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INS Vikrant to commence basin trials

Posted on October 6, 2020 by alert5

News reports from India say INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, will commence basin trials this month.

Indian Navy / GODL-India

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USN awards contract for AN/SPN-50

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy awarded a $25-million contract to Saab Inc. on Sept. 25, 2020, for two AN/SPN-50(V)1 Shipboard Air Traffic Radars and one Installation and Checkout kit.

Photo: U.S. Navy

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Japan to protect its warships with RIM-116C missiles

Posted on September 29, 2020 by alert5

Japan has been given the greenlight to purchase 51 RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2 missiles by the U.S. government.

(U.S. Navy photo/Released) 140818-N-ZZ999-003 / Public domain
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JS Kaga starts joint exercise with Indian Navy in Arabian Sea

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 by alert5

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships Kaga and Ikazuchi have commenced exercise JIMEX with the Indian Navy on Sept 26 in the Arabian Sea.

By Hunini [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons

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Valiant Shield 2020 concludes

Posted on September 26, 2020 by alert5

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) From left, USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Chicago (SSN 721), USS America (LHA 6), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Germantown (LSD 42), and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) steam in formation while E/A-18G Growlers and FA-18E Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, a P-8 Poseidon from Commander Task Force 72, and U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and a B-1B Bomber fly over the formation in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Codie Soule)

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