Central/South American Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

Kaman will develop five helicopters SH-2G Super Seasprite for Navy Peru

(defensa.com) The US company Kaman has announced the signing of a contract with General Dynamics Canada for support of naval helicopters SH-2G Super Seasprite acquired by the Navy of Peru. The contract is valued at $ 40 million and involves the reconstruction and modernization of four of the five helicopters and provision of maintenance for the fifth helicopter which will not be rebuilt.


For the company is a considerable increase from the current fleet of SH-2 helicopters, currently serving in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Egyptian Air Force and Navy of Poland. In early November already proposed the conversations that were taking place after the award to General Dynamics supply mission modern equipment for aircraft in a contract worth $ 115 million.

With the updating of these devices, Peru will have a renewed mission capabilities in maritime environment. The five helicopters that operate the country comes from the inventory of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), they acquired new factory and received between 2001 and 2003, being operated from different vessels in its fleet. They were decommissioned and sold to General Dynamics after the purchase of ten SH-2G (A) from the canceled Australian program was announced.

The SH-2G is the latest veteran naval twin-engine helicopter SH-2 Seasprite, originally designed for the US Navy, which has operated for many years. It is a multimission platform that can be used in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), designation of targets beyond the horizon, surveillance, troop transport, refueling vessels or search and rescue





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Argentina buys from Russia four vessels Neftegaz with multipurpose polar class capacity


(defensa.com ) Argentine Defense Minister Agustin Rossi, has signed an agreement with a Russian state company to finalize the purchase of four multipurpose vessels Neftegaz polar class capacity. The total cost of the acquisition is $ 8,167,500 . The multipurpose ships would be arriving in Argentina in mid- 2015 and will replace units that were desafectando by usage time , providing greater safety to navigation and being cheaper to be more modern .

Heading performed with a Russian state company allow the incorporation of tugboats suitable for many tasks of Naval Service , even in Antarctic waters , such as Search and Rescue in the maritime area of SAR ( 14 million km2) , Towage and Salvage responsibility Patrol to 350 nautical miles and Control of Marine Spaces , Community Support health Care Sciences and Support . At the same time , it will allow for containment and mitigation of environmental incidents reaching ; effect Combined Naval Antarctic Patrol ( PANC ) with higher performance and flexibility, and mobile logistic support to support activities in the Atlantic maritime , coastal and inland Antarctic coast.

features:
Dimensions : Length 81.37 m . - Manga 16,30 m . - Depth 5m.
Tonnage: 2723 tons.
Crew: 30 people



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a moment ago I found this summary:
hope it's accurate

Exact sure very good site and nice presentation in more but it is a table lack combat support ships, important, ranked by tonnage gives a better idea but don' t ignores armaments of ships and Navies capabilities, good sailors etc...

Exist a classification

USN is special especially for the number of CVN, and Naval Aviation have about 1000 + combat/ASW aircrafts ! only one Navy could deserve this ranking Soviet/VMF for the number but no for her CV because they were in fact a heavy cruiser with interceptors and also VMF don' t have big AA ships.

Second rank navies get all types of ships to complete all missions.

Holland said the national flag of BAP Tacna for the Navy of Peru. The ship will arrive on December 29

(defensa.com) On December 4, in a ceremony held at the Naval Base in Den Helder (Netherlands) the said national flag Ship Fleet Logistics BAP Tacna (ARL-158) is performed. The ceremony was attended by the General Commander of the Navy of Peru, Admiral Carlos Tejada Mera, and the General Commander of Pacific Operations (COMOPERPAC), Vice Admiral Luis AP Deville del Campo. The BAP Tacna, which should arrive to Peru on December 29, will substantially increase not only the capabilities of permanence of the units of the Fleet in the areas of operations, it will be extremely useful in case of natural disasters due to its ability to refueling, diesel and aviation, water, dry and refrigerated food and its floating nursing and ability to perform medical evacuations.


The BAP Tacna (ARL-158) - ex HNLMS Amsterdam (A-386) - was built in shipyards Merweide, Hardinxveld and Royal Schelde (Netherlands) 1992-95. It entered service in the Royal Netherlands Navy on September 2, 1995, being acquired by the Navy of Peru in June 2014 for 52 million euros. It has a length of 166 m, a width of 22 m. and a depth of 8 m, estimated displacement at full load 17,000 tons. The propulsion borne by two diesel-Burmeister & Wain Bazan 24,000 HP which give a speed of 22 knots. The scope - 20 knots - is 13,440 nautical miles. The crew is 160 men. It can carry 6,815 ton. diesel and 1,660 ton. aviation fuel and 290 tons of cargo. It is equipped, among others, surface surveillance radar, ESM Ferranti AWARE-4 and chaff launchers SRBOC MK-36 systems. Plus offers a wide flight deck and hangar capable of accommodating three helicopters Agusta-Bell 412SP (recently acquired) or a pair of SH-3D Sea King.

The armament of BAP Tacna is composed of two machine guns Browning M-2HB 12.7 mm. and CWIS SGE-30 Goalkeeper of 30 mm. This struggle missile system - based on the GAU-8 Avenger - weighs 6,800 kg, capacity 360 degrees and works in fully automatic mode. The rate of fire is 4,200 dpm (1,190 ammunition ready to fire) and lethality range covering from 200 m. to 3 km, with a shot capacity estimated 75 rounds per second.




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For one time a good deal or Chili is not present to do business, but also get a Kaiser and presumably yet eyeing on our Sirocco

Asmar before the naval plans announced by Bachelet to the Chilean Navy


(defensa.com) The announcement of President Michelle Bachelet allocation of $ 230 million to the Navy mainly for shipbuilding, has specific effects in Asmar. First, continuing with the start-tier 4th quarter, the construction of the IPO. Notably, during Exponaval two of them were visible in the port of Valparaiso, excelling the last delivered, the OPV-83 "Sailor Fuentealba" copy which incorporates improvements over the previous two, cataloged Winter Class to operate in the southern seas Chile and Oto Melara equipped with 76mm cannon and legacy electronic components (like the barrel) of a Missile Type 148 derecognised.


Asmar has also received funds to equip a floating dock that allows you to receive ships of type Super Postpanamax. To do this, the Navy will provide $ 75 million and 75 million will come from a loan that will take the shipyard. Finally, it remains to be seen how the construction of the new icebreaker will be defined. In Exponaval rumor that type and shipyard were already selected, however the possible involvement of Asmar was also speculated.





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From Russia with love.

Mexican Air Force Mi-8s being serviced in Russia


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Brazil has chosen CAMM missile for it's new corvettes and Chile is also planning to follow the same route to update its Type 23 frigates.

HMS Astute said:

Brazil has chosen CAMM missile for it's new corvettes and Chile is also planning to follow the same route to update its Type 23 frigates.

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Yes...we have posted and discussed the part about the Brazil CAMM selection over on the Brazil Military News Thread.