Category: Notizie Estero

First Swedish Corvette Halfway Through Mid-Life Update

First Swedish Corvette Halfway Through Mid-Life Update

As the first of two corvettes due to be modified has now been launched, the mid-life upgrade program enters the next phase, with completion of installations and integration of different systems.

“Now that we have the first boat in the water, work can begin to start commissioning platform systems,…

GE Electric Propulsion for New Dutch Navy Combat Support Vessel

GE Electric Propulsion for New Dutch Navy Combat Support Vessel

GE’s Power Conversion business have signed a contract with Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) to deliver an energy management and electric propulsion package intended for the new Combat Support Ship (CSS) in use at Royal Netherlands Navy.

GE’s robust, proven electric propulsion technology wa…

Russian S-400 Missile Battalion in Crimea Air Defence Exercise

Russian S-400 Missile Battalion in Crimea Air Defence Exercise

The combat crews of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems stationed in Crimea conducted an air defence exercise on important objects of the civilian sector of the peninsula.

At the initial stage of the exercise at the deployment points, the servicemen carried out the dismantling of laun…

Germany drops Kawasaki P-1 from selection list

Germany has decided to drop the Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft from a list of contenders to replace its P-3 Orion. By Aleem Yousaf (Kawasaki P-1, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Berlin and Paris are shopping for a new aircraft that will enter service in 2025. This new aircraft […]

Brazil suspends sale of aircraft carrier São Paulo

Brazil has decided to suspend the sale of its former aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo. No reasons were given and also no dates on when the bidding to dismantle the warship will resume. Rob Schleiffert / CC BY-SA The former French Navy carrier has about 900 tonnes of asbestos and heavy metals in its structure […]
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