Slitherine

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DCNS announced today that it is changing its name to "Naval Group". This new identity is a natural step in the French naval shipbuilding group’s history, aimed at supporting its ambitions to guarantee its exposure and credibility in international markets.

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ORIGINAL: Gunner98


Is that Assad in the center of the gaggle?

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Huntington Ingalls Industries won an award to build the first of a new configuration of Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers, according to a Tuesday Pentagon contract announcement. HII’s Mississippi Ingalls Shipbuilding is now set to construct the first Flight III DDG that will be built around an air search radar that promises to be 30 times more powerful that the current crop of AN/SPY-1D(V) and built from the start for complex ballistic missile defense missions.

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Su-27SM in Syria with R-77-1 on centerline pylon

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40 China Coast Guard & PLAN vessels were assembling near the shoreline of Ho Chi Minh City, while 12 Vietnamese vessels encountering them during the failure of meeting. Possibility of escalation remain unknown, but it drawn global attentions already:

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Seven and a half years after the start of the project, the first Chinese destroyer displacing more than 12,000 tons at full load was launched, yesterday June 28th at the Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard in Shanghai. This new Type 055 class of first line surface combattant is in the process of becoming the new flagship of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).

Until we see this new class of Chinese destroyer sailing the seven seas, let us review what we already know about it.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a contract modification to incorporate the “Flight III” upgrades to the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). The ship is the fifth of five destroyers the company was originally awarded in June 2013.

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BAE Systems and Leonardo have announced an initiative to pursue collaborations on new precision-guided solutions that will offer U.S. and allied military forces a range of low-risk, cost effective, advanced munitions for advanced, large caliber weapon systems.

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Regarding 055 sensor suite, I contacted a couple of retired EW officers... should have a fairly reliable analysis of the sensors soon...

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On June 29th 2017, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway signed a statement of intent to lay out guiding principles for trilateral partnership with P-8A Aircraft to address the changing security environment in the North Atlantic.

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Work to design the promising Priboy amphibious assault ship has begun in Russia and the shipyards that may build vessels of the type are already known, Vice-President for Warship Construction at the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Igor Ponomaryov told TASS. The Russian Navy hopes to receive at least two perspective universal landing ships by 2025, Deputy Navy Commander for armaments Vice-Admiral Viktor Bursuk said at the VIII International naval show in St. Petersburg.

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The repairs of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier of project 11435 will begin in 2018 and the costs have not been determined yet, Russian Navy Deputy Commander for armaments Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk said at the naval show in St. Petersburg.

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The U.S. State Department announced yesterday it green lighted an arms sale package worth US$1.42 billion to Taiwan. Part of the package includes systems for the Republic of China Navy (ROCN or Taiwan's Navy). According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, possible foreign military sales (FMS) of AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare Systems, MK54 Lightweight Torpedoes and MK 48 Mod 6AT Heavyweight Torpedoes have been approved.

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South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that a steel-cutting ceremony for the third submarine in the Jangbogo-III project (KSS-III Batch I) was held today at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in Ulsan. The submarine is intended for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).

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South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that it has entered into a contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) on June 28 for the construction of additional 'B' variants of the Patrol Killer Experimental (PKX) fast attack craft. The value of the contract is 255.9 billion won and calls for the construction of ships 5 to 8 in the series.

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“This was not a chemical weapons strike,” the adviser said. “That’s a fairy tale."

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French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and MBDA teams successfully completed the first launch of the Antinavire Léger (ANL / Sea Venom ) missile on 21 June 2017 on the Mediterranean site of the DGA Missile Testing Center. The test was conducted from the DGA's Panther test helicopter.

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“根据目前公开材料显示，我055舰与伯克Ⅲ相比较具备相当优势。”王强认为，“首先是雷达技术先进。055所配备的先进相控阵雷达直径本身比052系列所用346A型雷达4.3米的直径还大，发射接收单元也是最新的氮化镓材料，而伯克Ⅲ尚处于验证阶段。同时，055先进的一体化桅杆，可以有效进行射频综合管理，避免电磁不兼容问题，降低辐射特征，隐身性能更好，而伯克Ⅲ复杂的舰桥就已经露底了。更为重要的是，055舰的武器系统更加强大。055舰两套64单元垂直发射系统足以秒杀伯克Ⅲ不足百位的垂直发射系统，而且055的垂发单元直径可能达到0.85米，长度达到9米，具备大气层外反导作战能力，这是伯克Ⅲ仅有0.63米直径的导弹望尘莫及的。”

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Modernized frigates of project 22350 have more powerful armaments and can operate as destroyers, United Shipbuilding Corporation Vice President for military shipbuilding and Northern Shipyard Director General Igor Ponomarev told TASS during the IMDS 2017 naval show.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced today that the amphibious transport dock Portland (LPD 27) has completed her first set of sea trials. Ingalls’ test and trials team spent four days in the Gulf of Mexico operating the 11th San Antonio-class ship and demonstrating its systems.
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This 11th San Antonio-class ship will be the last one to feature stealth/RCS reduction features.

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French President Emmanuel Macron spent a few hours underway and underwater aboard "Le Terrible" (S619), a Le Triomphant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). Macron's move intended to signal his commitment to France's nuclear deterrent.

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The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that the Aquitaine-class Frigate Languedoc, the third FREMM (Multi Mission Frigate) of the class, and the D'Entrecasteaux-class B2M (for bâtiment multi-missions or multi-mission vessel) Champlain, are now both on "Active Duty" and able to conduct operational missions following a ceremony held July 4th in presence of the Chief of Staff of the French Navy Admiral Prazuck.