Slitherine

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Babcock Team 31 has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the preferred bidder to deliver its new warships. Led by Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, and in partnership with the Thales Group, the T31 general purpose frigate programme will provide the UK Government with a fleet of five ships, at an average production cost of £250 million per ship.

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ORIGINAL: KLAB

https://rg.ru/2019/09/13/reg-ufo/neobychnuiu-puskovuiu-ustanovku-s-300-zametili-na-ucheniiah.html
https://sputniknews.com/military/201909141076802618-mystery-s-400-modification-spotted-in-newspaper-photo/
https://youtu.be/hSzgQkwNtX4

Allegedly an operational S-300 or S-400/ with 9M96 quad pack in service?

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At DSEI 2019, the defense exhibition which opened its doors today in London, British company SEA unveiled a Trainable Decoy Launcher System to protect surface platforms from missile and torpedo threats.
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The Trainable Decoy Launcher System will be available in 2020. It could answer the Royal Navy requirement for decoy launchers aboard Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.

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Steller Systems and Thales have launched their design for TX Ship, a ground-breaking vessel that will help navies transition to unmanned operations.
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TX Ship is a fully sensorised multi-role trimaran, capable of operating at reach, alone or as part of a task group. The ship possesses an unusual high capacity, fully-automated mission bay capable of hosting and deploying a large number, and multiple types, of manned or unmanned mission packages. The stern access and moon pool features enable flexible and covert deployment of a wide range of current and future unmanned aerial, surface and subsurface vessels. At a length of 70m and 600 tonne displacement, TX Ship has a top speed of 30 knots, a design cruise speed of 18 knots, a range of 6000nm and an endurance of 20 days (manned) or 40 days (unmanned).

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At DSEI 2019, the defense exhibition currently held in London, Naval News learned from Roketsan that Atmaca anti-ship missile will be test fired from an Ada-class corvette in November this year.

The event will mark the first time that the Atmaca is tested at sea.

As we reported recently, Roketsan’s new anti-ship missile Atmaca (Hawk) has been fitted aboard the fourth Ada-class corvette of the Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri), TCG Kınalıada.

Naval News asked Roketsan if the company was planning to answer the interim Harpoon replacement requirement for the Royal Navy. The answer is no, Roketsan is for now fully focused on delivering the Atmaca to its launch customer, the Turkish Navy.

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This revolutionary craft combines the speed, range and capacity of a Long-Range Insertion Craft (LRIC) with the stealth and versatility of a Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV).

Specifically designed around the operator, its 30 kt+ speed, 250 nm endurance and 2-minute transition between surface and sub-surface, enables delivery of 8 operators and their equipment to their objective ‘mission-ready’ before recovering them. Offering leading-edge design and manufacture and providing truly formidable operational flexibility, VICTA opens up potentially game-changing tactical and strategic choices in maritime, joint and special operations.

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BMT has unveiled its latest concept design, the ELLIDA™ multi-role support ship, at this year’s international defence trade show DSEI 2019. ELLIDA™ will be the third family of vessels designed by BMT for the auxiliary market and will complement the AEGIR and SALVAS families.

The ELLIDA™ concept is underpinned by the proven experience that BMT has gained while designing the AEGIR vessels now in service, the Tide class with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and HNoMS Maud with the Royal Norwegian Navy.

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General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) unveiled the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at DSEI 2019.

This new vehicle builds upon the proven Bluefin autonomy and uses shared Bluefin Robotics’ core capabilities, increased mission modularity and embedded intelligence to complete users’ long endurance, high-consequence and changing missions.
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" We are proud to add the Bluefin-12 to our UUV family of products and to deliver both the Bluefin-12 and Bluefin-9 UUVs to Thales in support of the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1778 program,”

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At DSEI 2019, Thales is launching the Mine Intelligence Mapping system (Mi-Map), a new AI-assisted solution developed for mine warfare analysis. The Mi-Map console is designed to offer the customer the best solution in term of mine detection and classification, Thales said to Naval News.

