacha Bay for Training
Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet vessels departed the Avacha Bay to undertake training. The tactical strike group of small missile ships is scheduled to undertake missile launching at air targets and artillery firing near the Shipunsky Peninsula, Pacific Ocean. Also planned are mine search and detection
VolkerStevin to Prepare HMNB Portsmouth for New Aircraft Carriers
VolkerStevin has been awarded a £34m design and build contract to reconstruct the jetty at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) to house the new Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. HMNB Portsmouth will be home to two new aircraft carriers – HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince Of
MacArtney to Equip FREMM Frigates with Connectivity Solutions
MacArtney Underwater Technology has been awarded the contract to supply SubConn underwater connectivity solutions for the cutting-edge, bow mounted sonar systems that are essential to the impressive undersea threat detection and response capability of the advanced FREMM frigates currently operated b
SSBN Le Triomphant Enters Testing Phase
After 20 months of maintenance and upgrading in dock no. 8 at the Brest naval base, the nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Le Triomphant was transferred to the operational base at Ile Longue, Brittany, on Tuesday, April 14. Work on the vessel is continuing for DCNS and its partners. Le Triom
Construction of Egyptian Navy’s First GOWIND Corvette Starts
DCNS started cutting metal for the very first GOWIND® 2500 corvette under construction in Lorient, in the presence of high representatives of the Egyptian Navy. This vessel is the first of a series of four units that will be delivered to Egypt before 2019. The cutting of the first metal sheets for t
Spanish Guardia Civil’s Patrol Boat Launched
The first of the two Patrol Boats built for the Spanish Guardia Civil was launched at Gondan Shipyard’s facilities in Ribadeo yesterday. The contract was signed last summer. With an overall length of 20.5 m and a beam of 5.0 m, these boats have been built in Aluminum and Fiber (GRP) in Gondan’s Vega
Royal Navy Orders Radars for New OPVs
Royal Navy has contracted Kelvin Hughes to supply their SharpEye™ radars for the Navy’s new River class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) to be built on the Clyde. The Navy’s three new OPVs will benamed HMS Forth, HMS Medway and HMS Trent. The new vessels will be used for counter terrorism, coun
HMAS Anzac Keeps Flight Crew Ready for Action
Sailing across the Indian Ocean on its way to Anzac Cove and beyond, the Royal Australian Navy helicopter frigate HMAS Anzac has kept itself busy with daily flying operations using the ship’s embarked AS350BA Squirrel helicopter. The flying operations have been a good opportunity to consolidate the
Italian Navy Clears Mines in the Mediterranean Sea
Italian Navy’s ship Chioggia and the Operational Divers Group (GOS) from the Comsubin performed the mine clearing operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The GOS, with a sophisticated equipment on board, plumbed to the depths of the area between the southern Tirrenian Sea and the northern Ionian Sea wi
French-UK Mine Counter Measures Contract Awarded
On behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) in France and UK MOD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation, OCCAR has awarded the Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) contract to Thales, in collaboration with BAE Systems and their partners in France (ECA) and in the UK (ASV, Wood & Do
HMS Sutherland Deploys for Sea Trials
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland left Babcock’s Devonport Royal Dockyard for sea trials yesterday, 24 March. The vessel has increased structural sustainability and fighting capability, as part of a significant upgrade and substantial maintenance programme by Babcock, including extensive i
SNMCMG2 Takes Part in Ordnance Disposal Operation
The NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) joined the operation FR HOD (Historical Ordnance Disposal) Baie de la Somme. The group will be working in an area facing the Dieppe harbour in a series of activities such as WW2 mines clearing operations and the sharing of operative procedures concerni