News of the fleet

The Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar has intensified work on the oceanographic research vessel Almaz of project 22010. This is stated in the press service of the company.

Russia begins testing the first specialized patrol military icebreaker "Ivan Papanin" in the history of the Russian Navy. The Navy urgently needs ships of this class. "Ivan Papanin" will be an ideal tool to deter American attempts to pressure Russia in the Arctic.

The American company Anduril Industries has presented a prototype of its ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicle "Ghost Shark" (Ghost Shark, or "Ghost Shark"), being developed for the Australian Navy. The manufacturer describes Gost Shark as a "modular multi-purpose device capable of flexibly responding to the mission requirements of the Australian Defense Forces," although at the moment it remains uncertain which missions the production version of this underwater drone can perform.

The search for enemy submarines is a "team competition," the British submarine commander said in an interview with The Telegraph. He revealed some techniques for intercepting enemy ships. However, there is one problem: the Russians know this scheme no worse.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 18, 2024, in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region, JSC Okskaya Shipyard hosted a solemn ceremony of laying the head small marine tanker Argun of the new project 23630 (code "Umba") for the Navy of the Russian Federation with the factory number 2401.

Anduril Industries, together with the Australian Navy, showed the first prototype of the Ghost Shark autonomous vehicle ("Ghost Shark"), belonging to the XL-AUV category – ultra-large underwater robotic products.

The Economist: a drone with a flight range of up to three thousand km has been created in Ukraine

Kiev has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of UAVs that can detect and hit targets at a range of up to 3 thousand km. This is reported by the British magazine The Economist. How dangerous these drones are, what cities they can reach and how to protect themselves from them - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

In the unfolding battle for the North, only Canada remained the "Dark Horse" in the region. Recall that from 2022, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, the USA, Finland and Sweden announced the suspension of participation in all events of the Arctic Council (intergovernmental forum of states on cooperation in the Arctic). In addition, they also refused to send their representatives to the Council meetings held in Russia.

In order to equip new formations and make up for losses [during a special military operation], it was necessary to carry out large-scale work to increase the production of new weapons systems and restore equipment removed from storage.

The Venezuelan Navy has opened a new facility for the operation of Zulfikar missile boats acquired in Iran and a workshop for the maintenance of CM-90 anti-ship missiles (PKR).

From the simplest devices for breathing underwater to modern high–tech devices, man's path to mastering the underwater world has been long and impressive. Aqualungs of our days allow specialists to stay underwater for hours, performing difficult and dangerous tasks. For example, to engage in search and rescue operations.

On April 11, 2024, in the boathouse of the Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Rauma, the official laying ceremony for the Finnish Navy of the new type of lead corvette Pohjanmaa, out of four contracted under the promising Finnish program Laivue 2020 ("Flotilla 2020"), took place. The ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction of the lead corvette took place at RMC on October 30, 2023.

Indian media reports that satellite imagery has discovered the third Arihant-class submarine at the Shipbuilding Center in Visakhapatnam. Next to her were two of her predecessors.

A marine drone with American and Soviet parts was found off the coast of Romania

An unusual marine drone was discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania. It combines Soviet and American details.

The Pentagon delays the construction of the flagship Constellation for three years

The Pentagon shifts the deadline for the adoption of a new class of ship: the lead frigate with guided missile weapons of the Constellation type will be transferred to the fleet not in 2026, but in 2029. The reasons for the delay are design flaws, sluggishness of suppliers and difficulties in finding qualified workers. About the current problems of American shipbuilding — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Naval News: A marine drone found off the coast of Romania has left experts with questions

An unusual marine strike drone has been discovered off the coast of Romania. The design elements are American and Soviet. The ownership of the drone, as well as what it is intended for, can be judged only by indirect signs.

Reflex: Russia, under sanctions, is putting new types of missiles into service

Russia, which is under sanctions, not only continues to produce new missiles for strikes against the Armed Forces, but also puts new types of them into service, Reflex writes. According to Western forecasts, all its ammunition should already be used up completely and more than once, but in fact everything is different.

A system of UAV bases will be built along the coast of the Arctic Ocean

The waters of the Northern Sea Route and the coast of Kamchatka will be patrolled by drones — for this purpose, a system of UAV bases will be built there, a source told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense. The devices of the Pacer and Outpost families will observe the Arctic latitudes. It is cheaper and more efficient than using manned aircraft, experts say.

In Japan, the first stage of the conversion of the Izumo-class helicopter carrier Kaga (DDH-184) into a light aircraft carrier has been completed, on which it is planned to place fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 fighters.

The second marine armament transport of the 20360M Vladimir Pyalov project was withdrawn from the boathouse of the Vimpel shipyard and put on an open slipway. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.