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  • INS Sahyadri Moors in Incheon, ROK

    26 October 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri, currently on operational deployment to North West Pacific region and South China Sea, entered Incheon, ROK on October 23. The ship is likely to remain at Incheon until October 27 for an extensive interaction with the ROK Navy. Indian Naval ships last visited Busan in June 2012. The Indian Navy has […]

  • Hanoi to Purchase Six Kilo Class Russian Submarines

    13 June 2011
    Industry

      Hanoi will purchase six Kilo class Russian submarines with the view to “protect the country”. Experts evaluate the sale as $3 bln, report Western news agencies referring to Vietnamese defense minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh. The minister made this statement earlier in Singapore as Hanoi’s official reaction on the incident happened on May 26 […]

  • FS Marne Welcomes CMF Commander

    20 April 2012
    Authorities, Training & Education

    EU Naval Force flagship FS Marne and RFA Fort Victoria, flagship of the Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) – part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) rendezvoused off the Omani coast on 18 April.  EU Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis welcomed his Thaï counterpart, Rear Admiral Tanin Likitawong, on board the Marne. The EU […]

  • Australian Navy frigate Ballarat visits Malaysia on South East Asia deployment

    19 June 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat completed a port visit to Sepangar, Malaysia, during her three-month deployment to South East Asia. She was in the region to enagage with the Royal Malaysian Navy, and load supplies before she returns to Australia for further exercises. Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral David Johnston, said Ballarat’s deployment […]

  • WWII US submarine wreck found after 75 years

    12 November 2019

    USS Grayback (SS-208), a US Navy submarine missing for 75 years, has been found in Japanese waters. Veteran ocean explorer and Tiburon Subsea CEO Tim Taylor along with his “Lost 52 Project” team have discovered the WWII submarine wreck. The US Navy officially verified the discovery of Grayback which was made on June 5, 2019, […]

  • USS Fort Worth Hosts Change of Command Ceremony

    28 July 2014
    Authorities

    Cmdr. Kendall Bridgewater officially took over the reins of the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) in a time honored change of command ceremony on board the ship while pierside at Naval Base San Diego, July 25.   Command of LCS Crew 104, known as the Juggernauts and currently “on hull” aboard Forth […]

  • USS Abraham Lincoln starts homeport change deployment

    2 April 2019
    Authorities, Vessels

    US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln got underway from Norfolk to start a deployment in which it will sail around the world before arriving at its new homeport in San Diego. The carrier will shift homeports after completing a mid-life overhaul at the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Next in line for the […]

  • Northrop Grumman Awarded Airborne Electronic Attack Contract

    14 July 2014
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development

    Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a $198,9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and implementation of the Airborne Electronic Attack requirements for software configuration set upgrades to software and ancillary hardware in support of the EA-6B and EA-18G aircraft for the United States and the government of Australia. […]

  • US Navy Won’t Move Norfolk-Based Aircraft Carrier Before 2019

    12 May 2011
    Authorities, Industry

      A nuclear-aircraft carrier currently stationed in Norfolk won’t be coming to Mayport any sooner than anticipated… By Kevin Rincon (wokv) [mappress] Source: wokv, May 12, 2011;

  • USS Sterett returns from surface action group deployment

    29 August 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) returned home to San Diego on August 28 following a five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Sterett spent the majority of the deployment as part of the Sterett-Dewey surface action group (Sterett-Dewey SAG), the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called […]

  • US amphibious ships train with JMSDF counterparts in East China Sea

    14 January 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    US Navy ships from the Wasp amphibious ready group (ARG) met up with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock ship, JS Kunisaki (LST 4003), for two days of exercises on January 11 and 12. During the cooperative deployment, ARG ships and JS Kunisaki conducted communication and maneuvering drills off the west coast of […]

  • Indian, Singapore Navies Strengthen Ties

    25 May 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, is on an operational deployment to South Indian Ocean and South China Sea. As a part of this deployment, INS Satpura, indigenously built guided missile stealth frigate, commanded by Captain Hari Krishnan and INS Kamorta, […]

  • WATCH: Pakistan Navy conducts live firing exercise in North Arabian Sea

    18 March 2022
    Operations, Training & Education

    The Pakistan Navy conducted live weapon firing of anti-ship missiles and torpedoes in the North Arabian Sea on 13 March to demonstrate combat readiness. During the exercise, the navy’s ship, aircraft and submarine successfully hit their intended targets “re-affirming PN’s warfighting capability and combat potential”. The live weapon firing was conducted as part of the […]

