
Russiaโs Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser to leave dock in 2020
The Project 11442M heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will be taken out of the dock in 2020, CEO of the Sevmash Shipyard Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS.

The Project 11442M heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will be taken out of the dock in 2020, CEO of the Sevmash Shipyard Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS.

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) will receive new uniforms from the end of 2020 under the Defense Operational Clothing System (DOCS) project, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced on December 19.

The construction of the new Combat Support Ship (CSS) Zr. Ms Den Helder should start soon. An agreement has been reached between the Dutch MoD and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding on the construction and delivery of a CSS. State Secretary Barbara Visser sent the last required document (D letter) to the Lower House on December 19.

Naval Group and Airspeed, a specialist of composites manufacturing based in South Australia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to respond to the design competition launched by Lockheed Martin Australia for the masts of the Attack-class submarines.

French equipment manufacturer CNIM is right on track and on time to deliver a new generation of landing craft to the French Navy (Marine Nationale), having cut steel of the first EDA-S in October this year.

The next generation Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) achieved early operational capability (EOC) with the F/A-18E/F in November, Naval News learned from NAVAIR, bringing new capabilities to U.S. Naval Air Forces.

Navantia has finalized on December 18, in the Cartagena facilities, the closure of the resistant hull of the S-81 โIsaac Peralโ submarine for the Spanish Navy, after the union of the last section of the ship.

TechnicAtome and Naval Group teams fired up the nuclear boiler of the first-of-class nuclear powered attack submarine (SSN) “Suffren” for the first time, an event known as “divergence”. With this new milestone completed, the submarine is on track to start initial sea trials.

Kership has selected iXblue navigation solutions to equip the three new offshore patrol vessels (OPV 90 type) being built for the Argentine Navy. The Marins inertial navigation systems and Netans data distribution units (DDU) will provide the navigation for these three future ships.

The Belgian Navy plans to deploy the Lรฉopold 1er (F930) frigate within the French carrier strike group, the 2020 operational plan of the Belgian Defense Ministry reveals.