DefenceTalkIndia Navy’s new stealth destroyer, Visakhapatnam, designed indigenously and fitted with advanced features, was launched here on Monday, boosting the maritime force’s firepower capability. The Kolkata-class warship, the first of P15-B stealth destroyers, was launched by Minu Dhowan, wife of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. K. Dhowan, at Mazagaon Docks Ltd (MDL).Top Navy and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-navys-new-stealth-destroyer-launched-63904/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO (U&W)) hosted an industry day April 16 to help companies learn about the service’s future technology needs. PEO (U&W) leaders, representatives from NAVAIR’s small business office and Navy and Marine Corps requirements officers gave presentations throughout the day to more than 230 attendees, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-unmanned-weapons-leaders-solicit-industry-for-new-innovative-ideas-63914/

DefenceTalkAfter integrating “smart” rocket launchers on MH-60S helicopters last year, the U.S. Navy is now equipping the MH-60R with the same modernized capability. The Navy delivered the Digital Rocket Launchers (DRLs) on March 25 as part of an Early Operational Capability (EOC). A Rapid Deployment Capability Team, comprised of employees from the H-60 Multi-Mission Helicopters […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-outfitting-more-seahawks-with-digital-rocket-launchers-63771/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Navy will receive 50 vessels of different kinds in 2015, Navy Commander Viktor Chirkov reported. The Navy’s shipbuilding program has been planned from the current period until 2050. The navy intends to continue building ships capable of carrying out missions across all sea types. “The slow period in our potential development passed long […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-to-receive-50-new-vessels-63353/

DefenceTalkThe Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) completed tests on a prototype reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Navy’s littoral combat ships (LCS) in February. The Littoral Combat Ship Program Office (PMS 501) will move forward with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for development of a hardened Reverse Osmosis […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navfac-exwc-tests-new-ro-system-for-littoral-combat-ships-63329/

DefenceTalkThe Victoria-class submarine fleet is now operational with three out of four submarines available for operations. HMC Submarines Windsor, Victoria and Chicoutimi were all at sea in December 2014 and spent a cumulative total of approximately 260 days at sea in 2014. HMCS Corner Brook is currently docked at Victoria Shipyards to undergo its Extended […]https://www.defencetalk.com/victoria-class-submarines-reach-operational-steady-state-63335/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense is struggling to define a strategy for recapturing the high ground in military technology and countering the proliferation of so-called anti-access/area denial (A2AD) threats. Senior Pentagon officials acknowledge that the military’s ability to project power and support friends and allies is eroding. The Defense Innovation Initiative and so-called “third offset strategy” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-pursuing-offset-strategy-railgun-62868/

DefenceTalkNamibia and China are discussing plans for a Chinese naval base in the southwest African country, the Namibian newspaper reported Tuesday, prompting an immediate denial from Beijing. The Namibian quoted a confidential letter from Namibia’s Beijing ambassador to his foreign ministry stating that a Chinese delegation would visit Windhoek for discussions “on the way forward […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-planning-naval-base-in-namibia-report-62047/

DefenceTalkMoscow has sent Paris an official inquiry for an explanation of why a Mistral helicopter carrier was not delivered to Russia according to an earlier signed agreement, a high-ranking official from the Russian Defense Ministry’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Tuesday. “The FSMTC has sent an inquiry to the DGA [Direction Generale de […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sends-france-formal-inquiry-on-non-delivery-of-mistral-warship-61873/

DefenceTalkSecretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that SSN 795, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Hyman G. Rickover. Mabus named the submarine to honor U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the man credited for developing USS Nautilus (SSN 571), the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine. Virginia-class submarines provide the Navy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-names-new-virginia-class-attack-submarine-61857/