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Lockheed Martin Canada Delivers High Fidelity Combat System Trainer to Royal New Zealand Navy 16 Maret 2017 Lockheed Martin Canada"s Combat System Trainer delivered to the Maritime Warfare Training Centre at the Royal New Zealand Navy base in Devonport, New Zealand. (photo : Lockheed Martin) OTTAWA, Ontario/PRNewswire/ -- Completing the first major delivery under the New Zealand ANZAC Frigate System Upgrade Project, prime systems integrator Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Canada and Chief of Navy Rear Admiral John Martin have officially opened the New Zealand ANZAC combat system trainer. The combat system trainer was delivered ahead of schedule to the Maritime Warfare Training Centre at the Royal New Zealand Navy base in Devonport on February 16, 2017. Rear Admiral Martin stated, "It is wonderful to receive the trainer early which will allow our sailors to be properly prepared when the upgraded ships arrive. Lockheed Martin Canada"s combat system trainer is a world class tra...

Philippine Navy Expecting 4 New Mk. 38 Mod. 3 Gun Systems from 2 Contracts 16 Maret 2017 The Mk. 38 Mod. 3 MGS with a 30mm ATK cannon. The Philippine Navy opted to use the 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannon instead, based on the DoD"s information. (photo : DefenseMediaNetwork) Based on information made public by the US Department of Defense through its website as of September 29, 2016, the US Navy"s Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded a US$25.4 million contract to BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP for the production of Mk. 38 Mod. 3 Machine Gun System (MGS), which will be installed on US Navy ships as well as Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to friendly countries. Among those scheduled to receive from FMS is the Philippine Navy, whose share on the contract is around 8%, or roughly US$2.03 million. This is in addition to an earlier contract, which the US Navy"s Naval Surface Warfare Center also awarded to BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP in October 2015 for US$30.556 million, ...

Ultra Electronics to Design Early Warning System Techniques for Australian Navy 14 Maret 2017 Early warning system will complement existing ship-borne radar systems (photo : RAN) The Australian government last Thursday announced that it had awarded A$1.7 million to Ultra Electronics Pty Ltd to build early warning system techniques for the Australian Navy.  Ultra Electronics will develop the techniques to provide naval ships with early warning of low flying air threats, such as anti-ship missiles. Defence minister Christopher Pyne said that the grant would improve the technology available to the Navy. “This project will complement existing ship-borne radar systems,” Pyne said. “I am pleased to announce Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems Pty Ltd will receive funding to take this innovative technology to the next level. We are determined to use the defence dollar to drive a higher technology, advanced manufacturing future. “We need to ensure that we maximise oppo...

Bakker Sliedrecht Delivers Electrical Auxiliary Propulsion System for First of Two PKR Guided Missile Frigates Designated for the Indonesian Navy 21 Februari 2017 Damen Sigma PKR 10514 (photo : Damen) Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding has delivered the first of two Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigates designated for the Indonesian Navy. Bakker Sliedrecht was responsible for the electrical auxiliary propulsion system. The frequency drives of this propulsion system are directly connected to the power grid while complying with the EMC regulations. Water-cooled frequency drives Key components of the electrical auxiliary propulsion system are two electric propulsion motors and two water-cooled variable-frequency drives with active front ends. Both frequency drives are cooled by one water-cool unit to save weight, space and costs. Installation process After assembling the electrical drive systems in our workshop, the installations were delivered to Damen Shipyards were one of the...

Austal Launches Second Cape-Class Patrol Boat for Australian Navy 17 Februari 2017 Cape class patrol boat (photo : Austal) Australian shipbuilder Austal launched the tenth Cape-class patrol boat for the Royal Australian Navy at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard on February 14. Future Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Inscription is the the second of two follow-on Cape-class boats that will be operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The first boat, ‘Cape Fourcroy’, was rolled out in December last year and is scheduled for delivery to the navy in April 2017. The first eight vessels were ordered in 2011 and entered service with the Australian Border Force from 2013 onwards. In December 2015, Austal announced a AU$63 million contract for the construction of another two boats. Austal’s Cape-class patrol boat is a 58 metre all aluminium monohull vessel, designed to perform border protection and maritime security tasks, with a top speed of 26 knots and a range of u...

