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  • US Navy’s second ship-to-shore connector wraps up acceptance trials

    17 June 2020
    Vessels

    The US Navy’s newest ship-to-shore connector (SSC), LCAC 101, concluded acceptance trials last week after successfully completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).

  • HMAS Success Prepares for Mission (Gallery)

    6 November 2014
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    HMAS Success enjoyed a welcome change of tempo on 22 October when Commodore Warfare, Commodore Peter Leavy, visited the ship during its Mission Readiness Workup in the waters off Jervis Bay. He arrived in ‘Odin’ the ship’s Seahawk helicopter whilst the ship was at action stations and engaged in a damage control exercise. Commodore Leavy […]

  • Australian Navy to Join Counterterrorism Ops in the Middle East

    18 November 2014
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    Seven Royal Australian Navy members left Australia this week to embed with the Combined Maritime Force’s Canadian led Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150) in the Middle East. From December 2014 to April 2015, the Navy team will work in CTF150 to deter, disrupt and defeat international terrorist organisations’ operations in the Middle East maritime region. […]

  • Australia: Governor General Reviews Navy’s Newest Officers

    24 June 2011
    Authorities

      The Governor General, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, AC, formally graduated the Navy’s newest batch of Officers from the Royal Australian Naval College. For the 115 graduates the ceremony, which was held at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, spelt the completion of the six-month-long New Entry Officers Course which teaches the Navy’s next generation of […]

  • HMA Ships Sirius and Arunta Meet HMNZS Te Kaha in Bass Strait

    29 October 2014
    Authorities

    HMA Ships Sirius and Arunta, and HMNZS Te Kaha rendezvoused in Bass Strait during their passage to Albany, Western Australia, for the centenary of Anzac commemorations commencing 31 October. The ships will be providing support for the events which will commemorate the departure of the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force soldiers for […]

  • HMAS Sydney Notches Up Another Milestone

    20 May 2013
    Training & Education

    HMAS Sydney closes up its flight deck team as an MH-60R (Romeo) from Helicopter Strike Squadron 77 from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington makes its approach. To the casual observer this might appear to be just another helicopter about to land on the flight deck of an Australian warship, but to those in […]

  • UK: HMS Duncan Celebrates Her Birthday

    17 October 2013
    Training & Education

    Just three weeks after the chefs produced a magnificent commissioning cake to celebrate their ship formally joining the Naval family, the galley of HMS Duncan was a hive of baking activity again. October 11 marked the 216th anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown – where the ship’s namesake Admiral Adam Duncan defeated the Dutch Fleet […]

  • ROK JCS Learns LCS Capabilities aboard USS Fort Worth

    17 March 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development

    Chairman of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Choi, Yoon-hee visited the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) March 16 during the ship’s inaugural port visit to Busan. While on board Fort Worth, Choi toured the ship and gained a better understanding of how the U.S. Navy is expanding […]

  • UK Navy to Organize First ‘Robot Wars’

    18 December 2014
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development

    The Royal Navy is holding its first ‘robot wars’, inviting firms at the cutting-edge of science to demonstrate unmanned aircraft, boats and submarines. The head of the Navy – First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas – has challenged academics, scientists, technology firms, plus British and Allied military forces to show off hi-tech systems which […]

  • USS Sampson Conducts Change of Command Ceremony

    25 November 2013
    Training & Education

    The guided missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) conducted a change of command ceremony while in homeport at Naval Base San Diego, Nov. 22. Cmdr. Steven Foley, who has been the ship’s executive officer since September, relieved Cmdr. Dwayne Ducommun as commanding officer of Sampson during a ceremony on the ship’s flight deck. During Ducommun’s […]

  • Midshipmen Train aboard USS Pinckney

    26 August 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) welcomed 19 , from various ROTC programs as well as the U.S. Naval Academy, on board the ship the first part of August as part of their summer training cruise.   The midshipmen stood watches on the bridge, were given tours of the ship, sat in […]

  • US Navy Awards USS Virginia-Class Submarine Support Deal

    16 September 2014
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development

    3 Phoenix Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, is being awarded an $8,997,455 modification under a previously awarded contract for continuing engineering services to support software development, procurement of commercial off-the-shelf products, and hardware and software integration.   This is required to provide improved technology for U.S. Navy open architecture and Network Centric Operations and Warfare systems in […]

  • HMS Prince of Wales’ operations room comes online two months ahead of schedule

    29 August 2018
    Authorities, Vessels

    The second of two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers, the future HMS Prine of Wales, now has a functional operations room – two months earlier than it was intially expected. The operations room will allow the crew of HMS Prince of Wales to watch for threats, track the movements of the carrier’s F-35B Lightning jets and […]

