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For this week, Navy Recognition has selected the following topics
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First, Kawasaki launches second Soryu-class for Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force. Then, Lockheed Martin will build littoral combat ship with tactical trainer devices
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And finally, China built two types of O-54AP frigates for Pakistan Navy
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched the second Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, equipped with lithium-ion batteries
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GS Toryu is the twelfth and final Soryu-class submarine produced for the GMSDF
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Toryu means fighting dragon. The name of Toryu is derived from the famous scenic dragon fighting in Keito City
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The ship, built for 69 billion yen, has a displacement of 2,950 tons and a total length
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of 84 meters and a width of 9.1 meters. It is capable of navigating at about 20 knots when submerged and 12 knots when surfaced
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The power source uses a lithium battery which has excellent submarine capabilities and automates
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the system. The submarine is equipped with a Kawasaki 12V25 25SB type diesel engine and another
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Kawasaki Kokamuzu Stirling engine 4. Lockheed Martin Corporation has been awarded over 2.7 million contracts for the United
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States Navy. The littoral combat ship is designed to defeat growing threats in the coastal water battle space
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LCS can serve surface, anti-submarine and mine countermeasure missions. LCS can also deploy manned and unmanned aerial, surface or subsurface missions
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In terms of specification, Lockheed Martin LCS has a full load displacement of 3,450
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tons and a total length of 118.1 meters. With combined diesel and gas turbine with steerable water jet propulsion, the LCS has
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a cruising speed of 40 knots. It can accommodate 2 MH-60 helicopters, 50 crew members and 98 sailors
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According to a press release of Pakistan Navy Media Directorate published on November 1
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2019, the steel-cutting ceremony of two Type 054 AP multirole frigates being built for
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the Pakistan Navy was held at Hudong Xionghua Shipyard in China. With these new ships, the Pakistani Navy will have one of the most technologically
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advanced platforms of Pakistan Navy that would strengthen its capability to meet future challenges
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and maintain peace, stability and power balance in the Indian Ocean region
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The Type 054A frigate is a class of Chinese multirole frigates, the first of which entered
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service with PLA force in 2007. It is a development of the Type 054 frigate, using the same hull but with improved sensors
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and weapons. This ship has a crew of 165 sailors, including officers
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And now for the air sector, Airbus Defence reveals low observable UAV testbed, the Armenian
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Air Force to be re-equipped with Su-30SM fighter jets and Poland to replace Mi-24s with new
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combat helicopters. After more than a decade as a secret project, Airbus Defence reveals Lout, low observable
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UAV testbed. The testbed, revealed on November 4, is a four-ton diamond-shaped unmanned aerial vehicle
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described as a holistic platform approach to stealth, covering signature reduction, electromagnetic emission control and electronic countermeasures
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The elements learned from the Lout programme will be available for potential adaptation
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during a long-term evolution activity on the Eurofighter Typhoon and on the proposed French-German-Spanish
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FCAS development. The Polish military is planning to scrap its Mi-24 Hein combat helicopters, replacing them
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with modern platforms under the Krok programme. The Polish Ministry of National Defence is focused on the acquisition of two combat rotary
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wing squadrons for the ground forces and additional helicopters for the Navy
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The country is reported to be considering the acquisition of the US-made AH-64E Apache
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Guardian or AH-1Z Viper or the AW-249 being developed by Augusta Westland
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The Armenian Air Force should be taking delivery of the Su-30SM fighter jet from Russia in
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the coming months. Speaking this week, Armenian Defence Minister said that the country's first Su-30SMs should
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arrive either in December or January-February. Armenia has long considered the acquisition of Su-30SMs to bolster its air force
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Earlier this year, in January, the country inked an agreement with Russia for the aircraft
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Four aircraft are included in the initial contract and further orders may materialise
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in the future. This week, Army Recognition has selected the four following topics that drew major attention
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from its followers. On October 29, 2019, BAE System has received 120 million contracts from the US Marine Corps
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for additional amphibious combat vehicles under the Third Order for Low-Rate Initial
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Production of Amphibious Combat Vehicle, programme initiated by the US Marine Corps System Command
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The Amphibious Combat Vehicle is a programme initiated by the US Marine Corps System Command
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to procure an amphibious assault vehicle for the United States Marine Corps to supplement
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and ultimately replace the aging Assault Amphibious Vehicle, official designation AAAVP-7A1. The Indian Army, which begin inducting the ingeniously upgraded 155mm Danish howitzers
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will have the first regiment in place by March 2020 and will get all 114 guns by 2022
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armed sources said. Danish is the indigenously upgraded variant of the Swedish Bofors gun imported in the 1980s
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Danish is a 155mm .45 caliber toward artillery gun with a range of 36 km
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It has demonstrated a range of 38 km with specialized ammunition. The Army recently procured 155mm Excalibur precision-guided ammunition from Raytheon
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and BAE Systems, able to perform artillery strikes at extended ranges. The ammunition can be used with all 155mm artillery guns in the inventory
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Military personnel from 12 NATO and partner nations are testing their force protection
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electronic countermeasure systems at the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia. The largest number of participating nations is attending this year's exercise with more
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than 100 military personnel and scientific researchers involved from countries including Australia, United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands
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Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom and France. Last but not least, Russia will deliver a Pantsir-S1 missile air defence system to Serbia
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even though the US has warned of possible sanctions against the Balkan country in case
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of such purchases. The Pantsir-S1 is an air defence missile gun system designed to protect military areas
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industrial targets and land forces units, and reinforce the air defence units responsible
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for the protection of troops and military installations against precision-guided air attacks from low and extremely low altitudes
