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Russian Shipyard Cuts Steel for 3rd and 4th Lada-class Submarines
The first steel for the third and the fourth Lada-class (Project 677) submarines has been cut at Russia’s Admiralty Shipyard.
14 February 2022
The first steel for the third and the fourth Lada-class (Project 677) submarines has been cut at Russia’s Admiralty Shipyard.
A U.S. Navy team christened the first Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype Feb. 2 at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility in Newport, RI.
The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class submarine HMS Anson has completed what a submarine should do – submerge – for the first time.
At SNA 2022 in mid-January, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard discussed their future force composition. Discussions covered new frigates, destroyers, amphibious and logistic ships, unmanned surface vessels, sea-to-shore connectors and landing crafts, cutters, and the Integrated Combat System (ICS).
The Hellenic Parliament released the details of Greece’s contract with Naval Group for the Hellenic Navy’s future FDI (Frégate de défense et d’intervention) frigates on February 9.
In the midst of Ukraine-Russia tensions, Russia’s improved Kilo-class (Project 636.3) submarine “Rostov-na-Donu (B-237)” entered the Dardanelles on February 12 en route to the Black Sea.
Today, the technical launch of the fourth Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (PPA – Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura) “Giovanni delle Bande Nere” took place at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Genoa).
On February 10, the United States turned over four Cessna 172 Skylark planes to the Philippine Naval Air Wing based in Sangley Point, Cavite as part of a Php298.1 million ($5.8 million) grant under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program.
The Hunter-class Frigate Program has successfully held a major engineering review, which defines how the Australian Combat System integrates into the Global Combat Ship reference ship design.
The U.S. Navy’s next-generation landing craft completed well deck interoperability trials with Harpers Ferry-class landing ship USS Carter Hall.
