News of the fleet

The construction of 44 support vessels continues under 18 state contracts concluded with shipbuilding enterprises, the Navy reported

The contract for development work on the development of the oil garbage collector was signed in 2020 in the Russian Federation. This was announced by the head of the auxiliary fleet of the Transport support Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Captain I rank Sergey Epifanov.

The coastal missile system " Bastion "and the patrol ship" Pavel Derzhavin " conducted a joint exercise in the Black Sea, where a frigate of the Spanish Navy recently entered, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

Organizational measures are being taken to establish a Russian Navy base in Sudan, the head of the Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Shamanov, told Interfax.

The British magazine Navy Lookout showed a possible image of the Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" project 09852 with the nuclear deep-water station (AGS) AS-31 "Losharik" project 10831.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation is strengthening its position in the Kaliningrad Region.

The Northern Production Association "Arctic" opens a branch at the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" (part of the USC).

The command of the Indian Navy, during a ceremony held on March 10 at the Mumbai Naval Shipyard, adopted the third of the six ordered Kalvari (Scorpion) – class (S23) "Karanj" (Karanj).

According to a TASS source, after launching the submarine will be completed afloat

The second serial nuclear submarine of the project 885M cipher "Yasen-M" Krasnoyarsk will be launched by the shipbuilders of "Sevmash" in August this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The crew of the newest Project 12700 minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev", which is being built for the Pacific Fleet, completed training at the Joint Center of the Navy and arrived in Vladivostok for an internship on the same type of ship-the naval minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev", which three months ago became part of the Pacific Fleet.

The Office of Budget Affairs of the Parliament of Canada (PBO) has prepared a new report on the estimated cost of building 15 multifunctional combat ships under the CSC (Canadian Surface Combatant) project.

American submariners will soon receive an air assistant. March 12, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Navy is purchasing a large batch of Blackwing drones for its submarines.

The ships of the Caspian Flotilla are based here

Part of the water area of the Caspian Bay of the Caspian Sea has been granted to the Russian military department for 20 years for separate use to ensure the country's defense and state security.

Small missile ships of the Baltic Fleet "Odintsovo" and "Sovetsk" worked out launches of cruise missiles "Kalibr" against the background of NATO exercises in the region. This was announced on Friday, March 12, according to the TV channel "Zvezda".

A training battle in the Sea of Japan took place between the ships of the Pacific Fleet. In the waters of Peter the Great Bay, the small anti-submarine ship "Rime" and the missile boat "R-297"conducted exercises on the organization of air defense of a single ship and a sea battle with a ship of a simulated enemy.

Roomy, high-speed, modern-in the shipbuilding industry, some characteristics of the universal landing ships of the project 23900 were revealed. Two pennants have already been laid on the slipways of the Kerch plant "Bay". Previously, ships of this class were not built in Russia. Thanks to them, the fleet will receive unique opportunities for expeditionary operations.

The TCG Anadolu ship can become a carrier of attack drones. March 12, portal defensenews.com He reported that Baykar is developing a new version of the Bayraktar TB2 drone with the possibility of being based on a failed aircraft carrier.

The Ministry of Defense completes the formation of the Primorye air defense structure

In recent months, Russia has radically strengthened the grouping of air defense assets on the Far Eastern islands. In addition to the short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, units equipped with long-range S-400 and S-300V4 were deployed there. What threats should these defensive systems protect against and whether they are sufficient for the security of Primorye — military expert Anton Lavrov understood.

As reported by the American publication "The Drive", the Command of Naval Systems (Naval Sea Systems Command-NAVSEA) of the US Navy on March 10, 2021, published on the US federal public procurement website a contract request for the purchase of 120 sets of small Blackwing 10C unmanned aerial vehicles designed to be launched from submarines of the US Navy from the US company AeroVironment as the sole supplier for two years.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the US Navy, based in Spain, have electronic warfare systems (EW) AN / SLQ-62 Portable Electronic Warfare Module-Speed To Fleet (TEWM-STF), capable of "killing" Russian anti-ship missiles P-800 "Onyx", writes The Drive.

The icebreaker Ilya Muromets, which sailed into the Barents Sea a few days ago to solve a number of tasks of icebreaking and hydrographic support for the Northern Fleet (SF) forces, has begun to carry out research according to the plan of a complex expedition of the SF and RGS, held as part of the patriotic campaign "Remember the War".

The Royal Navy of Great Britain will have a permanent presence in the Arctic Circle to counter Russia's strategic advantage in controlling the trade routes that will open up to navigation as the ice sheet melts.