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Thales Australia wins RAN support contract extension

Thales Australia has secured a contract from the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) to extend its support of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessels at Sydney Harbour's Garden Island dockyard. The company said on 21 July that the agreement covers dock operations and services as well as ship repair

Brunei's new OPV makes maiden voyage home from Germany

The Royal Brunei Navy's (RBN's) fourth Darussalam (PV 80)-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), KDB Daruttaqwa , began its maiden voyage on 15 July, sailing from Lemwerder in Germany towards Brunei. The 80 m vessel will join three other ships in class, KDB Darussalam , KDB Darulehsan , and KDB

China decommissions Hainan-class 'submarine chaser' for use in target practice

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) held a retirement ceremony for a Hainan (Type 037)-class fast attack patrol craft on 16 July at a naval port in Zhoushan, according to a statement released by China's Ministry of National Defence (MND). According to the MND, the decommissioned vessel will be

RIMPAC 2014: USS Independence proving LCS modularity concept, says CO

The US Navy's (USN's) decision to include its first Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in the Rim of the Pacific ('RIMPAC') exercise in Hawaii has helped prove the programme's modularity concept, the ship's commanding officer told IHS Jane's on 18 July. Commander Joseph A Gagliano, who

Mexican Navy builds new patrol vessels, expands air assets

The Ministry of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) will build four new 1,680-ton ocean patrol vessels (OPVs), according to a document published by Mexico's Secretary of Treasury (SHCP) on 9 July. The SHCP document specifies that the OPVs will be built at the SEMAR-run shipyards in Tampico in Tamaulipas and

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  Back to the jungle: tactical communications in disadvantaged areas

  Ground troops have been spoiled for communications choices in Afghanistan and elsewhere, but jungle communications remain as much an art as they are a science and need regular practice. Rupert Pengelley investigates the options
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  Keeping a cutting edge: new threats, technologies, and business models for NATO underwater research

  NATO's Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) is shifting to a new business model as it looks to harness new technologies to support the defence and security interests of alliance member states. Ian Keddie takes a deep dive with CMRE into developing joined up unmanned underwater technology
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  IHS Jane's Fighting Ships - Annual Review 2014 (extract)

  A look at key maritime themes, challenges and developments over the past 12 months.
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RELEVANT PROFILE LISTINGS

Bay class

Fleetlist Comment: Built by Austal Ships and delivered to the Australian Customs Service 1999-2000. Both craft transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in 2014. The vessels are capable of carrying two RHIBs.

Bung Tomo class

Fleetlist Programmes: Yarrow Shipbuilders (now BAE Systems Marine) selected in August 1995 for the construction of three frigates for the Royal Brunei Navy. The final contract was signed 14 January 1998. All three ships were completed in 2004 but, following a contractual dispute, the vessels were

CASA CN-235 D/K MPA.

Operational speed: 240 kt (445 km/h). Service ceiling: 26,600 ft (8,110 m). Range: 669 n miles (1,240 km). Role/Weapon systems: Initial batch of two delivered in 2001 and a further four in 2002. First flight with mission systems took place on 18 June 2007. The programme was completed on 28

Huangpu class

Fleetlist Comment: Delivered from China on 20 April 2002.