Babcock announces that INAER Spain (INAER), part of Avincis, has been awarded a further four-year £5 million contract to provide helicopter transport for search and rescue operations and other civil defence missions by the local government of Cantabria, Spain. INAER will operate a 24 hour service
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) hosted a change of homeport fair at Naval Station Everett, Washington, Aug. 8 to showcase the programs and facilities available to transitioning families. Nimitz is scheduled to change homeports from Naval Station Everett to Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) in Breme
Vice Adm. Bill Moran, chief of naval personnel (CNP), and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, fleet master chief of Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E), visited the crew of guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), providing them with the latest information on manning, pay and b
Leaders of the maritime component of PANAMAX 2014 paused Aug. 11, approximately halfway through the exercise, to assess its benefits so far. Rear Adm. Benjamin Calle of Colombia is the Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Matheson, the deputy commander o
The Honorable Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA), was the latest of several senior Defense Department leaders to visit Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division to see firsthand the in-house expertise and resources available at the Na
A Royal UK Navy frigate has been training with the Nigerian Navy allowing for an exchange of skills and techniques. HMS Iron Duke paid a short visit to Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa’s most populous city where the frigate worked with the Nigerian Navy as well as hosting a UK Trade and Industry Expo.
The U.S. Navy received patents for more inventions last year than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies ranked in a report published last month. The Department of the Navy increased its patent volume by 12 percent over last year, earning 399 patents and climbing up thr
US Coast Guard Sector Juneau personnel responded to a report of possible pollution caused by the grounding of the motor vessel Pacific Queen, moored at Harris Harbor in Juneau, Tuesday morning. Coast Guard pollution responders arrived on scene and observed a small sheen. The hull of Pacific Queen
The Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Newport News, Virginia is all abuzz as below deck-testing of the US Navy’s newest aircraft launch system begins aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Following months of large-scale hardware deliveries containing critical components of the Electrom
Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) oversaw the dry-docking of USS Zephyr (PC 8) at Colonna’s Shipyard as it prepares to undergo a complete structural overhaul, Aug. 8. Prior to Zephyr’s transfer to Norfolk she was serving as a coastal defense duties training vessel for Sailors stationed in Maypo
Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) Dive Team Delta replaced hub software and sealed oil leaks on USS Elrod’s (FFG 55) propeller, at Naval Station Norfolk, the week of Aug. 11. Elrod recently returned from deployment when Dive Team Delta began disassembling the propeller in late July, after findi
Assault Craft Unit 2’s (ACU2) Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1644 began repairs at Norfolk Ship Support Activity’s (NSSA) Dynamic (AFDL-6) Dry-dock at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Aug. 11. LCU-1644 became the first vessel docked at Dynamic since the dry-dock itself underwent repairs during an
Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP), Vice Adm. Bill Moran, and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, held two all-hands calls with Sailors aboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, Aug. 10-11. Topics covered during the calls included issues such as pay and benefits, advancement, manning and force shaping.
Military forces from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the U.S. are partnering in a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Aug. 9-15 around the waters of Guam aimed at increasing the interoperability capacity between these nations operating in the Pacific. The exercise will include multiple
