Naval and Defense News

[ExNusquam]

RE: DPRK SLBM, Jeff Lewis of Arms Control Wonk has a rather solid rebuttal to that story: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/sta ... 6115084288

[Dysta]

Can someone confirm if that particular BAE shipyard is under serious vulnerabilities?

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/04 ... arine.html

[xavierv]

ORIGINAL: ExNusquam

RE: DPRK SLBM, Jeff Lewis of Arms Control Wonk has a rather solid rebuttal to that story: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/sta ... 6115084288

Ok about the barge... but the question still remains about the purported 10 meters subarmine sections and submarine bulkheads ?

[kevinkins]

Taken together within a very brief time period, not so sure if this is just the usual "noise" out of the Kremlin:

To the south ...
https://defence-blog.com/news/russia-pu ... flict.html

The internet ...
https://www.apnews.com/262960a3495f4cdd97153be18444446c

To the far Arctic north ...
https://www.apnews.com/d0c2eb39a3b44b40ac8ddb1749ebe143

[xavierv]

Saab Shortlisted as Combat System Provider for Finnish Squadron 2020 Programme

Finland’s Ministry of Defence has announced that Saab is shortlisted as combat system provider and integrator for the Finnish Navy’s four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 programme.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... programme/





U.S. Navy Procures 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

The U.S. Navy has awarded a multi-year procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. for the purchase of 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft in full rate production for fiscal years 2019-2023.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -aircraft/

Keel Laid for San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29)

On Friday, April 12, HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division authenticated the keel of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29). Ship's Co-sponsors Shana McCool and Kate Oja declared the keel to be "truly and fairly laid."

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... jr-lpd-29/


First Flight for Royal Navy’s Merlin Crowsnest AEW Helicopter

The first Leonardo Merlin HM.2 helicopter fitted with the Crowsnest kit conducted its first flight in late March 2019 at the Leonardo Helicopters (formerly AgustaWestland) site of Yeovil. The Crowsnest kit transforms the Merlin HM.2 of the Royal Navy into an Advanced Early Warning (AEW) helicopter.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... elicopter/


Poland to Procure four AW101 maritime helicopters for ASW and SAR Missions

On April 8, 2019, the Polish Ministry of National Defense signed an offset package worth 395.882751 million zlotys (about $ 104 million) with Italian company Leonardo. This agreement precedes a procurement contract for four Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin for the Polish Navy.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -missions/

US Approves Possible $1.15Bln Sale of 56 SM-3 Block IB Interceptors for Japan

The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of up to fifty-six (56) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missiles for an estimated cost of $1.150 billion.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... for-japan/



Indonesia Orders Three More Submarines from DSME in US$1.02 billion Deal

Indonesia on Friday signed a US$1.02 billion contract for the procurement of three 1,400-ton submarines (DSME 1400 type) from South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... lion-deal/


Indonesia’s PT PAL Launched its First Locally Built Submarine for TNI AL

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL launched the first diesel-electric submarine built in Indonesia on April 11, 2019 in Surabaya. The Alugoro (405) is the third of the Nagapasa-class submarine (also known as the DSME 1400 design or Improved Chang Bogo-class) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... or-tni-al/

[Gunner98]

USNI article on unmanned surface vessels:

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/15/panel- ... -u-s-fleet

[xavierv]

Pictures: Naval Group Launched ‘Alsace’ the 1st FREMM DA for the French Navy

Naval Group launched the multi-missions FREMM frigate Alsace on 18 April 2019. It is the first of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... ench-navy/

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China’s Marine Lizard Amphibious USV

On April 8, 2019, Chinese engineering company Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry (part of the state-owned shipbuilding corporation China Shipbuilding Industry Corp-CSIC) announced the sea (and land) trials of the “Marine lizard”, the world's first amphibious unmanned surface vessels (USV).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... bious-usv/

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Fincantieri Delivers FREMM Frigate ‘ANTONIO MARCEGLIA’ to the Italian Navy

The frigate “Antonio Marceglia” was delivered today to the Italian Navy at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). It is the eighth of a series of 10 vessels of the FREMM program – Multi Mission European Frigates – commissioned to Fincantieri as part of the international Italian-French program, coordinated by OCCAR (the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... lian-navy/

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First Littoral Mission Ship ‘Keris’ for Royal Malaysian Navy Launched in China

The first Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM or RMN) was named and launched during a ceremony held April 15 at Shuangliu Manufacturer Base, Wuchang Shipbuilding Industrial Group, Wuhan, China.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -in-china/

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Netherlands Coastguard Looking for New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

The Netherlands Coastguard (Nederlandse Kustwacht) is looking for new Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) according to a contract notice published on the European public procurement platform TED.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -aircraft/

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Future Swedish Navy SIGINT vessel launched in Poland

Nauta Shiprepair Yard has completed the next milestone in the construction of the Swedish SIGINT ship for the Royal Swedish Navy. Outfitting and equipment installation will take place in Nauta Shiprepair Yard, after which the vessel will undergo harbour and sea trials. The ship will then sail to Saab’s shipyard in Karlskrona to complete outfitting of special systems.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... in-poland/

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MDL Launched 3rd Visakhapatnam-class Project 15B Destroyer for Indian Navy

Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, launched the third ship of Project 15B, Guided Missile Destroyer "Imphal", today (20 April 2019) at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... dian-navy/

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German Navy Outlines MKS 180 multi-purpose combat ship future capabilities

In a news article recently published on its website and titled "MKS 180: The K Stands for Kombat", the German Navy (Deutsche Marine) outlines the future capabilities of its next class of surface combatant: The MKS 180.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... abilities/

[Primarchx]

Wow, navalnews! [&o]

[kevinkins]

Short article on wargaming;

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-nav ... rd%20Brief

[Hongjian]

The 1st Type 055 "Nanchang" received its pennant number 101 and has joined the PLA Navy.

