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  • US, Germany, Norway conclude anti-submarine warfare drill in Norwegian Sea

    29 May 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Ships and submarines from the navies of Germany, Norway and the United States completed some 20 days of anti-submarine warfare drills in the Norwegian Sea. Dubbed Eastlant 2017, the Norwegian-hosted exercise started on May 8 and concluded on May 26. Not much has been said about the exercise, and the U.S. Navy only announced the exercise once […]

  • US Navy sea base ship tests LCS mine warfare package

    23 September 2019
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development

    US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4) spent three days in the Chesapeake Bay testing an anti-mine system developed for the littoral combat ships. T-ESB 4 used the littoral combat ship mine countermeasure (MCM) mission package portable control station to maneuver the MCM equipment and the launch and recovery […]

  • Saab to showcase its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system to US Navy

    9 January 2018
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry, Training & Education

    Sweden’s defense contractor Saab announced it will be demonstrating its AUV62-AT anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system to the US Navy this year. The AUV62-AT is based on an artificial acoustic system that mimics a submarine. The US Navy will evaluate Saab’s AUV62-AT against its own systems through the foreign comparative testing (FCT) Program. The demonstration […]

  • Australia, US kick off anti submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon in Guam

    15 January 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The US Navy and Australian Air Force kicked off the annual anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon on January 14. The multilateral exercise is based out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, with this year’s event running until Jan. 25. Participating US units will include Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, VP-16, both operating under CTF-72, and Commander, […]

  • John Warner Conducts Initial Sea Trials

    27 May 2015
    Authorities

    US Navy’s newest Virginia-class submarine, John Warner (SSN 785), successfully completed its initial sea trials on Saturday. Sea trials are aggressive operational tests that demonstrate the submarine’s capabilities at sea. John Warner, the first Virginia-class submarine to be named for a person, is being built as part of a teaming arrangement between Huntington Ingalls Industries’ […]

  • US, Royal Thai Navy anti-submarine warfare drill Guardian Sea kicks off

    8 April 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Assets from the US Navy and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) kicked off the 8th edition of exercise Guardian Sea in the Andaman Sea on April 7. A US Navy Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine and underway replenishment oiler along with two Thai frigates, a corvette and a Sea Hawk helicopter will take part in over […]

  • Malaysia orders two ATR 72 MPA from Leonardo

    29 May 2023
    Vessels

    The Ministry of Defence of Malaysia has signed a contract with Leonardo to supply two ATR 72 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) platforms.

  • USA: Naval Special Warfare Group 1 Celebrates 50th Anniversary

    18 January 2012
    Training & Education

    Distinguished guests joined with special warfare personnel, past and present, at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Naval Special Warfare Community Jan. 13. In response to then-President John F. Kennedy’s desire for the Armed Forces to possess an unconventional warfare capability, the SEAL teams in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets […]

  • MIND completes Sea Serpent ASW demonstration

    29 September 2022
    Training & Education

    MIND Technology has completed a demonstration of its Sea Serpent low-cost anti-submarine warfare system as a part of the US Navy’s Coastal Trident 2022 exercise. 

  • US Navy to Commission USS John Warner

    30 July 2015
    Industry

    The U.S. Navy will commission its newest fast attack submarine, the future USS John Warner (SSN 785), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, VirginiaVa.  John Warner, designated SSN 785, honors Sen. John W. Warner for a lifetime of service to the Commonwealth of Virginia and […]

  • US Navy space command becomes information warfare command

    3 June 2019
    Authorities

    The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM) is now Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM), Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has announced. The name change was announced at the Information Warfare Senior Leadership Symposium in Washington D.C., June 3. The change is effective immediately. “We have been on a steady drumbeat […]

  • Saab joins Unmanned Warrior with anti-sub and anti-IED vehicles

    5 October 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry, Training & Education

    Swedish defense and security company Saab announced it would take part in the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise with an anti-submarine warfare training system and a waterborne anti-IED vehicle. Unmanned Warrior is a multinational event, held in Scotland and Wales between October 10 and 21, which will see around 40 companies and organisations, showing off their latest technological developments within maritime […]

  • NATO ASW exercise Dynamic Mongoose to start in North Atlantic

    8 June 2022
    Training & Education

    NATO’s advanced anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose, which is held in the Norwegian Sea every summer, will begin on 13 June.

  • France’s FS Forbin destroys supersonic target

    1 June 2021
    Training & Education

    The French FS anti-air warfare destroyer (AAWD) Forbin has destroyed one supersonic target with an anti-air missile Aster 30 during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021.

