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  • Finland buying Raytheon’s ESSM for Squadron 2020 corvettes

    21 February 2019
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Vessels

    The Finnish defense ministry on February 21 announced it is buying Raytheon’s Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) systems for its Pohjanmaa-class corvettes of the Squadron 2020 project. The surface-to-air missile system (ITO20) will be installed on all four ships in the class. The exact number of missiles to be procured is being withheld. Finland will pay EUR 83 […]

  • Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group ships start first tactical drills

    6 November 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    US Navy cruisers and destroyers assigned to the carrier strike group assembled around aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and other Norfolk-based units got underway from Naval Station Norfolk for the surface warfare advanced tactical training (SWATT) exercise on November 2. SWATT is the Surface Force’s premier advanced tactical training exercise developed and led […]

  • LCS Surface Warfare Package Passes Live-Fire Test

    8 November 2013
    Equipment & technology, Industry

    The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Surface Warfare Mission Package successfully completed the second phase of its developmental testing, the Naval Sea Systems Command announced Nov. 7. USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) conducted the testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Point Mugu range off the coast of California, October 1-25. The objective of […]

  • UNITAS 2014 Exercise Commences

    15 September 2014
    Authorities

    Naval forces from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the United States kicked off UNITAS 2014, an annual multinational exercise, in Cartagena, Colombia, Sept. 12.   Personnel from Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Italy, Panama, United Kingdom and New Zealand are also participating in the exercise. This year’s exercise is hosted by the Peruvian […]

  • Northrop Grumman Wins US Navy’s SEWIP Deal

    7 October 2015
    Authorities

    US Navy awarded a $91,7 million electronic warfare systems contract to Northrop Grumman. The deal is for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 program engineering, manufacturing and development. SEWIP Block 3 will provide select Navy surface ships a scalable electronic warfare enterprise suite with improved electronic attack capabilities. Work will be performed in Maryland, California […]

  • RIMPAC mine warfare operations kick off in SOCAL

    13 July 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Commander Task Force (CTF) 177 kicked off the Southern California (SOCAL) portion of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) with mine warfare training operations which run from June 27 to August 2.  CTF 177 is comprised of 26 units with approximately 1,100 personnel representing the United States, Australia, Canada, England, Japan, the Netherlands and New […]

  • Australian minehunters make record trip north to join Korean mine warfare drill

    6 November 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Royal Australian Navy minehunters HMAS Gascoyne and HMAS Huon achieved two firsts for their class of ships recently as they joined a Republic of Korea Navy hosted mine warfare exercise. While Gascoyne and Huon became the first units of their type to visit Korea, their trip was also the furthest north Royal Australian Navy minehunters have […]

  • Kearsarge ARG ships get underway for first East Coast SWATT

    25 June 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    US Navy ships from the amphibious ready group assembled around USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) got underway from Morehead City, North Carolina, June 21, to start the navy’s first East Coast surface warfare advanced tactical training (SWATT) exercise. In addition to Kearsarge, ships taking part in the first East Coast SWATT include USS Arlington (LPD 24) […]

  • Fast attack submarine USS Scranton sails into new homeport

    23 November 2016
    Authorities, Industry, Training & Education

    U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 757) arrived at Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) in her new homeport of San Diego, November 21. Scranton arrived after completing extensive maintenance at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine, and three months of operations at sea. Scranton arrived in Kittery in 2014 to […]

  • Warfare Students Perfect Skills aboard Australian Navy Ships

    4 December 2014
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    HMA Ships Sydney, Parramatta and Stuart sailed from Fleet Base East on 24 November with the next generation of warfare officers and sailors embarked. Having completed several months of classroom theory at the School of Maritime Warfare, and practical training in the warfare simulators at HMAS Watson, 38 students spent the week at sea proving […]

  • 19-nation Black Sea drill Sea Breeze 2018 kicks off

    10 July 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Ukraine-hosted and US Navy-led international exercise Sea Breeze kicked off in Odessa, Ukraine, on July 9. According to the Ukrainian defense ministry, a total of 19 nations are taking part in the drill which is aimed at enhancing interoperability among participating nations and strengthen regional security by focusing on a variety of warfare areas. […]

  • Russian Navy’s Admiral Essen returns from 300-day Mediterranean mission

    27 December 2018
    Authorities, Vessels

    The Russian Navy’s Black Sea frigate Admiral Essen (751) arrived in Sevastopol on December 26 after completing missions in the Mediterranean, the country’s defense ministry said.  The crew of the frigate performed tasks as part of the country’s permanent formation in the Mediterranean Sea from August 2018. This year, the ship spent about 300 days […]

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth in anti-submarine warfare drill with Norwegian frigate

    3 December 2019
    Vessels

    The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently conducting an anti-submarine exercise with a Norwegian frigate in the Western Atlantic. The NATO/anti-submarine warfare training with the Norwegian Navy’s newest frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, Type 23-class frigate HMS Northumberland and Tide-class replenishment tanker RFA Tideforce is the last act of a busy three […]

