Recently, JSC Pella shipyard signed the contract with Ministry of Defense of Russia for the construction and delivery of 4 multifunction complex port service vessels on the base of project 03180, two of the vessels will be transferred to the customer this year. Just few days later, the shipyard succ
The participation of the mighty Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 in Air Day 2012 is an integral part of the show’s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Campaign. Only recently pressed into service, the Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier FRS1s spearheaded the strike force sent by the UK armed forces to t
Keel of corvette Gromky for Pacific Fleet (PF) was laid down at JSC Amur Shipyard which is the largest shipbuilding plant at the Russia’s.. ( rusnavy ) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, April 24, 2012; Image: rian
Sailors from new attack submarine HMS Ambush visited their affiliated city of Derby from Thursday, April 19, until Sunday, April 22, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Freedom of the City being granted to the Submarine Service. The visit gave the submariners plenty of opportunities to celeb
On April 19, 15:00, Yemen local time, the commanding officer of Spanish warship, ESPS Reina Sofía, who is currently operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission off Somalia – Operation Atalanta, wished “fair winds and following seas” to the master of the freed Yemeni dhow minutes before it w
Russian Defense Ministry plans to commission Project 955 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Yury Dolgoruky by June 15; the second… (rusnavy) [mappress] Russian Navy, April 23, 2012; Image: nns
STX France approved appointment of JSC Baltiysky Zavod – Shipbuilding (BZS) as a producer of buoyant parts for two hulls of Mistral-class… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, April 23, 2012;
HMS Dragon – the fourth of the Royal Navy’s new powerful Type 45 destroyers – has been formally commissioned into the fleet on Friday, 20th. Hundreds of guests including families of the 190 ship’s company attended a colourful ‘Christening’ ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base which marks the ship’s tra
For probably the last time in its 40-year history the Navy’s principal shield against air attack, Sea Dart missiles, have been fired by a Royal Navy warship. HMS Edinburgh launched seven of the Mach 2 missiles at target drones off the Outer Hebrides in a last hurrah ahead of a major military exercis
Northern Fleet (NF) marines in cooperation with naval aviation have captured and destroyed “enemy” positions at company tactical exercise… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, April 23, 2012;
Spanish frigate SPS Blaz de Leso (F 103) arrived in Norfolk April 16, and Brazilian frigate BNS Independzência (F 44) arrived April 19 to participate in a composite unit training exercise (COMTUEX) with the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8. Guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) sponsored b
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has announced that it will provide the Royal Netherlands Navy with twenty new licences of SeeTrack Military. This significant purchase has come after the Royal Netherlands Navy’s successful use of SeeTrack Militar
