The German Navy (Deutsche Marine) has just started at-sea tests of the SKELDAR V200 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard first-in-class K130 corvette “Braunschweig”.
A steel cutting ceremony took place on July 28 at German Naval Yards Kiel for the third K130 Batch 2 Corvette for the Germany Navy. The ceremony was low key because of the current health crisis.
Navantia hosted the keel laying ceremony for the third Avante 22000 corvette for the Royal Saudi Navy. The event took place on 6 August 2020 at the Spanish shipbuilder’ San Fernando shipyard.
The Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East held a keel laying ceremony for the Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette ‘Pavlovsk’ on 29 July. This is the 16th corvette of the Karakurt-class and it is intended for the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Defense Ministryโs press office said.
Zaliv Shipyard in Crimea launched the fourth Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800, “Tsiklon” (Cyclone) on 24 July the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“Al Jubail”, the first of five AVANTE 2200 corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), was launched today by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia.
iXblue has been selected by Naval Group to supply navigation systems for two Gowind corvettes intended for the international market. These two future combat corvettes will be fitted with Marins navigation systems and Netans data distribution & processing units.
UK-based maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register will provide assurance and certification services for vessels being built in China for the Algerian Navy (likely similar to the Pattani-class or Centenary-class) and the Royal Thai Navy (an LPD based on the Type 071 class)
ฮฮฮฮง ฮeorion Shipyards based in Syros Island, Greece, and Israel Shipyards based in Haifa entered a teaming agreement to jointly propose a next generation corvette design for the Hellenic Navy: The Themistocles.
The Gremyashchy lead corvette of project 20385 returned to Severnaya verf Shipyard for primary inspection and elimination of remarks exposed by acceptance trials, the shipyard said.
