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River-class Batch 2 OPV ‘HMS Tamar’ Commissioned with Royal Navy
The Royal Navy announced that River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Tamar has been commissionned on June 4. on Tamar River.
9 June 2020
The Royal Navy announced that River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Tamar has been commissionned on June 4. on Tamar River.
French minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, announced that rotary and fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) will be procured ahead of schedule. The announcement came as part of a wider recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis.
HMAS Anzac has joined HMAS Arunta as the second Anzac Class Frigate to undergo the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade.
Saab and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces have conducted the first tests with the Saab Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT) from a Visby-class corvette and Gotland-class submarine.
The Indonesian Government appears to be moving forward with a plan to procure two large displacement frigates for the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL). The frigates would be based on the Danish Iver Huitfeldt-class and built at local shipyard PT PAL.
Russian frigates of project 22350 will be upgraded. The Admiral Gorshkov is the first warship to get upgraded radars and electronic warfare systems.
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD.
During a Greek parliamentary session on May 2, 2020, the special standing committee on armament programs and contracts validated several programs for the Hellenic Navy.
With Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) logged significant milestones this week during Post Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) operations at sea.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale)’s first-in-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) “Suffren” is now in Brest to begin phase 2 of its sea trials: This will consist in deep water tests.
