The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to India for UGM-84L Harpoon missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $200 million on July 1, 2014. The G
Speaking at an event ahead of the HMS Queen Elizabeth naming ceremony this Friday, the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond told more than 200 business leaders that the sector should be proud of its work on the biggest ship ever built for the Royal UK Navy. HMS Queen Elizabeth is also the biggest ship
Boeing recently helped expand the U.S. Navy’s maritime patrol capabilities with delivery of the 14th P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A, delivered on schedule, is now with its squadron at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Boeing will deliver seven more of the maritime patrol aircraft this year. “
On 2 July 2014, German Auxiliary Replenishment Tanker FGS Rhön completed her time deployed as part of EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta. The ship has significantly contributed to the success of the EU’s Counter Piracy Operation off the coast of Somalia for the last three months. FGS Rhön h
HMCS Summerside and its crew came back to the Atlantic Fleet on June 30th, 2014 from a 7-week deployment on Operation CARIBBE and exercise TRADEWINDS 14. Of note, Summerside was the fifth Kingston-class patrol vessels to be deployed this year on Op CARIBBE, Canada’s contribution to the multination
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $29,5 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to define the tasks required to update the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Air System to be in compliance with info
A visit to HMAS Stirling by Colonel Harold Jacobs, Defence Attaché for Australia and New Zealand at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, provided the Royal Australian Navy with the opportunity to return some World War II Netherlands artefacts. Three of the four artefacts are ship’s Bridg
HMS Somerset is due to return to Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth on Friday 4 July after a successful six-month patrol policing key international shipping lanes in the Gulf and Indian Ocean. HMS Somerset has maintained a presence in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf since early 2014. During her six mont
Safe Boats International, LLC, Bremerton, Washington, is being awarded a $34,5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of four MK VI Patrol Boats. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $52,295,843. Work will be
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced today that it launched South Korea’s fifth submarine, ROKS Yun Bong-gil, at its headquarters in Ulsan, South Korea. The launching ceremony of the Class 214 diesel-electric air independent propulsion (AIP) submarin
Commander, Naval Air Forces presented the Cmdr. Theodore G. