The Italian Navy’s first Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship (PPA) “Paolo Thaon di Revel” started sea trials, setting sails in the blue waters of the Gulf of La Spezia on 12th Nov 2019.
Leonardo’s ULISSES system was used to automatically locate a number of simulated submarines in a live trials exercise. Ultra Electronics provides the software capability for the ULISSES system to provide accurate target location from up to 64 sonobuoys and/or dipping sonars. The successful trials mean that development is on-track to finish this year, with production starting in 2020.
Yantar Shipyard floated the Voevoda lead rescue vessel of project 23700, the enterprise said.
The world’s latest generation solid-state radar technology, formerly known as Lockheed Martin’s Solid State Radar (LM SSR), has been designated as AN/SPY-7(V)1 by the United States government. The designation of AN/SPY-7(V)1 is a direct reflection of the maturity and capability of Lockheed Martin’s solid-state radar technology.
Rohde & Schwarz delivers communications suite for Lekiu-class frigates of the Royal Malaysian Navy, on budget and ahead of time, increasing the installed base in Malaysia.
Israel Shipyards based in Haifa will design and build the Reshef-class vessels to replace the Israeli Navy (Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli) in service SA’AR 4.5 missile craft.
According to a local newspaper, the Bulgarian government green-lighted the acquisition of two Tripartite-class mine countermeasure vessels (MCM) from the Royal Netherlands Navy for around EUR2.4 million.
The French Army and French Navy started the qualification testing of the Griffon Armored Personnel Carrier and Jaguar Armored Fighting Vehicle in early November 2019.
Europe’s missile leader MBDA announced it is ready to meet the challenge of Europe’s future missile defence and is working on the TWISTER project which calls for a next generation land and sea based interceptor capable of countering current and future missile threats.
The Pacific Fleet’s Project 1155M frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov currently being upgraded has left the dry dock of the Dalzavod Shipyard in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and gone to the outfitting pier, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
