Schiebelโs proven CAMCOPTERยฎ S-100 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air System (UAS) performed a five-day maritime surveillance demonstration aboard Finnish Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Turva.
Adm. James G. Foggo III, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), visited Paris to meet with senior French military leaders to discuss the enduring French-American strategic alliance Sept. 12-14, 2019. Foggo also participated in events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris during the trip.
Australia’s third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the future HMAS Sydney, has commenced its first phase of sea trials which will test the shipโs hull, propulsion and navigation systems, the Australian MoD announced today.
Thailand signed a contract with China for the procurement of a Type 071E landing platform dock (LPD) on September 9, 2019. China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) will build the amphibious vessel for the Royal Thai Navy.
A U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye able to be refueled in midair is now with VAW-120, the Carrier Airborne Early Warning community’s replacement training squadron. A prototype E-2D with the refueling probe flew first in December 2016. The new capability will bring a huge step forward in capability and endurance.
The Latvian Navy procured a pair of A9-M Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (AUV) from ECA Group in 2015. Since then, the system is being operated in Liepฤja by the Minehunters Squadron. But It was never demonstrated to a foreign media… That was until Naval News interviewed commander Armands Grebeลพs, chief of the BALTRON squadron, in late August 2019.
iXblue’s Marins Inertial Navigation Systems has been selected to equip the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) 27, 29 and 31.
China’s 2nd aircraft carrier (the 1st one fully built locally) completed its 7th set of sea trials in August. It will highly likely be commissioned with the Peopleโs Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese navy) by the end of the year.
Set to be bigger and more diverse than ever before, the seventh edition of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX 2020) will take place from 16 to 18 March 2020.
HMAS Anzacโs new mast has been installed in the next major milestone as part of the shipโs Mid Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) being undertaken at BAE Systems Australiaโs Henderson facility.
