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Europe extends Operation Atalanta for another 2 years
Operation Atalanta´s new mandate entered into force on 1st of January 2021. New tasks will reinforce the EU NAVFOR’s counter-piracy core responsibilities.
4 January 2021
Operation Atalanta´s new mandate entered into force on 1st of January 2021. New tasks will reinforce the EU NAVFOR’s counter-piracy core responsibilities.
Successful trials of hypersonic Tsirkon missile shadowed the completion of acceptance tests of the antisubmarine Otvet missile complex.
Russia’s ship repair center Zvyozdochka (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) finished the berth repair and modernization of the Akula-class (Project 971) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) ‘Leopard’ (K-328).
Australia’s Collins-class submarines will gain enhanced mine and obstacle avoidance capability under a contract signed between Thales Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia.
Russia’s Seventh Project 20380 corvette (NATO reporting name: Steregushchiy-class) ‘Hero of Russia Aldar Tsydenzhapov’ has officially joined the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy on 25 December 2020.
The Russian Navy (VMF) has commissioned its second Project 11711 landing ship tank (LST – NATO reporting name: Ivan Gren-class) ‘Pyotr Morgunov’ built at the Yantar Shipyard (a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation).
The U.S. Navy awarded a $496 million Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to L3Harris Technologies on Dec. 18 to further the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) capability.
The US Navy’s future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) successfully completed Builder’s trials Dec. 19 after spending four days at sea off the coast of Bath, Maine.
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) yesterday delivered the USCGC ROBERT GOLDMAN to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 165th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 42nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a production contract for 19 GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles.
