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ASELSAN NEARS COMPLETION OF ÇAFRAD – A NEW MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM

The development of one of the most important programmes of the Turkish Navy is nearing completion according to the Turkish defence industry forerunner, Aselsan. The new Multifunction, Phased Array Radar System, ÇAFRAD, is nearly complete following the official commencement of the programme in September 2013 when the Under Secretariat for the Defence Industries of Turkey… Continue reading ASELSAN NEARS COMPLETION OF ÇAFRAD – A NEW MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM

SCALP NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY D650 AQUITAINE FRIGATE

On 19 May a European made cruise missile was fired from a European warship for the first time. This significant technological and operational achievement took place at the firing range of the French Armament Authority DGA’s missile testing centre, off Levant Island. The SCALP Naval or MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval – naval cruise missile) is… Continue reading SCALP NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY D650 AQUITAINE FRIGATE

THREE YEAR DELAY FOR THE COMPLETION OF INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER

On the 28 May India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be undocked at the Cochin Shipyard. Although the extended first phase of work on the carrier was completed and the ship was launched in August 2013, funding delays for the second phase of construction postponed the official delivery of the aircraft carrier to… Continue reading THREE YEAR DELAY FOR THE COMPLETION OF INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER

ISRAEL ORDERS FOUR MEKO 80 PATROL CORVETTES FROM TKMS/BLOHM+VOSS

A long awaited contract for the construction of four corvettes for the Israeli Navy was finally signed on Monday 11 May between the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The four vessels are going to be used for the protection of Israel’s offshore natural-gas drilling platforms in the Eastern Mediterranean from possible terrorist… Continue reading ISRAEL ORDERS FOUR MEKO 80 PATROL CORVETTES FROM TKMS/BLOHM+VOSS

TWO FAST ATTACK CRAFTS AND FOUR SUBMARINES TO BE COMMISSIONED INTO THE HELLENIC NAVY IN 2016

Two Fast Attack Missile Crafts and one Type 214 submarine will be delivered to the Hellenic Navy before the end of the year and will be commissioned together with three more submarines next year. The first two crafts are the refurbished Laskos-class (Int. La Combattante IIIa), HS Mikonios (P-22) Fast Attack Missile Craft, and the… Continue reading TWO FAST ATTACK CRAFTS AND FOUR SUBMARINES TO BE COMMISSIONED INTO THE HELLENIC NAVY IN 2016

TWELVE NUCLEAR POWERED, GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS FOR THE RUSSIAN NAVY

The Russian Navy has decided to use a nuclear power reactor unit for the new Leader-class guided missile destroyers it plans to build. According to ITAR-TASS press agency, the Russian Navy decided to switch from a gas turbine power unit, to a nuclear power reactor unit for the new class of 12 destroyers it is… Continue reading TWELVE NUCLEAR POWERED, GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS FOR THE RUSSIAN NAVY

TURKEY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NAVANTIA-SEDEF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER

After more than a year of negotiations, Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a Landing Platform Dock/Light Aircraft Carrier. The contract was signed between the Undersecretary of Defense Industries (SSM) and the Turkish shipbuilding company Sedef. The new vessel is going to be a version of the Landing Helicopter Dock Juan Carlos… Continue reading TURKEY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NAVANTIA-SEDEF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSIL

North Korea claims to have launched a Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Bukkeukseong-1 (Polaris-1 or KN-11 according to the US Intelligence Community) on May 9 2015. The launch is suspected to have been accomplished from a modified Golf II-class Soviet-made Ballistic Missile Submarine that Pyongyang bought from Russia in 1994. The launch took place off the… Continue reading NORTH KOREA CLAIMS TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSIL