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The crews of the ships of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia participating in the Sea Cup competition of the International Army Games 2021 left the port of Bandar Anzali of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Caspian Sea to inspect the area where the first stage of maritime training will be held. The chief judges from each national team…
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August 23, 2021 – HMS Tamar and Spey may dazzle, but HMS Severn vanishes – that’s the theory as the patrol ship becomes the third RN vessel to revert to an historic paint scheme. Ahead of her recommissioning ceremony in London on Saturday, the ship has received the ‘Western Approaches’ livery – as applied to U-boat killers through much of…
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The Black Sea Fleet has completed preparations for testing a new small missile ship (MRK) Ciklon of the Karakurt project, which was built at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch and launched in the summer of 2020. At present, the new MRK is based at the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet, where state tests of the ship…
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On August 22, 2021, while the Beautemps-Beaupré was on a hydrographic and geophysical survey mission in the Gulf of Lion, the watch commander perceived a distress message “PAN PAN” sent by the regional operational center for surveillance and rescue of the Mediterranean (CROSS MED) for a pleasure craft victim of a waterway 20 nautical miles from the Beautemps-Beaupré position. At…
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On August 16, the training ship of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy “Smolniy” moored in the port of Algeria. The purpose of the business visit is to develop interaction in the field of military cooperation between the Russian Navy and the Algerian Navy. Smolniy was visited by the Charge d’Affaires of the Russian Federation in the ANDR A.A.…
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The Philippine Navy frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) took part in a Maritime Partnership Exercise together with two Indian Navy ships namely INS Ranvijay (Guided Missile Destroyer, D55) and INS Kora (Guided Missile Corvette, P61) on August 23, 2021 in the West Philippine Sea. The two Indian Navy ships were met by BRP Antonio Luna somewhere on the northwestern coast…
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August 24, 2021 – Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT, together with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is supplying new radars to the German Navy to modernize the sensor technology of the F124 air defense frigates. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and Operation (BAAINBw) has placed an order worth approximately 200 million euros for the delivery and installation of four…
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August 23, 2021 – PteroDynamics, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, is today announcing it has secured a contract with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to deliver 3 VTOL prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) program. In 2018, Military Sealift Command and Fleet Forces Command identified…
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August 24, 2021 – Saab is leading a live demonstration as part of the EU-funded OCEAN2020 defense research project. The demonstration is being held in the Baltic Sea in August 2021, with the participation of 17 European companies, research institutes and defence ministries. The purpose of the live demonstration off the southern coast of Sweden is to demonstrate the capabilities…
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