Showing posts with label Portuguese navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portuguese navy. Show all posts
October 21, 2017
October 8, 2017
Portugal deploys 4 F-16s to Romania
Four F-16s from the Portuguese Air Force have been in Romania since Sept. 18 for exercise Falcon Defense 2017.
July 15, 2017
November 12, 2015
December 22, 2014
Portuguese Navy - Arrival of the NRP Viana do Castelo the TRITON operation
Viana do Castelo patrol in the control of illegal immigration in southern Italy
The ocean patrol CASTLE VIANA operated in the central Mediterranean, 02-30 November participating in the mission TRITON 2014, the FRONTEX agency within the European Union, control of migration flows from North Africa.
The ocean patrol CASTLE VIANA operated in the central Mediterranean, 02-30 November participating in the mission TRITON 2014, the FRONTEX agency within the European Union, control of migration flows from North Africa.
June 2, 2014
Portugal to induct Harpoon Block II for submarines in 2014
The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) is planning to introduce the UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon Block II missile later this year to equip its two Type 214 (locally known as Type 209PN) Tridente-class attack submarines NRP Tridente (S 160) and NRP Arpão (S 161).Eight Portuguese Navy RGM-84 Block I surface-launched anti-ship missiles are being adapted into Block II weapons in Den Helder, the Netherlands, with the installation of upgrade kits supplied by Boeing, the missile's original equipment manufacturer. Upgrade of the first missile was completed on schedule at the end of 2013; the navy plans to formally induct the updated UGM-84 missile into service in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Portugal also purchased eight capsules and associated containers in 2009 under its Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LoA) agreement with the United States.In mid-2012, Tridente carried out sea trials at the US Navy's (USN's) Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, where it fired several capsules to qualify both the missile launch procedure, and integration with the weapon system's fire control unit and other submarine systems.The diesel-electric/air-independent propulsion submarines were delivered with the Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control System (AHWCS) fitted. Alongside active radar guidance for the prosecution of anti-ship targets, the Block II introduces GPS-aided inertial navigation to provide a land attack capability against fixed targets.
Along with the missiles, the boats' eight 533 mm torpedo tubes are capable of firing Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes, 24 of which were purchased in March 2005 from Whitehead Alenia Sisteími Subacquei (WASS) under a EUR46.2 million (USD63.3 million) contract.Intended to replace the Albacore-class Daphné boats, Tridente and Arpão were commissioned in June and December 2010 respectively. The vessels were acquired in April 2004 for EUR833 million by the Portuguese procurement agency (DGAIED) from what is known today as ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS).
http://www.janes.com/article/38456/portugal-to-induct-harpoon-block-ii-for-submarines-in-2014
April 21, 2014
Portuguese navy’s drone launch ends in embarrassing fail
NATO ? :)
The Portuguese navy unveiled its new state-of-the-art surveillance drone this week, but things didn’t exactly go to plan.
It was launched in front of the nation’s media and Portugal’s defence minister at a Lisbon naval base, with disastrous results.‘It will be highly effective in missions the navy has to fulfil,’ declared minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco before the demonstration.
The Portuguese navy unveiled its new state-of-the-art surveillance drone this week, but things didn’t exactly go to plan.
It was launched in front of the nation’s media and Portugal’s defence minister at a Lisbon naval base, with disastrous results.‘It will be highly effective in missions the navy has to fulfil,’ declared minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco before the demonstration.
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