Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 1 held a change of command ceremony at Point Loma, California, March 6. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Kevin P. Childre relieved Cmdr. Eric C. Correll as commanding officer of EODTEU 1. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 Command
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) integrated a system of systems operability testing (SOT) capability for combatant ships onboard USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), which just completed an availability and sea trial period utilizing the new SOT combat readiness testing, March 6. SOTs are par
DCNS has been selected – as part of a multinational industrial team led by the US Company Leidos – to participate in the system engineering and the integration of the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence. DCNS will contribute both to the definition and specification and to the integration and test of the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) successfully undocked USS Maryland (SSBN 738) Feb 21. SSBN 738 is now pier-side to finish its Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO), a complex, major shipyard availability at the submarine’s mid-life point that enables the submarine to operate for its entire design servic
SNMG2 Enters Black Sea for Warfare Exercises NATO ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) arrived today in the Black Sea to operate and train with ships from the Bulgarian, Romanian and Turkish Navies. Austal Rolls Out USS Gabrielle Giffords The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS
On Wednesday 4 March 2015 the EU Naval Force Croatian maritime team, which has been embarked on World Food Programme (WFP) vessel, MSM Douro, to protect it from pirate attack as it sailed along the Somali coast, has been awarded the Operation Atalanta medal for their outstanding efforts. The Croatia
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Ranger, once used for scenes in the movies “Top Gun” and “Star Trek IV”, is starting a 16,000-mile trip from Puget Sound, to a scrap yard in Texas. International Shipbreaking Limited has been contracted to dismantle the carrier at a contract price of a penny. Crosb
Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) participated in the Navy-wide Petty Officer 1st Class advancement exam, March 5. Sailors from across the fleet participate in the exam the first Thursday of every March and September in hopes of advancing to the rank of petty officer 1
Italian Navy’s ITS Andrea Doria, moored at Abu Dhabi Mina Zayed Port, has participated at the 12th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the Naval Defence and Maritime Security Exhibition (NAVDEX). At the end of a 6 month deployment as EU anti-piracy Mission Atlan
UK Ministry Of Defence (MOD) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has ordered a maritime autonomy demonstration system from SeeByte. The demonstration system will consist of UUVs equipped with SeeByte’s SeeTrack Neptune, an open architecture enabling autonomous multivehicle collaboration. The system
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) lower the ship’s port side anchor during an anchoring evolution. The operation was conducted on March 2, in Sasebo, Japan. Green Bay is replacing the decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9)
The Australian Government announced the Request for Tender (RFT) for the replacement of Pacific Patrol Boats under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, Project SEA3036 Phase 1. This project represents a significant investment in Australian defence industry with the Australian-made patrol boats wor
Ten people died and more than a thousand have been rescued off Italy’s coast, official said. Starting on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard, navy and cargo ships saved more than a thousand migrants in seven separate operations in the southern Mediterranean. The migrants were traveling from Libya aboard
A US Coast Guardsman was convicted and sentenced during a General Court-Martial in New Orleans, Thursday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Leonel Hinojosa, 32, was sentenced to reduction to E-1, confinement for two years, and a Dishonorable Discharge from the United States Coast Guard. While he is in confine
