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US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

Gepostet von | 27 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

The US Navy has placed an order with Boeing for the series production of the so-called High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). This is a 'glide body', a so-called Air Launch Accessory (ALA) kit, which is attached to a Mk 54 U-Jagd torpedo. The folding wings spread out after the HAAWC is launched. The torpedo is guided to the target by an autopilot in the ALA using GPS data. Once it has dropped to an acceptable altitude, the ALA drops it at a point assigned by the parent aircraft's weapon delivery system, which is calculated based on the torpedo entry point. The contract between the US Naval Sea Systems Command and...

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US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 1

DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is entering stage 2 of its NOMARS programme (No Manning Required Ship) for the development of ships that no longer require human intervention while at sea. The aim is to build a demonstrator for a medium-sized MUSV (Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel) that can fulfil its tasks at sea with a significant payload and maximum reliability. New deployment concepts for navies Whatever the payload, the unmanned vessel will open up completely new application concepts in the future. "We will enable deployment and stationing procedures that will allow entire fleets of unmanned vehicles to be deployed worldwide as partners for larger manned...

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USA: Strong proof of cohesion

USA: Strong proof of cohesion

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 42,000 tonnes, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on 20 August. At the same time, the amphibious transport landing ship USS Arlington of the San Antonio class (25,000 tonnes) and the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall of the Whidbey Island class (17,000 tonnes) stopped in Riga, Latvia. And the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius Flight...

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Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

Ukraine had already signed a construction contract for four ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project) with Turkey in mid-December 2020 - with the option of a fifth if things go well. Initial stipulations envisaged the complete construction of the type ship in Turkish hands. Subsequent negotiations with the aim of increasing the transfer of technology from Turkey to the Ukraine then resulted in a construction ratio of half, i.e. hull in Turkish production and further construction at the Ukrainian PJSC Nikolaev Okean shipyard (just south of Mykolajiv) together with Turkish engineers. The provisional schedule envisaged a start of construction of the hulls around the end of 2021 for the first sea trials in 2023...

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Norway's climate decision

Norway's climate decision

Gepostet von | 23 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Convert old oil and gas fields to green electricity - or close them prematurely! In the current German energy situation, it is worth taking a look at other European countries. In Germany, we should not simply believe that our European partners can supply us with unlimited energy. A look at Norway shows that even supposedly more progressive and independent partners have their difficulties. Norway, the largest oil producer in Western Europe, also wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990. However, a reduction of only 4.5 % was achieved by 2021, as preliminary official statistics show. Norway's climate minister Espen Barth Eide said...

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