  • UK: Royal Navy to Deploy UUV’s from Its ASW Warships

    4 April 2014
    Equipment & technology, Industry

    On Monday 31st March, the Royal Navy took a major step forward in developing a framework to allow Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to be deployed from its anti-submarine warfare warships.   A Memorandum of Understanding between the Service and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) was signed which allows the two parties to work together in […]

  • UK, US Minehunters Search for Mines off Bahrain

    20 October 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Royal Navy minehunters and their US counterparts have surveyed the sea bed for mines more than 200 nautical miles away from their Bahraini base using a range of autonomous and unmanned systems. The Task Group was made up of HMS Shoreham and Bangor, the USS Devestator and Gladiator as well as Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cardigan […]

  • Royal Australian Navy establishes new warfighting agency

    22 January 2020
    Authorities

    The Royal Australian Navy has opened a centralized warfighting agency, designed to enhance the navy’s lethality in times of conflict. As explained, the Maritime Warfare Centre merges the Royal Australian Navy Test and Evaluation Authority (RANTEA) and Australian Maritime Warfare Centre (AMWC) into a centralized body to support current and future capabilities to fight and […]

  • US Sailors Receive SCWS Qualification

    25 April 2012
    Authorities

    Two Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, were each awarded their Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist (SCWS) qualification by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus in a ceremony held on Camp Leatherneck, April 24. Yeoman 2nd Class Deron M. Bennett, from Lakewood, N.J., and Engineering Aide Constructionman Shenelle C. Stewart, from Kingston, […]

  • USS Houston Sails to Fleet Activities Yokosuka

    11 May 2015
    Authorities

    The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Houston (SSN 713) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka May 8 for a visit as a part of its deployment to the Western Pacific. With a crew of approximately 140, Houston will conduct a multitude of missions and showcase the latest capabilities of the submarine fleet. Houston was originally designed […]

  • US Navy SEAL Dies during Training Operations

    25 June 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Chief Special Warfare Operator Bradley S. Cavner, 31, of Coronado, California, died from injuries sustained during an accident while conducting parachute jump training operations in El Centro, California, June 23.   “The training SEALs go through is inherently high-risk,” said Cmdr. Christian A. Dunbar, Naval Special Warfare Group One’s chief staff officer. “Bradley was a […]

  • Bataan amphibious group completes first SWATT

    13 August 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The US Navy amphibious ready group (ARG) assembled around amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) has completed its first Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. For the Bataan ARG, SWATT provided an important transition from single ship operations to multi-ship, aircraft, and landing craft operations in scenarios that spanned multiple warfare areas. SWATTs […]

  • Image of the Day: US Navy Vessels Prepare for RAS Drill

    4 May 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in preparation for a replenishment-at-sea training exercise. The operation was conducted in the Pacific Ocean on April 28. U.S. Navy ships are underway conducting an independent deployer certification exercise off the coast of Southern California. The […]

  • HMAS Huon Tests Mine Warfare Skills in Jervis Bay

    6 July 2015
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development, Training & Education

    Australian Navy’s Mine Hunter Coastal, HMAS Huon, has recently put four mine warfare students through their paces in a series of challenging scenarios played out in Jervis Bay, New South Wales. In the final sea assessment phase of the Mine Warfare Officers’ Course, the trainees undertook navigation leadthroughs, mine disposal vehicle operations and serials utilising […]

  • HMAS Gascoyne Surveys Darwin Harbour Route

    11 November 2013

    Royal Australian Navy Minehunter Coastal (MHC), HMAS Gascoyne, has been hard at work conducting Route Survey of Darwin Harbour over the past few weeks. Route Survey is the exploration of a route to determine the nature of the seabed and the nature of any underwater objects that are detected. The data gained from such a […]

  • USS Pittsburgh Concludes Six Month Deployment

    13 May 2015
    Authorities

    The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) returned from a six-month deployment to its homeport at U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, May 12. Under the command of Cmdr. Bill Solomon III, Pittsburgh returned from the U.S. European Command area of responsibility where the crew executed the chief of naval operation’s maritime […]

  • Australia’s first air warfare destroyer starts acceptance trials

    30 January 2017
    Authorities, Industry, Training & Education

    Royal Australian Navy’s future air warfare destroyer (AWD) Hobart departed the wharf at Techport Australia Monday morning to begin a second round of more advanced sea trials off the coast of South Australia. Known as ‘sea acceptance trials’ they follow the completion of ‘builder sea trials’ in September 2016 which tested Hobart’s hull, propulsion and navigation systems. […]

  • USS George H.W. Bush Wins AOC Award

    18 September 2014
    Authorities

    Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (GHWB)(CVN 77) was awarded the 2014 Association of Old Crows (AOC) Award for outstanding performance from January to December 2013 by the ship’s electronic warfare team, announced by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Sept. 13.   “The teamwork, professionalism and innovation displayed by the CVN 77 electronic warfare […]