Kongsberg Delivers Hugin AUV Training to Indonesian Navy 09 Februari 2017 Hugin AUV training to Indonesian Navy (photo : Kongsberg) Kongsberg Maritime’s Marine Robotics department has provided a three-week training of Hugin AUV systems set up on Indonesian Navy’s new survey ship program. The introduction training was conducted at a hotel in Central Jakarta, and the last week was at sea in Semangka Bay for practical training down to depths of 1000 metres. The training objectives for the crew before embarking for the sea trials ranged from system understanding to inertial navigation and advanced mission planning. “Language barriers made the training challenging,” says chief AUV instructor Stian Hopmark, “luckily, this was compensated for by the students having an extraordinary interest in the subjects and willingness to learn.” OCEA, the French shipbuilder that built and delivered the two survey ships has stated that they are very pleased with Kongsberg...

Royal Australian Navy Orders Unmanned Schiebel Camcopter 07 Februari 2017 The Schiebel S-100 Camcopter carriers multiple payloads, including a Selex synthetic aperture radar. (photo: Schiebel Group) The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has awarded Austria’s Schiebel Group a contract to provide its Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter and three years of logistics support. The company announced the contract on February 6, but it was signed back in December. It did not disclose the contract value or the number of systems ordered, each of which consists of two aircraft. With an empty weight of 110 kg (243 pounds) and powered by heavy-fuel or gasoline engines, the S-100 carries a payload of 75 pounds for more than six hours; fitted with an optional external fuel tank it operates for more than 10 hours. Schiebel advertises a beyond line-of-sight operating range of 200 km (124 miles). The RAN issued a request for tenders last February for an unmanned rotary-wing aircraft to perform maritime an...

Thai Navy to Retire Ratcharit-, Prabparapak-Class Missile Boats Over Next 10 Years 19 Januari 2017 BMB-230 Class consists of HTMS Ratcharit (FAC 321),  HTMS Vitiyakom (FAC 322),  HTMS U-domdej (FAC 323) (photo : baloogancampaign) The Royal Thai Navy will retire its entire fleet of missile-capable patrol boats by 2026. Service is eyeing larger platforms such as LPDs and frigates in the coming years. As part of its efforts to prepare the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) for future maritime security challenges, the service will progressively decommission its Ratcharit and Prabparapak classes of missile-armed patrol boats by 2026. FPB-45 class consists of HTMS Prabbrorapak (FAC 311),  HTMS Hanhak Sudtru (FAC 312),  HTMS Soo Pirin (FAC 313) (photo :  vichayasan1812 ) The vessels, which have been in service since the 1970s, are now less relevant given the rise of asymmetric security challenges, such as maritime terrorism and piracy, said Captain Prawoot Rodmanee, chief of t...

Servowatch to Supply Royal Thai Navy with its Most Advanced IPMS 16 Januari 2017 Servowatch system (photo : Naval Today) As military vessels become even more complex with smaller crew sizes it becomes critical that integrated systems work under the strictest of conditions and are proven and extremely reliable. Servowatch, a leading supplier of advanced integrated ship control systems has been down selected by Bangkok Dock Co., (1957) Ltd. in Thailand to supply their Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the latest River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) being built for the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). The model of RTN second OPV (photo : Thai PBS) This is the second vessel based on the same BAE Systems Naval Ships design as the Amazonas-class vessels operated by Brazil to be supplied by Servowatch with its world-class control system. The River-class Batch 2 is also being constructed for the UK Royal Navy and like the first Brazilian vessel it will incorporate Servowatch’s IP...

05 Januari 2017 Vietnamese Navy"s Pluto Pus UUV (all photos : BaoDatViet)  Can work 6 hours at a speed of 6 knots/h, the Navy UUV Pluto Plus Vietnam was rated the world"s leading modern. In an interview with the newspaper in May 8/2016 Navy, Lieutenant Colonel Doan Bao Anh, head of Brigade 161 Brigade said the new unit is receiving Pluto Plus robot. According to Lieutenant Colonel Britain, new units receiving robot Pluto Plus recently. This is the modern equipment and very expensive to have strict regulations in the operations manual, to the foreign experts also must be very careful. So, to master, to become proficient quickly equip, staff and soldiers actively research units and less than a month after the reception has successfully made this device model aimed training before cases reach the actual robot. So equipped with the latest robot Vietnam Navy can accomplish what task? Pluto Plus is a means of unmanned underwater produced by Italy"s Electronics Group Gaymarine ...