News of the fleet

On August 27, 2021, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) issued an updated additional contract to the Swedish group Saab AB in the amount of 5.2 billion kronor (about $ 600 million) for the continuation of the construction and completion of the project of two non-nuclear submarines Blekinge and Skåne being built for the Swedish Navy at the Saab Kockumsvarvet shipbuilding enterprise in Karlskrona for the new project A26.

Underwater drones for searching and escorting enemy submarines have already been created and are being tested in Russia, a representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment (CCB MT) "Rubin"told RIA Novosti.

The Pacific Fleet corvettes "Loud" and "Perfect" successfully carried out anti-aircraft missile firing in the Sea of Japan, hitting cruise missiles of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Tuesday.

The small rocket ship began the return transition to the place of permanent basing The

small rocket ship "Sovetsk"of the Baltic Fleet (BF) performed a combat training launch of the Kalibr-NK cruise missile from the White Sea. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the BF.

The concept of block-modular construction of nuclear submarines has been approved at Sevmash (part of USC). The concept is aimed at the development of integrated production preparation, which ensures the formation of an effective innovative infrastructure of the enterprise and changes in design approaches in design bureaus.

The ships of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan will hold joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea in early September, after the completion of the Sea Cup competition, the head of the Russian delegation of the Deputy Commander of the Caspian Flotilla, Rear Admiral Sergei Ekimov, told reporters on Tuesday.

About 300 units of military equipment were involved

Tactical exercises with the participation of more than 1.5 thousand servicemen of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet were held in the Kaliningrad region at one of the military training grounds, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

Russia has created underwater drones designed to track enemy submarines. The devices are already being tested. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an unnamed representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment (CCB MT) "Rubin".

The crews of the large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) "Saratov" and "Caesar Kunikov" were involved in a tactical and special lesson with the units of the Marine Corps on the organization of loading of military equipment and personnel.

The Japanese surface robot developed by Japan Marine United has been put to the test. According to Naval News, it will be placed on a new generation frigate of the Mogami class. The device will work in tandem with the OZZ-5 underwater robot and neutralize mines.

The environmental division of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) of Kamchatka has started carrying out garbage collection in the Arctic, the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet reported on Monday.

Western countries are concerned about the activities of the Russian oceanographic vessel "Yantar", which performs its tasks exactly where transatlantic submarine cables pass on the bottom. There is a suspicion that the Russians are thus carrying out espionage missions or preparing for future sabotage operations, the Polish newspaper Defence24 reports.

It was created on the basis of a separate repair and restoration battalion of the Baltic Fleet.

The idea of creating such a park was born a year ago. The sectors united by a single concept include a platform for displaying equipment, an alley of cars, an exhibition of weapons samples and a battalion club.

The VII International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" has ended in Kubinka, near Moscow.

Rosoboronexport announced the signing of about 20 export contract documents totaling over €2 billion.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that on August 25, at the enterprise of the Newport News Shipbuilding division, the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the construction of the Doris Miller aircraft carrier (CVN-81) will be held.

The ANPA-M underwater drone was developed for the Russian Navy, which interested the fleet command and was presented to the Minister of Defense, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku Oy (a division of the German Meyer Werft) has signed a letter of intent providing for the construction of two multi-purpose ships for the Finnish Border Guard.

The third and last destroyer of the Zumwalt type went to sea for sea trials. The ship was built at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine and was named Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). The ship is distinguished by a bizarre shape with a nose sloping into the sky, a pyramidal superstructure and flat sides. This is a tribute to inconspicuousness.

The third and last ship of the Zumwalt type — Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) - has begun sea trials. In the future, such ships will become carriers of new hypersonic weapons.

This was stated by Ivan Ozhgikhin, Senior Managing Director of RUSNANO Management Company, Chairman of the Management Board of the Medical Equipment Consortium, at the Innomed forum. Currently, up to 30% of the volume of medical products purchased at the expense of the budget is already produced in Russia.