Xavier Vavasseur, Author at Naval News

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ThayerMahan and iXblue sign MoU to provide unmanned maritime services

Groton-based ThayerMahan Inc., a world leader in autonomous maritime security solutions, announced today that it has teamed with iXblue, a global high-tech company specializing in navigation, acoustic positioning, and underwater imaging, to provide unmanned maritime and survey services using iXblue’s DriX Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) in North America as well as in other parts of the world.

9 March 2020

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Italian Navy FREMM frigate ITS Martinengo Test Launches ASTER 30 Missile

OCCAR announced that the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) FREMM frigate ITS Martinengo successfully conducted the fourth ASTER 30 missile firing of the FREMM Programme on March 4, 2020.

9 March 2020

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Navantia: Development of S80 Submarine’s AIP System Completed

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced it has successfully completed the development of the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system for the S80 submarine program at the end of February.

9 March 2020

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Australia Delivers Austal-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat to Fiji

Austal Limited (Austal) is pleased to announce the on-time delivery of the sixth Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel, the RFNS Savenaca, was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of Fiji during a handover ceremony at Austal Australia’s Henderson shipyard.

9 March 2020

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Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Commissioned into U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy commissioned the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (ESB 4) on March 7 in Norfolk, Virginia.

9 March 2020

French Navy NH90 NFH Caiman on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower

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Pictures: U.S. Navy and French Navy Aircraft in Cross-Deck Inter-operability Exercise

The Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) participated in cross-deck inter-operability exercises in the Mediterranean Sea March 3.

7 March 2020

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MBDA’s ANL / Sea Venom Missile Aces First Qualification Test Firing

The French ministry of armed forces announced that MBDA’s ANL / Sea Venom light anti-ship missile successfully passed its first qualification test firing on February 20th. The test was conducted by DGA teams.

6 March 2020

Artist impression of a Suffren-class SSN. Naval Group picture.

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4th Barracuda SSN: Successful FAT for ECA GROUP’s Electric Propulsion Motors

Late 2019, ECA GROUP carried out the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of the 4th Ship set of the Electric Propulsion Motor (MEP) for the 4th Barracuda Submarine, alongside Naval Group and the French General Direction of Armement (DGA).

6 March 2020

Artist impression of Tamandaré-class. TKMS image

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TKMS Embraer & Atech Sign Construction Contract for Brazil’s Tamandaré-class

On March 5th, in Rio de Janeiro, Emgepron, an independent state company, linked to the Ministry of Defense through the Brazilian Navy Command, and Águas Azuis, a company created by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and Atech, signed the contract for building four state-of-the-art Tamandaré Class Ships, with deliveries scheduled between 2025 and 2028.

6 March 2020

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JMSDF Commissioned its 1st Li-Ion Battery Submarine SS-511 JS Ōryū おうりゅう

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its 11th Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture on March 5, 2020. JS Ōryū (SS-511) joins the JMSDF’s Submarine Flotilla 1, based in Kure. It is the first-in-class boat to feature lithium-ion batteries.

5 March 2020

Xavier Vavasseur

ThayerMahan and iXblue sign MoU to provide unmanned maritime services

Italian Navy FREMM frigate ITS Martinengo Test Launches ASTER 30 Missile

Navantia: Development of S80 Submarine’s AIP System Completed

Australia Delivers Austal-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat to Fiji

Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Commissioned into U.S. Navy

Pictures: U.S. Navy and French Navy Aircraft in Cross-Deck Inter-operability Exercise

MBDA’s ANL / Sea Venom Missile Aces First Qualification Test Firing

4th Barracuda SSN: Successful FAT for ECA GROUP’s Electric Propulsion Motors

TKMS Embraer & Atech Sign Construction Contract for Brazil’s Tamandaré-class

JMSDF Commissioned its 1st Li-Ion Battery Submarine SS-511 JS Ōryū おうりゅう

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