  • US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Europe

    9 April 2019
    Authorities

    US Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and ships from its carrier strike group (CSG) arrived in the US 6th Fleet area of operations on April 8, seven days after getting underway from Norfolk. The strike group, which includes the aircraft carrier, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), and destroyers from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) […]

  • Cobra Gold kicks off in Thailand

    15 February 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The 38th iteration of multi-lateral exercise Cobra Gold kicked off with an opening ceremony at the Akathotsarot Camp, Phitsanulok Province, on February 12. Representatives of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and US Indo-Pacific Command were joined by the ambassadors of Japan and the Republic of Korea and representatives from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore during the […]

  • Most Read News, May 11 – 17, 2015

    17 May 2015
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry, Research & Development, Training & Education

    US, UK Plan Future Joint Carrier Operations One of the highest-ranking women in the US Armed Forces has met with her Royal Navy counterparts to plan future joint carrier operations. HMS Scott Returns to Sea After a refit at HM Naval Base, Devonport, the Royal Navy’s fourth largest warship, has sailed to sea. USS Fort […]

  • Nigerian Navy Destroys Illegal Oil Rafineries, Builds New Ships

    24 December 2013
    Industry

    The 2013 was a very busy year for the Nigerian Navy. The Nigerian Chief Vice Adm. Dele Ezeoba reviewed the year by highlighting some of the key operations and plans for the future. The Nigerian Navy destroyed 1,556 illegal oil refineries and arrested 1,646 suspects in 2013, reports allafrica.com citing the Nigerian Navy Chief. The […]

  • Search for Missing Malaysian Plane Continues

    3 April 2014

    Up to eight planes and nine ships will assist in today’s search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.   The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has determined a search area of about 223,000 square kilometres, 1680 kilometres west north-west of Perth. Eight military planes will assist in the search. One of these planes will be tasked […]

  • HMNZS TE MANA Deploys on Diplomatic Mission

    14 May 2013
    Training & Education

    Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS TE MANA will spend the next month undertaking activities in support of defence diplomacy, in South East and North East Asia. Having successfully participated in Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD, a Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise also involving Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, HMNZS TE MANA is now […]

  • US Coast Guard cutter conducts at-sea ops with Singapore Navy in South China Sea

    16 September 2022
    Training & Education

    The US Coast Guard cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) has conducted at-sea operations and exchanges with the Republic of Singapore Navy.

  • UK: Two Lynx Helicopters Return Home

    3 March 2014
    Training & Education

    Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton has welcomed home not one but two Lynx Helicopters, as they landed simultaneously after months away on their very different global deployments.   HMS Daring circled the globe, sailing 44,000 miles during a nine-month deployment with Lynx Flight 200 on board and was re tasked mid operation to assist […]

  • HMA Ships Team Up for Asian Deployment

    29 October 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    HMA Ships Stuart and Arunta, usually based on opposite sides of Australia, met when they were both in Busan, South Korea. Since departing Fleet Base West in late August, Arunta has had a busy program exercising and conducting visits to India, Malaysia, Philippines and Japan. Stuart’s crew had similarly travelled from Yokosuka, Japan having participated in […]

  • HMAS Rankin Concludes South East Asian Deployment

    18 June 2015
    Authorities

    The Submarine Force provided an inspiring welcome home for the crew of HMAS Rankin on June 4, 2015, after her recent South East Asian deployment. HMAS Rankin came alongside Diamantina Wharf, HMAS Stirling, Rockingham, Western Australia. Under the command of Commander Doug Theobald, Rankin participated in Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD, conducted significant underway training and international engagement […]

  • USS Kidd to Search for Malaysian Lost Plane in Indian Ocean

    14 March 2014

    The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Kidd, has been ordered to the Indian Ocean to search for the Malaysian missing plane, according to the Agence France-Presse.   The search for the Malaysian lost flight was switched to the Indian Ocean amid reports that the plane kept “pinging” a satellite after it lost radar contact. […]

  • Hanwha Systems to provide combat systems for six Philippine Navy’s OPVs

    17 May 2023
    Equipment & technology

    Hanwha Systems Co., the defense division of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, has been awarded a contract to supply combat management systems for Philippine Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

  • HMAS Darwin trains with Chinese PLA Navy

    4 January 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Australian Navy’s Adelaide-Class frigate, HMAS Darwin, has conducted a passage exercise with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy Escort Task Group 152 off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Darwin departed Sydney on December 30 to assume duties as part of Operation MANITOU, which is the Australian Government’s contribution to the international effort to promote maritime security, […]