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
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
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
SIX NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES AND A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR THE INDIAN NAVY
A list of the proposed future requirements of the Indian Navy was recently submitted to the Government by the Navy Chief, Admiral Robin Dhowan. The Indian Navy proposal includes a fleet of six nuclear powered submarines and the construction of a second indigenous aircraft carrier, which could be nuclear powered or conventionally powered. The submarine… Continue reading SIX NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES AND A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR THE INDIAN NAVY
MAJOR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM VALUED 3.5 BILLION EUROS FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY
One of the most important contemporary shipbuilding programs of the Italian Navy started this month, when OCCAR (Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière d’armement) signed the order of contractual performance for the construction of six PPA vessels (Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura – Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ships) and one LLS (Logistic Support Ship), with an option for the construction… Continue reading MAJOR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM VALUED 3.5 BILLION EUROS FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY
US NAVY ESCORTING U.S AND BRITISH-FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ
U.S Navy ships have started escorting American and British-flagged merchant ships passing through the Straits of Hormuz, protecting them from possible attack or harassment by the naval forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp Navy (IRGCN). This new policy was decided after Iran seized the US-flagged vessel, Maersk Kensington, on 1 May and the Marshall Islands-flagged… Continue reading US NAVY ESCORTING U.S AND BRITISH-FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ
CONSTRUCTION OF RUSSIA’S NEXT GENERATION FRIGATE STALLED BY A UKRAINE EXPORT BAN
One of the most ambitious shipbuilding programs of the Russian Navy is facing serious problems due to the war in Eastern Ukraine. According to the industry news site FlotProm.ru, the construction of the second Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate has been stalled, because of Ukraine’s refusal to deliver to the Russian shipyard the М90ФР type gas turbines… Continue reading CONSTRUCTION OF RUSSIA’S NEXT GENERATION FRIGATE STALLED BY A UKRAINE EXPORT BAN
SUBMARINE OF UNKNOWN IDENTITY SPOTTED IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS SOUTHWEST OF HELSINKI
A photograph capturing an unknown identity submarine off the coast of Finland alerted the Finnish Coast Guard. According to Yle, the state TV of Finland, a seaman on a cargo vessel, managed to take a photograph of an unknown identity submarine that was surfacing in the international waters. The unknown submarine was spotted by the… Continue reading SUBMARINE OF UNKNOWN IDENTITY SPOTTED IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS SOUTHWEST OF HELSINKI
TORK: A NEW HARD-KILL SYSTEM AGAINST TORPEDOES BY ASELSAN IN IDEF-2015
A new hard-kill self-defense system against torpedoes will be presented by the Turkish defense industry Aselsan for the first time at the International Defense Industry Fair IDEF-15, in Istanbul Turkey. The new hard-kill self-defense system is called TORK and it can be used by submarines and surface vessels. The most effective defense against a possible… Continue reading TORK: A NEW HARD-KILL SYSTEM AGAINST TORPEDOES BY ASELSAN IN IDEF-2015