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Recognized for its outstanding performance and commitment to the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Propulsion Controls Engineering LLC (PCE) was named as the 2021 Team Freedom LCS Supplier of the Year on Jan. 11 at the 34th annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium. A longtime supplier to the Lockheed Martin-led team since 2010 on the USS Freedom (LCS 1), San…
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Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the integration of the AN/SPY-7(v)1 radar into the Aegis Weapon System, executing the processing required to detect, track and discriminate ballistic missile threats, and successfully guide interceptors to those threats. “The SPY-7 radar brings superior capability to sea or land-based platforms, utilizing proven production technology scaled from the Long Range Discrimination Radar, which recently achieved initial…
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On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 12 noon, the task force supply ship “Berlin” will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). The naval association is primarily responsible for controlling and protecting strategically important sea routes in the North Atlantic and North Sea. “The crew of the ‘Berlin’ and I are…
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The Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), back to the fleet two days ahead of schedule, on Jan. 19, 2022, after a 10-month Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA). Embedded within the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), this is HRMC’s second maintenance availability…
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On January 21, 2022, the A-crew of the Multi-Mission Frigate (FREMM) Provence conducted joint training off the coast of Cyprus with the Cypriot Navy patrol boat Ioannides. The two navies began the cooperation sequence with a scenario of countering an asymmetric threat, allowing the crews of the Provence and the Ioannides to support each other in the face of a…
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The nuclear submarine of the project “Borey-A” “Prince Oleg”, built at Sevmash (part of the USC), went to a temporary base for the Northern Fleet. The specialists of the enterprise took part in the preparation of the ship for the transition. Recall that the hoisting of the Andreevsky flag on the cruiser took place at Sevmash on December 21, 2021.…
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