Babcock Team 31 is pleased to announce the second round of supply chain contract awards across the UK and Europe to support the Royal Navy’s Type 31 general purpose frigate programme.
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa started conducting replenishment trials with Philippine Navy’s Future Frigate Jose Rizal off the coast of South Korea.
The “Admiral Golovko” frigate of project 22350 will be floated in late April — early May, Severnaya verf Shipyard said. It is the third frigate of the class following the “Admiral Gorshkov” and “Admiral Kasatonov”.
The Republic of China Navy (ROC Navy, Taiwan) has started a program to upgrade the decoy launchers aboard its French-built Kang Ding-class frigates. Following the upgrade, the DAGAIE MK2 launchers will be able to deploy next gen countermeasures which will better protect the vessels against modern anti-ship missiles.
Admiral Boo Suk-jong was appointed as the 34th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) on April 10, 2020.
Textron was awarded a U.S. Navy contract modification, worth around $386 million, for the construction of landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) 100 Class Craft 109 through 123 as part of the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Program.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division recently started fabrication of the first LPD 17 Flight II amphibious transport dock for the U.S. Navy, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD 30). The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut.
The Russian Pacific fleet held large-scale maneuvers of the surface forces. They trained integration of the latest controls, arms and electronic warfare and the inclusion of the latest warships into a single command system.
Leading boat-handling systems supplier Vestdavit has won a tender from Chantiers de l’Atlantique to supply davit systems for four new logistic support ships for the French Navy known as the BRF (bâtiments ravitailleurs de force or force replenishment vessel).
Tests carried out at the beginning of the week revealed that 668 French sailors (nearly one third of aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew) have tested positive to COVID-19. 31 service members are hospitalized and one is in intensive care. 30% of the test results are still pending.