Mi-Map is a digital assistant powered by AI for sonar data analysis including a fully integrated design for quick deployment and a continuous machine learning capability. This platform can reduce operator workload, improve Man-Machine performance, and speed up post mission and real time operator analysis whilst being able to self-adapt to new environments or threats.

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Raytheon is working with the U.S. Government to clear Raytheon's Coyote unmanned aircraft system for international sales, the US missile maker said at DSEI 2019. « Countries worldwide will soon be able to procure the most capable UAS in its class, » Raytheon stated.

The first generation of Coyote, the Block 1B, is a small, expendable and tube-launched CUAS system which can be deployed from the ground, air or a ship. Coyotes can be flown individually or netted together in swarms, and are adaptable for a variety of missions including surveillance, electronic warfare and strike.

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At DSEI 2019, MSI-Defence Systems (MSI-DS) announced that the latest addition to its SEAHAWK family of gun systems dedicated to the naval field: The SEAHAWK LW30M, now has a launched customer.

MSI-DS is very proud to announce the receipt of the first orders for the MSI-DS SEAHAWK LW30M naval gun system. The SEAHAWK LW range was unveiled at DSEI 2017, fitted with a 14.5mm KPV Heavy Machine Gun. Equipped with an EOD suite comprising a day camera, thermal Imaging camera, laser rangefinder and Fire Control System (FCS) the LW30M system will be delivered to the customer in due course.

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MAST-13, a next-generation unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that could be used to protect the UK's future warships was delivered to Dstl by L3Harris during DSEI 2019.

The Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST) 13 is a 13-meter (41-foot) long high-speed system capable of fully autonomous navigation. The ASV uses L3Harris’ ASView proprietary autonomous control system and advanced algorithms developed for the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

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SEA has partnered with innovative navigation provider, iXblue, to develop an autonomous anti-submarine surveillance system, SeaDrix™, for long endurance surveillance patrols.

SeaDrix combines SEA’s low-profile acoustic sensor, KraitArray, with iXblue’s unmanned surface vessel, DriX, to create a system that can operate in open ocean conditions and for up to ten days un-refuelled or much longer with at-sea refueling system.

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Information unveiled about Finnish Navy new corvette class (Pohjanmaa class)



Displacement: 3900t (big for corvette)
Length: 114 m
Width: 16 m
Draught: 5 m

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Surveillance and command systems: Search and fire control radars, communications systems, EW systems

Close-in defensive systems: Remote controlled guns (most likely Millenium guns and MASS chaff/flare system)

ASW weapon system: Light torpedo (Torped 47)

Mine system: Sea mines

Underwater surveillance system: VDS and towed sonar cable

Hull and propulsion system: Combat survivability and ice operation capability

Combat and Control system: Saab 9LV

Underwater surveillance: Hull sonar

Range: 3500 nm + (converted to nm)

Speed: 26 knots +

SAM system: ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile)

Main gun: BAE Bofors 57 mm

SSM system: Gabriel V

"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-

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Chinese 155mm ramjet propelling munition

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Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25™ unmanned aerial refueler on September 19, 2019.

The MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, completed the autonomous two-hour flight under the direction of Boeing test pilots operating from a ground control station at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., where the test program is based. The aircraft completed an autonomous taxi and takeoff and then flew a pre-determined route to validate the aircraft’s basic flight functions and operations with the ground control station.

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The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is set to study the integration of the MMP anti-tank missile aboard its surface combatants, Naval News learned during DSEI 2019, the defence exhibition held in London last week.

The French Navy aims at improving the close range protection of its main surface combatants (known as first rank frigates in the French Navy: The Horizon air defense destroyers, the FREMM frigates and, down the road, the FDI frigate).

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Chinese shipbuilding group CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation) held a keel laying ceremony for the Royal Thai Navy's first S26T submarine. The event took place on September 5, 2019 at a shipyard in Wuhan, China.

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The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 20.

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USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (T-ESB 4) recently completed a three-day underway in the Chesapeake Bay to integrate a Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Package on the Expeditionary Sea Base platform.

