Austal USA and the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed integrated trials on the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is now ready to be delivered to the U.S. Navy.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) and French Armament General Directorate (DGA) started trials of the Thales CAPTAS-1 variable depth sonar (VDS) aboard Loire-class offshore support and assistance vessel (BSAM) “Garonne” off Brest, in Brittany.
The River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Trent has been commissioned with the Royal Navy today during a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base.
The Russian Navy will begin trials of new modular systems by the end of the summer. They include weapons and equipment carried in ordinary sea containers which can be loaded on various warships and plugged into onboard power supplies and controls.
Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc (SIS) and Cambridge Pixel complete major integration efforts on small and large autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) for U.S. Navy trials
The Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East held a keel laying ceremony for the Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette ‘Pavlovsk’ on 29 July. This is the 16th corvette of the Karakurt-class and it is intended for the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
Team 31 has successfully completed its Whole Ship Preliminary Design Review (WSPDR) for the Type 31 Frigate, marking the end of the Engineering functional design phase.
Here is NavalNews.com’s July Monthly Recap. This month we cover Turkey’s new anti-ship missile, a frigate commissioning in the Philippines, a corvette launch in Spain, a Fast Attack Craft commissioning in Greece and France’s new SSN, the Suffren.
The British Coast Guard (HM Coastguard) will start operational trials of two Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to support search and rescue (SAR) response in north Wales both at sea and in the mountains.
Russia’s Vyborg Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on 25 July for the “Purga” ice-class coast guard ship of project 23550, the enterprise said. The vessel is intended for the border guard service of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation.
