News of the fleet

The Indian company GRSE announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the third low-profile frigate (serial number Yard 3024) of the Nilgiri class, which took place on March 5 at its enterprise in Kolkata" ("Project-17A" / P-17A).

Missile boats of the Baltic Fleet conducted a complex of artillery firing off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

During the planned sea launch, the strike group consisting of the missile boats "Morshansk" and "Zarechny" successfully hit all large and small shields that mimic the ship's detachment of a simulated enemy

Diesel submarines Kolpino and Veliky Novgorod have put to sea for maneuvers, the Russian Black Sea Fleet said on Wednesday.

The American nuclear submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22, the second ship of the Seawolf II project) was attacked by bedbugs. The bloodsuckers did not allow the crew to live in peace for about a year, and the command of the boat, according to the assurances of the sailors, was in no hurry to solve the problem.

Indian submarines of the Kalvari type will be able to stay under water many times longer. March 9, portal navalnews.com He reported that the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India has conducted tests of a domestic anaerobic engine for submarines.

The universal landing ships of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" under construction in Kerch will be able to carry four reconnaissance and attack drones and up to 16 helicopters.

The deadline for the delivery of ships to the fleet is 2026 and 2027, the agency's interlocutor said

The nuclear-powered strategic missile cruisers Dmitry Donskoy and Prince Potemkin of Project 955A (code "Borey-A") will be laid down at Sevmash in May 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The project of a universal hospital transport vessel has been published. It was developed in the "Nevsky Design Bureau".

An important feature of the vessel is its versatility. It can work in the interests of both military and civilian consumers of medical services.

The icebreaker Ilya Muromets has entered the Barents Sea to solve a number of tasks within the framework of the integrated expedition of the Northern Fleet (SF) and the Russian Geographical Society (RGS).

The Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear cruiser will become the most dangerous ship of the Russian Navy thanks to new weapons, radars and electronic warfare equipment. After modernization, the project 1144 ship will be able to sink vessels of any displacement.

The icebreaker of the Northern Fleet "Ilya Muromets" went to the Barents Sea to participate in a complex expedition of the Northern Fleet and the Russian Geographical Society. It is held as part of the patriotic campaign "Remember the War". A little later, the icebreaker will be joined by the logistics support vessel "Elbrus".

MBDA on March 3 announced the signing of the first contract with an unnamed foreign customer for the supply of a new air defense system "Albatros NG" (Albatros NG) based on the anti-aircraft guided missile CAMM-ER.

The production and procurement programs of the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bomber were a "complete disaster". This was stated on March 5 by the chairman of the Committee on the Armed Forces of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Adam Smith.

Soviet nuclear submarines of the project 941 type "Shark" (according to the NATO classification - "Typhoon") frighten with their size, writes the American edition of Popular Mechanics on March 3.

A large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Saratov" has entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, local information portals reported, publishing photos of its passage through the Bosphorus Strait.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

Another control exit of the submarine into the sea is planned, the source told TASS

The lead nuclear submarine of the project 885M ("Ash-M") "Kazan" will be transferred to the Russian Navy (Navy) approximately in May-June 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, made a working trip to the Northern Fleet and checked the progress of construction of nuclear submarines at the Sevmash enterprise, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

PSZ " Yantar "(part of the USC) has completed the dock repair of the small amphibious landing ship"Yevgeny Kocheshkov". The work was completed in the shortest possible time and with high quality.

In Japan, a ceremony was held to launch a Mogami-class frigate. In the future, the country intends to build several dozen such ships.