Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Navy took delivery of the first Orca in December, 2023. [ 5 ] The basic Orca design shares a 51 feet (16 m) length with Echo Voyager , but the Orca will incorporate a more modular construction, primarily for the capability to be built with an additional payload module of up to 34 feet (10 m) long and a capacity of 8 tonnes (8,000 kg) for a ...
The names of the new submarines where also announced by van der Maat. The class will be known as the Orka class, with the subs named Orka (Orca), Zwaardvis (Swordfish), Barracuda (Barracuda) and Tijgerhaai (Tiger shark). The first two will be delivered within ten years after the contract has been signed. [20] [21] [22]
HMCS Chicoutimi is a Victoria-class long-range hunter-killer (SSK) submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, originally built and operated by the Royal Navy as HMS Upholder. Shortly after being handed over by the United Kingdom to Canada she was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea.
Ghost Shark and Manta Ray protect the undersea realm. Sounds like it could be the title of a future Marvel movie, but in actual fact, it’s what could be the future of Pacific naval defenses.
The Navy's nuclear-powered Virginia class sub, ... US Navy's new submarines are 'in crisis' as costs balloon by $17 billion, lawmaker says. Chris Panella. September 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM.
The first lithium-ion batteries for the DCS were delivered to the Navy by General Atomics in February 2018. [9] The Dry Combat Submersible reached initial operational capability with the US Navy in May 2023. [10] As of July 2023, two submersibles have been delivered to the US Navy, with work being finished on a third. [10]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
On 13 April 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that SSN-787 would be named after the State of Washington, [12] which was celebrated during a naming ceremony in Seattle on 7 February 2013. [13] The Navy christened Washington on 5 March 2016, during a ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding. [14] Her keel was laid down on 22 November 2014.