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Turkey plans to launch its first Istanbul-class frigate F515 in January 2021 Turkey plans to launch its first Istanbul-class frigate F515 in January 2021 Sunday, 03 January 2021 15:34
According to news published on the HABER VAKTI website, January 2, 2021, the construction of the first Istanbul-class frigate F515 continues at the Istanbul Shipyard Command in collaboration with many Turkish companies under the leed of Turkish company STM. The Istanbul-class frigate F515 will be launched on January 17, 2021.
The new Istanbul-class frigate F515 for the Turkish Navy. (Picture source Naval Analyses)
The Istanbul-class is a new generation of frigates developed under the MILGEM Turkish warship program as the I-class frigate. As of 2018, the MILGEM project covers four Ada class anti-submarine warfare corvettes and one ELINT corvette, four Istanbul class multipurpose frigates and TF2000 class anti-air warfare destroyers destined for the Turkish Navy, four Jinnah-class frig
Leonardo press release
The Qatar Emiri Air Force’s NH90 helicopter programme marked a major milestone last week with first flights performed in Italy and France. The first NH90 NATO frigate helicopter (NFH), assembled at Leonardo’s Venice Tessera facility, and the first tactical troop transport (TTH) over-land aircraft, assembled at Airbus Helicopters’ Marignane site, took to the air on 15th and 18th of December respectively. The flights allowed crews to evaluate general handling and basic systems and the helicopters performed as expected.
Qatar’s NH90 programme includes 16 NH90 TTHs for land operations, 12 NH90 NFHs for naval missions, a comprehensive support, maintenance & training services package and associated infrastructure. The programme has the potential to be extended in the future with the addition of 6 + 6 units in a mixture of TTH and NFH variants. Leonardo is prime contractor for the overall programme and is also responsible for the final assembly and delivery
Leonardo demonstrates its ULISSES acoustic anti-submarine warfare system Leonardo demonstrates its ULISSES acoustic anti-submarine warfare system Thursday, 24 December 2020 17:32
According to a press release published on December 21, 2020, Italian company Leonardo has recently proven the newly-expanded capabilities of its ULISSES acoustic anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system in a demonstration off the coast of Italy. During the demo, Leonardo showed how the Firefly, AQS-18, dipping sonar from L3Harris Technologies worked in concert with the ULISSES processor to automatically locate simulated enemy submarines and alert the crew to their presence.
(Picture source Leonardo)
The demonstration follows the successful integration of the Firefly dipping sonar with the ULISSES system. Firefly incorporates a high-powered active sonar which can dive down up to 200m below the sea surface and detect targets as far away as 20 miles while transmitting sonar and sonobuoy processin
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Global Unmanned Composite Materials Market is projected to be worth USD 3,222.3 Million by 2027, according to the latest evaluation by Emergen Research. The unmanned composite materials market is observing high demand attributed to increased investment in unmanned systems. For instance, Adani Defense and Aerospace and Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Israel, in December 2018, introduced 50,000 sq. ft. Adani Elbit Unmanned Aerial Vehicles production facility located in Hyderabad, India. Approximately USD 15 million has been invested in the facility s development. The production complex would cater to the global market with Hermes 900 and Hermes 450UAV s complete carbon composite material aero-structures.