A fleet of Royal Australian Navy ships departed Fleet Base East in Garden Island, Sydney, on Tuesday to start exercise Ocean Explorer. Ocean Explorer will see two submarines, ten ships and embarked aircraft take part in war games off the east coast of Australia. They will be joined briefly by Royal
Underwater construction teams from the US, Republic of Korea and Royal Thai navies got together on the Thung Prong Bay Sattahip Navy Base in Thailand as part of the 37th annual exercise Cobra Gold, which ends February 23. “We are here to perform underwater inspection techniques and also to talk abou
UK-based underwater technology company JFD announced it has acquired Australian diving and recompression company Cowan Manufacturing. The acquisition was carried through JFD’s parent company James Fisher and Sons plc. The acquisition of the Newcastle-based business is a significant step in JFD’s pla
Australian defense industry minister on Monday officially opened Lockheed Martin Australia’s new headquarters for Australia and New Zealand. Dubbed “Lockheed Martin Australia House”, the new center is located in Canberra and will be home to Lockheed Martin’s local corporate and business development
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US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived in the Philippine Port of Manila together with guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) for a routine port visit on February 16. More than 5,500 sailors from both vessels are visiting the Philippine capital during their Western P
US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) units got together on February 16 to start the exercise Resilient Shield 2018 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. The annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise will also be joined by US Air Force and Japan Air Self-De
Royal Australian Navy’s Cape-class patrol boat ADV Cape Inscription rushed to the aid of a vessel on fire in Darwin Harbour. According to the navy, the patrol boat was in the middle of a training exercise when crew members noticed black smoke pouring from a pleasure craft off East Point. Executive o
HMS Sutherland, a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate on a deployment to Asia Pacific, stopped in the Eastern Indian Ocean to honor the sunken Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Sydney. The wreck of the wartime cruiser HMAS Sydney lies off the west coast of Australia and 500 miles northwest of Perth. Sydney
Prior to entering the city of Hobart for a first visit to her namesake city, the lead ship of the Royal Australian Navy’s air-warfare destroyers, HMAS Hobart, tested her armament with a program of firing serials. During the trials, Hobart tested her 20mm close-in weapons system (CIWS) against an inf
The US Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) on February 14 made a stop in Singapore as part of its deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. For some of the 140 crew members, this is their first time in the Changi Naval Base and their first visit to Singapore, the US Navy s
The Royal New Zealand Navy is using Vestdavit boat handling technology to train its sailors at the new Devonport Naval Base training facility, Auckland, which is set to open in March. The new center includes a purpose-built landside facility housing a replica inshore patrol vessel, plus an innovativ
