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US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

Gepostet von | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

In order to support Ukraine's ability to better control its coastline, waterways and ports and protect them against the Russian invasion, the USA is supplying a total of 23 Metal Shark aluminium small boats (Franklin and Jeanerette, Louisiana) at short notice. These will probably be 6 Defiant-45 boats, 14 Defiant-38 boats with a centre console or some with a cockpit and 3 Fearless-36 high-speed interceptor boats. Customised The boats are said to have been in negotiations with Kiev since 2019 and are therefore customised for Ukraine's needs. However, the overall programme has been significantly accelerated since the Russian invasion. The...

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Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Gepostet von | 5 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

Are you looking for a place on Google Maps where you've probably never been with your cursor? Enter "Puerto Nariño". It's the southernmost tip of Colombia, 80 kilometres of Amazon riverbank in the Amacayacu National Park, sparsely populated and inaccessible in the middle of the jungle. Here at the border triangle of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, a thousand kilometres from the Pacific coast, it is the job of the Colombian navy to ensure law and order - and supply the bare essentials. Ambulance for the jungle So it fell to the navy to deliver an ambulance donated by the Colombian government's transport department to its destination.

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Israel: Quadcopter drone from a submarine

Israel: Quadcopter drone from a submarine

Gepostet von | 30 Jun 2022 | , , , | 1

It actually looks quite simple, but technically it is a small stroke of genius: SpearUAV in Israel has solved the problem of a miniature flying drone that can be used underwater and perform reconnaissance over water - it is called the "Ninox 103 UW Sub-to-Air". The Israeli company from Tel Aviv presented the autonomous "Ninox" to the public at Undersea Defence Technology in Rotterdam. It is actually just a folded quadcopter with a camera and data transmission module that is ejected as a can from a submerged submarine, shot out of the vertical container after breaking through the water surface, unfolds at a safe height and starts its mission supported by intelligent programme control....

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US Navy: Third Constellation frigate under contract with Marinette

US Navy: Third Constellation frigate under contract with Marinette

Gepostet von | 27 Jun 2022 | , , , , | 0

In July 2017, the U.S. Navy's Department of Defence announced the tender for the FFG(X) frigate project with twenty units. The FFG(X) was to be the successor to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS, Independence and Freedom classes), which did not quite meet the Navy's expectations precisely because of its complex, expensive and vulnerable modularity. It selected five shipbuilders worldwide who were asked to submit their designs for the planned FFG(X) missile frigate. In the US, the procurement process separates the design selection and the award of a single-ship construction contract. In April 2020, it was then announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine (Italy) had been awarded the...

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Russian Navy: 46 new ships in 2022

Russian Navy: 46 new ships in 2022

Gepostet von | 27 Jun 2022 | , , , | 0

Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov confirmed the arrival of 46 new units for the Russian Federation Navy in 2022 - 50 ships are already in various stages of construction at the country's shipyards. The Russian naval commander made these statements during a multiple keel-laying ceremony for no fewer than six units, which was held in St Petersburg and broadcast to the media via video conference. Only in this way is it possible to have a navy ready for Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin that consists of at least 70 per cent modern platforms. Three in one go In St Petersburg, Yevmenov initiated the start of construction for two conventional naval platforms at the Admiralty shipyard....

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