CP Technologies, previously known as Chassis Plans, has won a contract to modernize and update the mission control computers in the P3B Orion aircraft used by the Hellenic Navy and Air Force.
Eastern Shipbuilding Group reports that steel cutting for the first offshore patrol cutter (OPC), Coast Guard Cutter ARGUS (WMSM-915), commenced on January 7, 2019 at Eastern’s facilities. ESG successfully achieved this milestone even with sustaining damage and work interruption due to Hurricane Michael.
The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for its twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, Newport (EPF 12), at Austal USA’s shipyard., Jan. 29. The keel was said to be “truly and fairly laid” as it was authenticated by Charlotte Dorrance Marshall, signing her initials into the keel plate.
On January 21, 2019, the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) launched its sixth Makassar-class landing platform dock in Surabaya, the KRI Semarang (594). The ship, which became part of the 1st fleet of the Indonesian Navy (Koarmada I), has been configured as a hospital ship to carry out humanitarian missions, assist in natural disasters, and to provide medical assistance to people in remote areas.
The Marine arm of ST Engineering has successfully launched the final of eight Littoral Mission Vessels (LMVs), RSS Fearless, for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)
China’s tenth Type 052D Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luyang III class) and Sixth Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (NATO reporting name: Yuzhao class) were both commissioned with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) on 12 January 2019. Our colleagues from Eastpendulum reported that both vessels joined the PLAN South Sea Fleet.
The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Teodoro López Calderón, presided over in Ferrol the commissioning of the new OPV ‘Furor’, the service announced yesterday.
The US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), closed out 2018 on a high note with the acceptance of the ship’s first advanced weapons elevator (AWE), setting the tone for more positive developments in the year ahead, the Carrier’s Public Affairs said on January 16.
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it will provide a second hybrid electric drive system for the U.S. Coast Guard’s next Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) under a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding.
