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Hyundai Heavy Industries to Supply Ice Capable Tanker to Royal New Zealand Navy quote:
New Zealand's Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of South Korea won a contract to build and deliver a new tanker for the Royal New Zealand Navy. The tanker will be ice-strengthened for Antarctic operations, winterised, and will be the largest vessel ever operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4210 China's 7th & 8th Type 903A Fleet Replenishment Oilers Commissioned Into PLAN South Sea Fleet quote:
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) commissioned two Type 903A Fleet Replenishement Oilers on July 15 2016 with China's South Sea Fleet. A commissioning, naming and flag-presenting ceremony was held solemnly at the Zhoushan naval base in east China’s Zhejiang province for the new vessels: Honghu (hull number 963) and Luomahu (hull number 964). Plus a piece on the much larger Type 901: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4206 Third and Last Chinese-Built C28A Corvette Delivered to the Algerian Navy quote:
The third and last C28A Corvette on order for the Algerian Navy has been delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a wholly owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC, the largest shipbuilding group in China). Algeria signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Co (CSTC) for construction of three C28A corvettes in March 2012. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4205 Russian Navy receives 47 Kalibr cruise missiles, 72 surface-to-air missiles in earlier 2016 quote:
The Russian Navy has taken delivery of almost 50 Kalibr (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles, 72 surface-to-air missiles and a Gamma-S1M radar during the first six months of the year, Russian Armed Forces Chief of Armament Anatoly Gulyayev said on the Common Military Equipment Acceptance Day. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4211 Russian Navy Hopes to get its 1st Project 22350 Frigate Admiral Gorshkov in November 2016 quote:
The Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral Gorshkov is planned to be delivered to Russia’s Navy in November 2016, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Armament Department Lieutenant-General Anatoly Gulyayev said on the single military hardware acceptance day. ... However, there are certain problems with air defense missile systems designed for ships of this type, Gulyayev added. According to him, "as for the Poliment-Redut shipborne air defense missile system, no positive result of the use of surface-to-air missiles developed by the Fakel Enterprise and designed for the Project 20380 corvette and the Project 22350 frigate has been received yet." http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4213 Rosatom’s subsidiary makes innovative nuclear fuel for Project 22220 icebreaker Arktika quote:
The Machine-Building Plant, a subsidiary of the TVEL Fuel Company within Russia’s nuclear power corporation Rosatom, has manufactured the first batch of fuel elements for the reactor core of the Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker, the TVEL Company’s press office said. ... The advanced and unique fuel features high reliability and a doubled service life. The reactor core of modern icebreakers has a service life of four-five years. Thus, the advanced fuel has allowed doubling the service life of the reactor core of new-generation icebreakers. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4216 1st Project 955A SSBN Knyaz Vladimir & 1st Project 885M SSGN Kazan to join Russia’s Navy in 2018 quote:
The Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir and the Project 885M Yasen-M class nuclear-powered submarine Kazan will join Russia’s Navy in 2018 or one year later than planned, a source in the defense and industrial sector told TASS. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4220 Video: German Navy’s First F125 Frigate Baden-Württemberg in Sea Trials quote:
The German Navy (Deutsche Marine) released a nice video showing the first F125 frigate conducting sea trials off the coast of Denmark. Viewers can see the “Baden-Württemberg” being put through several maneuvers (high speed turns, man-overboard maneuver) to verify the control of the ship. The crew consisting of German Navy sailors and civilian engineers are also testing systems onboard such as the TRS-4D radar system. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4219 Spanish MoD Approved the Critical Design Review on Navantia S-80 Submarine quote:
An expert panel of the Spanish Ministry of Defense has approved the Critical Design Review (CDR) of S-80 class diesel-electric submarines (SSK) being built by Navantia shipyard in Cartagena. This is a major step for the future of the program since the submarine re-design is now validated and frozen and the programme can transition back to production. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4221
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