JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation established by presidential order on the basis of FSUE Zvezda-Strela will celebrate 10-th anniversary on Jan 24, 2012. Tactical Missiles Corporation represents a developed designing and production structure which business priorities are associated with development,
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit led by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev attending the international anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden has finished escorting of the sixth convoy and, having replenished water and fuel supplies from tanker Boris Butoma, laid a course for the Seychelles. PF mariners
Warships and supply vessels of Russian Navy’s carrier group headed by Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov continues the cruise through the Atlantic after replenishment of water and food supplies from supply vessels in the Moray Firth. Replenishment
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Ladny heading for the Mediterranean Sea has called at French Navy’s main naval base Toulon before joining Russian Navy carrier group comprising ships of Northern and Baltic fleets. In Toulon, the Russian warship was visited by Consul General of the Russian Federation in
The Spanish auxiliary oiler and replenishment ship, the SPS PATINO, Flagship of the European Union Naval Force Somalia, with the Force Commander, Captain Jorge Manso Revilla embarked, has recently completed a “first” for the mission by escorting a three ship convoy of ships chartered by the World Fo
The Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) intends to procure 2 to 3 ‘Search & Rescue Service Vessels’ (SRS Vessel). The SRS vessels will be subject to demanding technical and functional requirements. The SRS vessels will mainly work as a safety and rescue vessel for the Armed Forces of Nor
State commission analyzing development tests of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Bulava will determine date of the coming launch in the next few days; it will decide whether the test launch are held in 2011 or 2012, reports RIA Novosti on Dec 15 referring to a spokesman for Russian defens
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) divers are conducting scheduled practical dives to the depths down to 120 meters from BSF rescue ship Epron at deep-sea test range off Crimea. Drills are held under supervision of BSF Rescue Ship Brigade EO Capt 2 rank Sergei Ignatov. Such exercise is essential part of divers’
Project 20180TV seagoing armament support ship Akademik Kovalev will be laid down at Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Severodvinsk on Dec 20, 2012 at 11 am, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. Among guests invited to the solemn keel-laying ceremony are Russian Navy Commander-in-Chi
The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has purchased two Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) from Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of AUVs. The REMUS 100 AUVs will be used to support Sweden’s mine countermeasures program, especially in harbo
Festivities associated with the Day of St. Andrew the First Called and the St. Andrew’s Flag Day were held in Sevastopol. Main events took place in the city’s two central churches – St. Vladimir Cathedral and St. Nicholas Church at the cemetery where the city’s defenders are buried. Archpriest of Se
HMS York has been activated as the Royal Navy’s fleet ready escort, and is monitoring the largest ship in the Russian Navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. The Type 42 destroyer sailed north from her home port of Portsmouth last week and first observed the Admiral Kuznetsov north east of the
