Video: Naval News Monthly Recap – December 2021
Here is NavalNews.com’s December 2021 Monthly Recap.
Here is NavalNews.com’s December 2021 Monthly Recap.

Austal USA laid the keel of the future USNS Cody (EPF 14) with a ceremony held in the facilities in Mobile, Alabama on 27 January.
According to an OCCAR press statement issued on January 15, OCCAR managed to replace FS Forbin’s PAAMS radar radome damaged by a lightning strike in December 2021.
The Italian Navy and Air Force assets participate in the NATO-led Neptune Strike 2022 from 24 Jan to 7 Feb 2022 in the central Mediterranean.
During a regular patrol over Norway’s surrounding seas, a Norwegian P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft detected and observed a group of Russian Navy ships off the Norwegian coast.
The Russian-Chinese naval drill Peaceful Sea-2022 took place in the western part of the Arabian Sea.

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification for the second lot of full rate production of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). The contract award of $ 169 million is for 33 vehicles.
Damen commissions Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems to supply mtu NautIQ Master Integrated Platform Management System for German Navy’s F126 Frigates
Turkish frigate TCG Barbaros deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 24 as the flagship to NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) focused patrols.

The new NH90 Multi-Role Frigate Helicopter (MRFH) for the German Navy will be flying with Rohde & Schwarz software defined airborne radios.