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Ready For International Missions
Source: Kockums AB
Two Visby-class corvettes, HMS Helsingborg and HMS Härnösand, have been modified to adapt them better to the demands of international missions. Their capabilities have been further refined within the framework of Project Visby IP.
The ability to deploy naval vessels on international missions is important to the Swedish Armed Forces, which have been tasked with several demanding international assignments in recent years. The Armed Forces are likely to be confronted by just as many (and as tough) challenges in coming years.
The vessels were handed over to the client at a simple ceremony. Special thanks were expressed to Project Manager Stefan Svensson and his team from the Swedish Defence Matériel Administration (FMV) and to Kockums Project Manager Mattias Olsson and his team for excellent cooperation during the project.
The entire project has been completed in just 30 weeks, from signing the contract to delivery of the second vessel. The assignment has involved technical modifications, design work, equipment procurement, ILS, systems security, production, commissioning and verification.
Rockwell Collins Selected to Provide Radar Electronic Support Measures for German Frigates
Source: Rockwell Collins
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide a Radar Electronic Support Measures (R-ESM) suite for Germany's F125 Special Forces and Stabilization frigates. Deliveries are scheduled from 2010 to 2013.
The agreement calls for Rockwell Collins to provide its CS-3600 R-ESM system, which contains the CS-3001 Pulse Analyzer Unit (PAU), CS-5998 wideband tuners, CS-5020 microwave tuners, IFMR-6070 Instantaneous Frequency Measuring Receiver (IFM) and the CS-6090 PRISM (Precision Intercept Spectral Monitoring System).
"With the selection of this system, the German F125 frigates will be equipped with some of the most advanced radar collection and analysis capability available to today's navies," said Alan Caslavka, vice president and general manager of Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Solutions for Rockwell Collins. "The R-ESM system will play an important role in the situational awareness of the German Navy."
Work will be completed at the company's Richardson, Texas, facility where its Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Solutions unit designs and builds state-of-the-art Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems and components for domestic and international ground, mobile, surface and airborne platforms.
U.S. Navy Accepts Final T-45C Delivery
Source: US Naval Air Systems Command
ST LOUIS --- The last T-45C Goshawk was delivered to the U.S. Navy During a ceremony at the Boeing production facilities in St. Louis Oct. 20.
The aircraft was the 221st T-45 training jet delivered by Boeing to the Navy.
“The T-45 holds a distinguished place in U.S. Navy history,” said Rear Adm. W. Mark Skinner, Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs. “In fact, Vice Admiral Dave Venlet, the commanding officer of Naval Air Systems Command, was the first Navy pilot to land onboard an aircraft carrier in a T-45.”
Skinner said that since Venlet’s maiden landing, more than 3,600 Navy and Marine Corps pilots have flown the Goshawk, as they trained to convert to the Hornet, Super Hornet, Growler, Prowler and Harrier.
According to Shelley Lavender, vice president and general manager for Global Strike Systems, the Goshawk team has a remarkable legacy filled with significant milestones that include the 932,000 flight hours flown by thousands of Navy and Marine Corps aviators and flight officers, while earning their wings in the T-45.
"I'm proud in knowing that this jet, and all its accompanying training components, has made a mark in naval aviation and in the lives of thousands of brave men and women, who choose to serve their country," said Lavender. "And, I'm proud to know the T-45 will continue to do that -- safely and effectively -- for decades to come."
Capt. Andrew Hartigan, Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office (PMA-273) program manager, thanked the Boeing team for its dedication to the T-45 and the men and women who train in them, daily.
"The equipment of naval aviation is truly in the hands of Boeing," said Hartigan. "That truth demonstrates an extraordinary trust and confidence, trust that has been built for decades and trust we look forward to continuing."
The T-45 is the only jet training aircraft in the U.S. military's inventory that enables undergraduate pilots to land on and takeoff from an aircraft carrier. The T-45 will continue to serve the Navy through 2035.
Australian Volunteer Coast Guard
Today’s website is the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard. The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard is an organisation composed entirely of volunteers, formed in 1961 to promote safety in the operation of small craft. Enjoy.
This Day in U.S. Naval History
1921 - USS Olympia arrives at the Washington Navy Yard from France carrying the body of the Unknown Soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery.
1950 - Task Force 77 makes first attack on the Yalu River bridges. In first engagement between MIG-15 and F9F jets (USS Philippine Sea, CV 47), Lt. Cmdr. William T. Amen (VF-111) shoots down a MIG and becomes first Navy pilot to shoot down a jet aircraft.
1956 - Secretary of the Navy proposes the Polaris missile program to the Secretary of Defense.
Photo of the Day
The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a replenishment at sea.
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