[xavierv]

ORIGINAL: Hongjian
The 1st Type 055 "Nanchang" received its pennant number 101 and has joined the PLA Navy.

Has the picture been modified ? It looks like only 64x VLS ?

[xavierv]

Japan Coast Guard New 6,000 Tons Patrol Vessel PLH-41 ‘Mizuho’ Fitted with 40Mk4 Main Gun

Recent ship spotter pictures show that Japan Coast Guard's (JCG) future large patrol vessel PLH-41 "Mizuho" has been fitted with a BAE Systems Bofors 40Mk4 40mm main gun.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -main-gun/

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Imminent Roll-Out for China’s First Carrier-Based AWACS

While the large blocks of China’s 3rd aircraft carrier come out one after the other at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Changxing shipyard, for a keel laying sometime in 2019 according to our estimate, another major amplifier component of the Chinese naval aviation should also leave the assembly line and conduct its first flight soon: The carrier-based AWACS, able to take off from the flight deck using a catapult and tasked with the surveillance of the sky and the surface around the carrier strike group.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... sed-awacs/

[kevinkins]

Another wargaming article out today. Very detailed:

https://warontherocks.com/2019/04/how-d ... a-wargame/

Will also post in the War Room if guys want to discuss.

Kevin

[Hongjian]

ORIGINAL: xavierv

ORIGINAL: Hongjian
The 1st Type 055 "Nanchang" received its pennant number 101 and has joined the PLA Navy.

Has the picture been modified ? It looks like only 64x VLS ?

It is very faint, but you can see some cell doors in the midship position. These screengrabs arent the best.

[Dysta]

Hypersonic missiles are heard a lot, but what about it’s reusability? Xiamen’s most recent wave-rider rocket stage may open the possibility of reusable hypersonic missiles in short future:

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/ ... 5527671809

EDIT: SCMP has decided to jump into a conclusion about it’s potential military values with this test:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science ... st-its-own

Xiamen University Aerospace Academy with Beijing Lingkong Tianxing Technology Co., Ltd. successfully launched and recovered the reusable winged suborbital JiaGeng-1 technology tester rocket. (max alt 26.2Km)

[Dysta]

Any SpaceBattles member here? Looks like... I mean, “Sounds” like the whole 70th PLAN Anniversary is botched by bad weather. The climate did not favor to the uprising navy in Asian region. The whole parade is nearly unlookable:

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads ... er.745567/

[kevinkins]

Not sure what to make of this report:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/2 ... e-exercise

Nice photo:

https://theaviationist.com/2019/04/22/t ... r-landing/

[xavierv]

Russia Considering ‘Borei-K’ SSGN Based on Project 955 ‘Borei’ SSBN

The Russian MoD is considering the procurement of two "Borei-K" nulcear-powered cruise missile submarines (SSGN). The design would be based on the Borei-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... orei-ssbn/

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First Project 20385 ‘Gremyashchiy’ corvette starts builder trials

The Russian Navy’s first Project 20385 « Gremyashchiy » corvette went at sea, the Severnaya Verf shipbuilder reported on April 21. The head ship will be inducted by the Russian Navy by the end of 2019, before being transferred to the Pacific fleet.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... er-trials/

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UK eyes XLUUV development for the Royal Navy

The UK MoD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) on April 16 launched a competition aiming at « developing the Royal Navy’s autonomous underwater capability » by studying the utility and operational boundaries of Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUVs).

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... oyal-navy/

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ST Engineering Wins Polar Security Cutter contract from the U.S. Navy

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), a global technology, defence and engineering group today announced that the U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded VT Halter Marine, its shipbuilding business in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the Polar Security Cutter (formerly known as the Heavy Polar Ice Breaker) contract.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -u-s-navy/

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LIG Nex 1 opens new Goalkeeper maintenance facility

LIG Nex1 officially opened a new Goalkeeper CIWS maintenance facility at the company’s Gumi plant on Tuesday, April 16. The ceremony was attended by Kwon Byung-Hyun, LIG Next 1 Production Division General Manager and Geert van der Molen, Vice-President of Thales Netherland.

The RoK Navy currently operates the Goalkeeper CIWS on four types of ships: the Gwanggaeto the Great-class, Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class and Sejong the Great-class destroyers as well as on the Dokdo-class LHD/LPH vessels.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -facility/

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NAVANTIA signs F-110 Frigates Construction Contract with Spanish MoD

The construction of 5 frigates will guarantee a stable and sufficient workload in the next 10 years. • The program will involve the modernization and technological development of Ferrol shipyard, placing it within the framework of Industry 4.0 promoted by the Government of Spain.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... anish-mod/

[Hongjian]

The first Type 052DL (with stretched heli-pad) appears to have more than just that: A replacement for the venerable Type 517B Yagi antennae - a new long-band radar.

[Hongjian]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

Any SpaceBattles member here? Looks like... I mean, “Sounds” like the whole 70th PLAN Anniversary is botched by bad weather. The climate did not favor to the uprising navy in Asian region. The whole parade is nearly unlookable:

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads ... er.745567/

Too bad about the weather, but the fog truly made the Nanchang look menacing.

Does help that the Japanese TV called it "Asia's largest Destroyer"