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Leidos was awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Navy to provide submarine detection sonar services.

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BAE Systems has received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard.

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The latest Autonomous ARCIMS USVs to be ordered from ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) have completed Acceptance Testing and are ready for the ASW payload installation.

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Zamil Shipyards laid the keel of its first HSI32 Interceptor on order for the Royal Saudi Navy. The event took place in Damman, Saudi Arabia.

CMN delivered the first two HSI32 Interceptors for the Royal Saudi Navy. The delivery ceremony took place July 24, 2019 at the shipyard in Cherbourg, Normandie. In addition, CMN is set to deliver three Combattante FS56 Fast Attack Craft (originally ordered on behalf of Lebanon).

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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the US Army conducted their first ever combined anti-ship drills in Japan, as part of the annual Orient Shield exercise, according to pictures released by the US Army Japan press office.
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As an artillery system, HIMARS can not target ships directly but may be used as decoy (to saturate and consume enemy air defense weapons) before Type 12 missile system attacks. Obviously, flight profiles are different between surface-to-ship missiles and rocket, and well trained ship crews should be able to differentiate between the SSM and the rocket acting as a decoy.

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China's first amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai today.

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy), the customer of the vessel, said in a statement that after a brief ceremony starting at 9:20 am at a CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, waters began to be pumped into a dry dock in which the ship’s hull was built.

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

YJ-100 or CJ-100 near space hypersonic cruise missile launch:

Will appear in the Oct. 1 Parade.

https://twitter.com/dafengcao/status/1176798235345604608

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

YJ-100 or CJ-100 near space hypersonic cruise missile launch:

Will appear in the Oct. 1 Parade.

https://twitter.com/dafengcao/status/1176798235345604608

The legendary RASM, could this be it? Especially it’s confirmed to be VLS-fires based on the photos.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3789961&mpage=107&key=# (Post #3187)

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

Either this one, or the DF-17 would be the candidate for the VLS launched RASM.

As spotted during the rehearsals:

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Information unveiled about Finnish Navy new corvette class (Pohjanmaa class)



Displacement: 3900t (big for corvette)
Length: 114 m
Width: 16 m
Draught: 5 m

From left counterclockwise translated:

Surveillance and command systems: Search and fire control radars, communications systems, EW systems

Close-in defensive systems: Remote controlled guns (most likely Millenium guns and MASS chaff/flare system)

ASW weapon system: Light torpedo (Torped 47)

Mine system: Sea mines

Underwater surveillance system: VDS and towed sonar cable

Hull and propulsion system: Combat survivability and ice operation capability

Combat and Control system: Saab 9LV

Underwater surveillance: Hull sonar

Range: 3500 nm + (converted to nm)

Speed: 26 knots +

SAM system: ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile)

Main gun: BAE Bofors 57 mm

SSM system: Gabriel V

To add...remote controlled weapon systems are not sure yet, they could be anything from Saab Trackfire to Millenium gun to anything.

Also Radars/EW etc. are To be seen.

Saab 9LV, ESSM, Torped 47, BAE Saab 57mm and Gabriel V are already signed for.

"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-

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The latest military unmanned aerial vehicle "Okhotnik" made the first joint flight with the aircraft Su-57. As part of the ongoing test program, the Okhotnik UAV flew in an automated mode in full configuration with access to the duty zone. During the flight, the interaction between the Okhotnik UAV and the leader aircraft for expanding the fighter’s radar field and target designation for the use of long-range aviation weapons without entering into the air defense conditional response zone was worked out. The first joint flight lasted more than 30 minutes. Tests of the latest combat complex created by The JSC Sukhoi Compan are carried out at one of the test airfields of the Russian Defence Ministry. "Okhotnik" is made according to the “flying wing” scheme with the use of special materials and coatings that make it practically invisible to radar detection equipment. The UAV is equipped with target equipment for optoelectronic, radio engineering and other types of reconnaissance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fquWMUBO6Ag