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(Google Translation) – On May 28, at the Vympel Shipyard, which is part of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, a river patrol boat, of an unknown project, was launched. Vympel has already designed and built four offshore boats of this project. The new boat with serial number 01409 is designed to serve on river and coastal sections of the state…
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May 27, 2020 – USS Pinckney (DDG 91) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized over 2,700 kilograms of suspected cocaine May 16. After a U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), assigned to the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron VP 26, first spotted the low profile vessel (LPV), Pinckney was vectored for a long range intercept.…
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May 28, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), the signing of the acceptance act of the strategic missile submarine cruiser (SSBN) Knyaz Vladimir took place. In a festive atmosphere, the document was signed by the chairman of the State Acceptance Commission for the ships of the High Command of the Navy of Russia, Captain 1st Rank Aleksey…
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May 28, 2020 (Google Translation) – Mooring trials of the third in a series of patrol ship of project 22160 Pavel Derzhavin, built at the production facilities of Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation JSC, are in the active phase. The question of the test schedule of the ship was heard at a workshop in the Admiralty, which was led by the…
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May 22, 2020 – Leading boat launch and recovery systems supplier Vestdavit will deliver the most advanced motion-compensated davits in the world to the US Navy, following orders placed with Vestdavit Inc. by General Dynamics NASSCO to equip two Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships. The US shipbuilder’s San Diego yard will deliver ESB 6 and ESB 7, the latest in…
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May 28, 2020 (Google Translation) – Based in Fort-de-France, the overseas support and assistance building (BSAOM) Dumont d’Urville, admitted to active service on April 17, brings to the armed forces in the Antilles (FAA) a new light amphibious capability . Among the means of this particularly versatile new building is indeed a service boat capable of transporting and disembarking vehicles,…
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May 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – With the departure of the hydrographic ship Galatea this morning from the base of La Spezia, the 2020 hydro-oceanographic campaign of the Navy began, an activity that will engage the hydro-oceanographic naval units of the Naval Team (CINCNAV) in support of the technical-scientific needs of the Navy Hydrographic Institute (IIM) and other national research…
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May 27, 2020 – Communications for submarines is one of the main means to achieve strategic information superiority. With Rohde & Schwarz being at the forefront of naval communication systems, the company offers full integrated communication systems (NAVICS) including line of sight (LOS) and beyond line of sight (BLOS) communications. Here, the company masters the most critical aspect of underwater…
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In this exhibition, it is intended to deepen the knowledge about the life and work of this Navy Officer who made such important contributions to our homeland. Carlos Viegas de Gago Coutinho was born in Lisbon in 1869. He joined the Escola Naval in 1886, having distinguished himself for his aplomb and intelligence. From an early age, he became interested…
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May 26, 2020 – For the third time in two months, Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while intercepting a U.S. Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft in U.S. Sixth Fleet, May 26, 2020. On May 26, 2020, a U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft was flying in the Eastern Mediterranean over international waters and was intercepted by…
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