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Medvedev urges swift repairs to Indian-ordered carrier Moscow (AFP) July 2, 2009 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday urged officials to speed up repairs of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier to be ready for delivery to India. "We must finish it and sell it. Anything else would set a very poor precedent," Medvedev was quoted by news agencies as saying on a visit to the Sevmash shipyard on the White Sea in Russia's northern town of Severodvisnk. Last year, India ... read moreDewey Completes Successful Super Trial 
Pascagoula MS (SPX) Jul 03, 2009Northrop Grumman's Aegis guided missile destroyer Dewey (DDG 105) successfully completed her combined super trial last week in the Gulf of Mexico. The successful sea trial paved the way for delivery to the Navy later this summer. The destroyer is being built by the company at its Gulf Coast facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. "This super trial represents another cost savings initiative ... more
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Indian warships get a breath of fresh air
New Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2009India's cramped, diesel-fired warships are cleaning up their act, or at least their air, by installing purifiers developed by the NASA space agency to clear the fetid, below-decks environment. Privately-owned Greatwhite Technologies said Tuesday it had already installed AiroCide purifiers in India's ageing aircraft carrier INS Viraat and a frigate, and was equipping three other warships. ... more The tiger and the dragon 
Manama, Bahrain (UPI) Jun 19, 2009 The Arabian Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes since ancient times and now a vital oil artery between the Gulf and Asia, is set to become an arena of competition between India and China. Both Asian giants, which need all the energy supplies they can get their hands on to fuel their mushrooming economies, are building long-range naval forces to protect their economic ... more Royal Netherlands Navy Upgrades Subs With HABETaS-Escape System 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2009The Royal Netherlands Navy will upgrade its four WALRUS-Class submarines with the second generation escape system HABETaS. A contract for the delivery of 8 HABETaS-units was signed on the 3rd June 2009 between Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Marine Force International LLP and the Dutch Defense Material Organisation (Defensie Materieel ... more German submarines for Pakistan? 
Berlin (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 Germany has generally agreed to export three submarines to Pakistan, but the sale is being delayed because of the country's political instability. For Germany, it's an economically promising but politically risky deal: the sale of three U-214 submarines built by German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to Pakistan for an estimated $2 billion. In 2006 the German government gave its ... more |
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Submarine Rescue Capability Relocates To Australia
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 11, 2009The LR5 submarine rescue system arrived in Australia early on 2nd June 2009, the Defence Materiel Organisation's Head of Maritime Systems Rear Admiral Boyd Robinson has announced. While having the LR5 submarine rescue system on call in the United Kingdom met the Navy's requirements for responding to Submarine emergencies, the relocation improves response times and allows the Royal ... more Russian sub in which 20 died going to India: report 
Moscow (AFP) June 10, 2009A Russian nuclear submarine in which 20 died in a toxic gas accident will be leased to India later this year, Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Russian military source. "Immediately after the completion of all tests, the vessel will be given to the active-duty fleet of the Russian navy, after which its handover under lease to our Indian partners will take place," he was quote ... more Northrop Grumman Submits Bid For US Navy CANES 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009The team led by Northrop Grumman has submitted its bid for the U.S. Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, or CANES. CANES will streamline and update shipboard network systems to improve interoperability and affordability across the fleet. The U.S. Department of Defense issued a request for proposals April 2 for the program, which is valued at more than $1.5 billion ... more Argon ST Upgrades Navy Surface Ship Torpedo Defense Program 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jun 08, 2009Argon ST has announced that it has received a $6.2 million award for engineering development in support of the U.S. Navy's Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program. The award, a modification to an existing contract, was received from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to complete the engineering development model design, through critical design review, for the SSTD program's AN/SLQ-25D ... more |
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