The US Navy has ended the railgun project that fires projectiles at up to seven mach using electricity. Navy’s plans of building an electromagnetic railgun capable of destroying targets up to 100 nautical miles (161km) away reaches deadlock as the weapon never managed to reach its promised range.
The Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT) of the Test and Training Ship TCG Ufuk (A-591) are completed. The ship can be delivered to the Turkish navy anytime soon. In its designer company STM’s statements, “The ship is planned to be used in the testing and training needs as well as signal and electronic intelligence missions of the Turkish Naval Forces.”
US Navy cancels AGM-154 JSOW-ER and favours AGM-158B JASSM-ER.
Boeing’s unmanned aerial tanker MQ-25 T1 refuelled a Navy F/A-18 during a flight on June 4, 2021, at MidAmerica Airport in Illinois. Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray is a next-generation unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft developed for the US Navy’s Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling System (CBARS) programme.
The Turkish Navy received the third Leonardo ATR-72 (P-72) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft from TUSAŞ as part of the Meltem-3 Project.
Tunisian Defence Ministry announced that Tunisia and Greece had launched joint military exercises this week in the Mediterranean.
The Royal Navy received a new autonomous vessel NavyX into its service. The project is named Madfox (Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation).
Alper Köse, Head of Naval Platforms Department at Presidency of Defence Industries, provided information about the LHD programme. Köse stated that there is only the TCG Anadolu programme, but a second vessel might be on the agenda soon.
According to India based The Economic Times, India has commissioned its secretive nuclear missile tracking vessel.
Turkish Ares Shipyard attends at MilipolQatar exhibition in Doha.
The prototypes of the Ukrainian RK-360MTs Neptune mobile anti-ship cruise missile system have been handed over to the Naval Forces of Ukraine.
The second P-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft was delivered to the naval forces within the scope of the P-72 MELTEM-3 Project.
HAVELSAN announced from its social media accounts that the last batch of Submarıne Data Dıstrıbutıon System (Denizaltı Bilgi Dağıtım Sistemi/ (DBDS) is delivered to the Naval Forces Command. The system will be integrated into the submarine under the New Type Submarine Project.
The Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine INS Karanj was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Wednesday.
