Marine Crest Technology, a strategic technology partner to Malaysia’s T7 Global (a group specialized in Oil & Gas), was showcasing for the first time the “Vibrant 01” Combat Management System (CMS) at LIMA 2019. LIMA 2019 was the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held last month in Malaysia.
Naval News learned during LIMA 2019 that Kongsberg recently started the production of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). LIMA 2019 was the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held last week in Malaysia.
Naval Group participates to LIMA – Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition. The group is showcasing its innovations created for modern navies, demonstrating its capabilities in modern military ship and submarine building along with high tech solutions for systems and competence as leading naval integrator.
French company Lacroix Defense is once again exhibiting at LIMA, demonstrating its new generation, compact SYLENA MK2 decoy launching system. Naval News took the opportunity of the event to sit down with Lacroix’s Thomas Vermeersch, Sales and Marketing Director.
Here is NavalNews.com’s first monthly report (February 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
The US Navy announced completion of developmental testing for the AN/AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar system at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Feb. 26.
Construction on the future USS Canberra (LCS 30) began on Feb. 22 in Austal USA’s module manufacturing facility. Dave Growden, native Australian, LCS Program Director and a 30-year member of Austal USA’s team, had the honor of pushing the button to start the router that cut the first piece of aluminum, signalling start of construction for the 15th Independence-variant littoral combat ship.
The U.S. Navy issued its Request for Information (RFI) document for the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC). The LSC is set to replace the ageing Ticonderoga-class of guided missile cruisers.
US Navy’s future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) successfully concluded acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico Feb. 8, following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, US Navy PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants Public Affairs said on Feb. 12.
At SNA 2019, the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Austal AUSA unveiled the latest variant of its “Austal Frigate”.