  • USA: Naval Special Warfare Group Two Hosts 50th Anniversary Ceremony

    30 January 2012
    Training & Education

    Naval Special Warfare Group Two hosted a 50th anniversary ceremony Jan. 27, at the Navy SEAL Heritage Center aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, to honor and celebrate the rich history and heritage of the Navy SEAL community. The ceremony commemorated 50 years of service by generations of SEALs, since President John F. Kennedy […]

  • HMAS Gascoyne Clears Imaginary Mines in Jervis Bay

    27 February 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    The waters in and around Jervis Bay were successfully cleared of ‘mines’ recently, during the Mine Counter Measure and Clearance Diving tactical training exercise – Exercise MULGOGGER. In a fictional scenario, HMAS Gascoyne entered Jervis Bay, in response to the request of a friendly nation, to counter mines which had been laid to prevent the […]

  • UK’s warship trio protects world’s largest warship in Arctic exercise

    9 June 2023
    Training & Education

    The Royal Navy has recently formed a protective ring of steel around the world’s largest warship in the Arctic Circle during combined security exercises in the high north.

  • Germany, US work on improving mine countermeasure technologies

    12 August 2016
    Authorities, Industry, Research & Development

    German and U.S. Navy mine warfare experts are preparing to take their technology to the Baltic Sea, including acoustic and magnetic sensors, to operate side by side and see the differences and to learn from one another with the goal of advancing technologies and techniques for the detection, classification, and mapping of bottom and buried munitions. According […]

  • Exercise Dugong 15 Concludes

    16 October 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Exercise DUGONG 15, a mine countermeasures exercise which involved seven Navies, has drawn to a close in Hobart. The event brought mine warfare and dive teams from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and United States together for two weeks to practice contemporary mine warfare and dive salvage techniques and procedures. New Zealand also took part, deploying headquarters […]

  • Saab Sensis, US Navy Sign SeaPort-e Contract

    26 September 2011

      Saab subsidiary, Saab Sensis Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for Seaport-Enhanced (SeaPort-e), the U.S. Navy’s web-based contracting source for fleet-wide support services. As a SeaPort-e Prime contractor, Saab Sensis will be able to compete for contracts that will be solicited on an ongoing basis across 22 functional service areas by […]

  • Colombian Navy hosts Unitas LIX exercise

    6 September 2018
    Training & Education

    Gathering in Cartagena, Colombian naval forces are taking the helm for Unitas LIX, a multinational maritime exercise taking place from August 31 – September 11.  Colombia is hosting eleven navies participating in the exercise — the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the United Kingdom. The country has been […]

  • CACI Wins NAVSEA Support Services Deal

    20 November 2014
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development

    CACI International Inc was awarded a $182 million contract to provide integrated logistics and acquisition support to the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS). This five-year (one base plus two option years and two award term years) task order contract was issued under the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) vehicle […]

  • Tri-nation exercise onboard Royal Australian Navy’s frigate

    9 March 2018
    Training & Education, Vessels

    HMAS Toowoomba has strengthened the Royal Australian Navy’s ties to international navies after hosting personnel from the United Kingdom and New Zealand during Exercise Ocean Explorer 2018. A junior officer from each country worked onboard the frigate during navy’s premier fleet warfighting activity to conduct formal warfare training and aviation familiarization respectively. Ensign Sean Kerwick […]

  • Swedish Navy contracts Saab for submarine training and equipment

    1 June 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry, Training & Education

    Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has contracted Saab to deliver advanced anti-submarine warfare training, including the autonomous underwater vehicle AUV62 in training configuration. The contract comes after a 2014 Letter of Intent (LoI) signed between Saab and FMV, which supports the Swedish Armed Forces’ underwater capabilities for the period 2015-2024. Saab has now received an order […]

  • Major Navy-Marines drill Dawn Blitz 2017 concludes

    31 October 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Close to 5,ooo US Navy sailors and marines, utilizing seven ships and 33 aircraft, completed the amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz off the Californian coast on October 30. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan for and establish expeditionary […]

  • US Navy appoints first SEAL as a Fleet Master Chief

    14 January 2019
    Authorities

    The US Navy has selected a Navy SEAL to serve as Fleet Master Chief for the first time in the service’s history, US Naval Forces Europe-Africa commander Adm. James G. Foggo III has announced. Force Master Chief Derrick Walters will succeed Fleet Master Chief Raymond Kemp as Fleet Master Chief for US Naval Forces Europe-Africa in […]