Damen has recently signed a contract with Astilleros Navales Ecuatorianos (Astinave) to construct two Damen SPa’s 5009 for the Ecuadorian Coastguard. The Ecuadorian shipyard will build both vessels locally with Damen Technical Cooperation, which is Damen’s method of ‘building on site’. Damen Techn
The first indigenously built stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette ‘INS Kamorta’, built by M/s Garden Reach Shipyard (GRSE), Kolkata, is scheduled to be commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, on Saturday, 23 August 2014. Kamorta is the first of four ASW stealth corvettes designed b
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,7 million modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot VI contract. This modification provides for the procurement of F-35 Deployable Spares Package
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is being awarded a $59,1 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for the production of MK54 Mod 0 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) Kits, and related engineering and repair services for upgrade of U.S. Navy LW
The partnership between Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W) United Technologies Company to repair EA-6B “Prowler” aircraft J52 engine components officially came to a close during a short presentation ceremony at the military depot Aug. 14. P&W representatives thanked
CACI International Inc has been selected as a prime contractor to provide logistics support to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) on the Worldwide Logistics Services (WLS) contract. This five-year (one base plus four option years) multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
Tanker RFA Black Rover trails a thick fuel line into the South Atlantic as she practises keeping HMS Iron Duke topped up on patrol. Off Africa’s western seaboard between Walvis Bay in Namibia and Cape Town, the veteran oiler carried out a dry run of a stern replenishment at sea – making all the [&
The Royal UK Navy frigate HMS Plymouth departed its home port for the last time yesterday heading toward a foreign port where it will be scrapped. After a quarter of a century long fight to save the warship, Peel Ports, owner of Vittoria Dock in Birkenhead where HMS Plymouth was docked for years,
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) participated in the Shipboard Explosive Safety Inspection (SESI) Aug. 11-14. The five-day inspection required a team comprised of inspectors from Naval Ordnance Safety, Security Activity Explosive Safety Support Office, and Naval
Plymouth based HMS Dasher and Cardiff based HMS Exploit have recently carried out a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Bay of Biscay as part of Operation Southern Sun. P2000s do not have the capability to replenish fuel at sea and instead RAS to practice shiphandling and seamanship skills. Exploit
On February 3, 2014, a Sailor assigned to the Moored Training Ship (MTS 626) at the Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) in Charleston, South Carolina reported that an examination key was compromised. The exam key that was compromised was for one of the staff certification exams for one of eleven watc
Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced the Company has been awarded a new single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide installation support for Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS) on U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and U.S. Coast G
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) launches a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). The RAM was tested to ensure its combat readiness, and ability to defend against anti-ship cruise missiles and other asymmetric threats. Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting training and preparing
58 new apprentices had their first day at work at BAE Systems starting careers that will see them designing and building naval ships including the Royal UK Navy’s aircraft carriers and new Offshore Patrol Vessels. BAE Systems opened its doors in Glasgow to the new apprentices who will learn invalu
