News of the fleet

The American Navy will receive the twelfth ship of the San Antonio type. On August 22, the press service of the US Department of Defense reported that a solemn ceremony of christening the landing transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was held at the Ingalls Division shipyard of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet, performing the tasks of a long-distance campaign in the Mediterranean Sea, entered the port of Algiers (the capital of the state of the same name in North Africa), the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reports.

The President noted that the navy plays an important role in ensuring the security of the state

A strong and sovereign Russia needs a powerful, balanced navy. This was stated on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of laying new warships and submarines for the navy, which takes place in the video conference mode.

According to the source, the signing of contracts is scheduled for August 24

On August 24, the Russian Defense Ministry will sign several dozen contracts for the development and production of the latest models of weapons and military equipment, including missiles of the Kinzhal hypersonic aviation complex and the latest Pacer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum.

On August 23, during the Army-2021 forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the construction of warships for the country's Navy, including in Severodvinsk at Sevmash, in St. Petersburg at Admiralty Shipyards and in Komsomolsk-on-Amur at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant.

Rybinsk Shipyard (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies of the Rostec State Corporation) has presented the first DS-RIB assault boat for special forces in Russia. It was presented at the Army-2021 forum, TASS reports.

On August 18, the Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) published a request to search for technologies for the development of a new unit that will focus on the creation of seaplanes and ekranoplanes. This is reported by the Defense Blog portal.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry did not allow Russian warships to park in the port of Ceuta on the northern coast of Africa, the Pais newspaper reports.

In Russia, there are projects for the global development of the bottom of the world ocean with the help of robots, says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

Norwegian anti-ship missiles have found a new use for American Marines. August 19, portal marinecorpstimes.com He reported that the US Marine Corps hit the first target during tests of the new NMESIS missile system.

The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Sergey Lipilin

The mine defense ship "Georgy Kurbatov" became part of the fleet, the solemn ceremony of the first raising of the naval flag was held on Friday in Baltiysk-the main base of the Baltic Fleet, the press service of the fleet reported.

A solemn ceremony of the first raising of the Russian Naval Flag on the newest mine defense ship "Georgy Kurbatov"was held in Baltiysk.

The US Navy destroyer URO participates in the exercises

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Severomorsk", carrying out a long-distance campaign in the Arctic, controls the United Naval Forces (OVMS) NATO, involved in joint unscheduled exercises on air defense, reported on Friday in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

The repair of the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Chabanenko" is on schedule, a source close to the military-industrial complex told Interfax.

The Ares shipyard, located in Turkey, will create a drone that destroys submarines. This was stated by the general director of the shipyard Utku Alanc on Friday during the IDEF-2021 exhibition in Istanbul, Daily Sabah reports.

Within the framework of the Navy cluster, the forum will show the latest technical developments for the Navy

The Russian Navy will present a new combat module and a promising unmanned aerial vehicle at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-chief of the Navy, told reporters.

The schedule for the construction of a dry dock for the repair of an aircraft carrier is being observed, the agency's interlocutor noted

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be put into dry dock in the summer of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a source close to the defense industry.

They will receive a worthy answer, according to the head of the Main Military-Political Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov.

The incident with the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea will discourage Russia's partners from aggressive behavior in the Arctic, because they will receive a worthy response, according to the head of the Main Military-Political Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Andrey Kartapolov.

The repair of the only Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" was postponed for one year, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source close to the military-industrial complex.

The Northern Fleet currently has two ships of this project in the combat composition - Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov

Severnaya Verf plans to launch the Admiral Golovko frigate of Project 22350 for sea trials in mid-2022. This was announced to journalists on Saturday by the general director of the enterprise Igor Orlov.