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February 10, 2021 – German yard, Abeking & Rasmussen, has announced that it has begun the construction of two minehunting vessels for the Indonesian Navy. Each vessel will feature a complete MAN hybrid propulsion package, with: 2 × MAN 12V175D-MM engines delivering 2,220 kW at 1,900 rpm an MAN Alpha CPP twin screw-propeller system including Alphatronic 3000 propulsion-control system for efficient…
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February 10, 2021 – A joint venture formed by Amentum and Kūpono, one of its protégé partners and an Alaka’ina Foundation company, was recently selected to perform range and base operations for the U.S. Navy under a single-award, hybrid contract. Koa Lani JV LLC, the new joint venture, will provide range and base operations support services at the Pacific Missile…
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February 10, 2021 – BAE Systems has been selected to supply 12 Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns to the Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the Mine Counter Measures Vessels (MCMV) program. The shipbuilding company Kership will install the guns on the fleet of 12 mine hunting vessels – six for Belgium, six for the Netherlands – with the…
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February 10, 2021 – After the heat of the Gulf, it’s the cool waters of northern Europe for the next few months for HMS Blyth which is joining a NATO task group. The hi-tech minehunter has left her native Clyde to take her place with a small force of like-minded warships from across the alliance: Standing Mine Countermeasures Group One.…
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