J+S Ltd have been awarded a £6 million contract by Thales UK to provide a continuation of the in-service support for winch equipment and pre determined through put of towed array sonar equipment for the Royal Navy. The joint project will provide a decade of maintenance and repair for 17 different sy
On Friday 12th of July the first handover of command between two female Captains of an Irish Naval Service Vessel will take place in Waterford City. The ceremony will take place in Waterford City Quays on board the L.É. AOIFE, where outgoing Captain, Lieutenant Commander Erika Downing will hand over
Multinational partners participating in Exercise Sea Breeze 2013 conducted an amphibious landing operation demonstration in support of simulated disaster relief activities July 11. As the Ukrainian PTS-2 amphibious assault vehicles deployed into the water toward Ukrainian navy vessel Konstantin Olsh
US Navy Delivers Final 35-Meter Patrol Boat to Iraqi Navy The U.S. Navy delivered the final 35-meter patrol boat (PB 312) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility July 5th, after successfully completing reactivation in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia Eyes 30 Mark V Patrol Boats The Defense Security Co
The crew of HMS Atherstone (MCM2 Crew 4) has had a busy first month of their six month tour of duty in the Persian Gulf. After taking over HMS Atherstone in early June from Crew 1, Crew 4 have spent their first month preparing and conducting a major combined UK/US/French Mine Countermeasure exercise
Spanish frigate ‘Numancia’, integrated into the EUNAVFOR operation ‘Atalanta’ against piracy in the Indian Ocean, has been involved in an intense search for survivors of the merchant ship ‘Albedo’ sunken off the coast of Somalia. The ‘Albedo’, was hijacked on November 25th 2010 while on her way to M
China and Russia on Wednesday completed an extensive naval exercise in the Far East, said a representative of Russia’s Pacific Fleet… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, July 12, 2013; Image: facepunch
Earlier this week, EU Naval Force confirmed that the Malaysian flagged Motor Vessel MV Albedo, held by armed pirates in an anchorage close to the Somali coast since November 2010, had sunk in rough seas. An EU Naval Force warship and Maritime Patrol Aircraft closed the scene to search for survivors.
Rear Admiral Thomas Ernst, German Navy, relieved French Navy Rear Admiral Jacques de Solms as NATO’s Commander, Maritime Air (COMMARAIR) and Deputy Chief of Staff Maritime Air for NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), on Wednesday, 10 July 2013. During his tenure, de Solms led the complex consolida
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract to deploy the Skeldar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for maritime operations. Skeldar UAS will be operationally deployed with the customer before the end of this year and will be used in naval operations where the benefits of a Vertical Take Off
More than 27,000 U.S. and Australian personnel are converging in Australia and the Coral Sea in preparation for the amphibious exercise Talisman Saber 2013, to be held off the coast of Australia July 15 through Aug. 6. Talisman Saber is a U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)-sponsored exercise that trains f
The FREMM multimission frigate on order for the Royal Moroccan Navy is pursuing sea trials off the French coast in preparation for delivery later this year. In June, French naval shipbuilder DCNS successfully completed a third series of trials to test the performance of the ship’s combat system. The