  • Russian frigate Admiral Makarov fires more missiles during state trials

    9 November 2017
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    Russian Navy’s third Project 11356 frigate Admiral completed another round of missile-firing tests as part of her state trials, the Russian defense ministry announced. The November test follows a series of tests with the frigate-launched Shtil-1 surface to air missile system which, as it was earlier determined, had been unstable during operation. Back in April […]

  • Italy starts construction of first fully-configured PPA ship

    20 March 2019
    Authorities, Industry, Vessels

    Construction on the fourth Italian Navy Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA) kicked off with a steel-cutting ceremony at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso Shipyard in Genoa on March 14. While being the fourth in its class, this ship will be the first in the “full” configuration, meaning it will be equipped with means to conduct air, surface and […]

  • French Navy’s fifth FREMM frigate officially enters service

    21 February 2019
    Authorities, Vessels

    FS Bretagne, the French Navy’s fifth FREMM frigate, has officially entered service after completing its maiden deployment. The French Navy admits ships into active service only after they complete their first operational tasking. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configured FS Bretagne started construction in October 2013, launched in September 2016 and received its first commanding officer on […]

  • AN/AQS-24C towed mine hunting sonar passes acceptance tests

    24 December 2018
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    The AN/AQS-24C  mine detecting set recently completed government acceptance testing in cooperation with the US Navy’s Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15). According to Brett Thach, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) AN/AQS-24 Project Engineer, the success of this government acceptance testing, which took place during June of 2018, is […]

  • USS Forrest Sherman Finishes COMPTUEX

    24 February 2015
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Sailors from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Feb. 6, after bolstering their joint warfighting capabilities during a composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX) held off the coasts of Virginia, the Carolinas and Florida coasts. During the nearly month-long exercise, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) […]

  • USA: Lockheed Martin Bags USD 6.98 Million DDG 51-Class Ships Contract

    18 August 2011
    Industry

      Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $6,986,478 option exercise modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-5115) for management and engineering services to maintain and modify as necessary the design of DDG 51-class combat system compartments and topside arrangements, in support of the program executive officer Integrated Warfare Systems.  The […]

  • Harry S. Truman CSG Launches COMPTUEX

    4 September 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group began its composite training unit exercise after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 2. COMPTUEX is a series of training scenarios designed to certify HSTCSG as a deployment-ready fighting force capable of completing overseas operations. The exercise, which includes warfare scenarios such as simulated surface, air, undersea, strike and electronic […]

  • USA: NMCB 3 Seabees Visit Shipboard ‘Steelworkers’

    6 September 2013
    Training & Education

    Roughly 20 Seabee steelworkers from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 met the “Steelworkers” of USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a tour aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Sept. 4. According to tour guide Fire Controlman 1st Class Travis Boatwright the visit provided an opportunity for Seabees to see the dynamics of shipboard life and […]

  • USS Carl Vinson carrier group heads for final tests ahead of deployment

    1 November 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The crews of the U.S. Navy’s Carl Vinson carrier strike group left their homeports for an extensive month-long underway. During their time at sea, the ships of the unit will conduct various exercises and complete evaluations to make sure they are ready for deployment. The Carl Vinson training period will include a composite training unit exercise […]

  • Spanish F-100 frigate Cristobal Colon sails to US for combat system tests

    14 June 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Following a readiness period in her homeport in Ferrol, Spain, the AEGIS frigate Cristóbal Colón (F-105) is set to sail towards Norfolk, Virginia for a month and a half deployment along with a U.S. Navy destroyer for combat system ship qualification trials (CSSQT). These trials will take place in the Wallops Island range off the coast of […]

  • US Navy plans to launch drones from submarines

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry

    The U.S. Navy is looking to deploy a small, tube-launched unmanned aircraft system that deploys from under the surface of the sea, on manned submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles. The system is named Blackwing™ and is being developed by the American technology company AeroVironment. AeroVironment developed the Blackwing system as part of a 2013 Navy and United […]

  • NATO ships in second Turkish-hosted drill this month

    29 November 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Following the conclusion of Turkish-led exercise Mavi Balina, ships from several NATO countries kicked off a mine-warfare exercise in the Aegean Sea on Monday, November 28. The second Turkish exercise of the month will run through December 4 and will be aimed at testing combat readiness and strengthening ties between Allies. Corvettes, patrol boats, mine hunters, […]

  • Singapore, Malaysia conclude exercise Malapura in Malacca Strait

    3 December 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The navies of Singapore and Malaysia concluded the week-long bilateral maritime exercise Malapura which took place in the Malacca Strait. The shore phase, which included the opening ceremony, joint planning and training, was held from 26 to 27 November 2018 at Lumut Naval Base, Malaysia. This was followed by the sea phase from 28 November […]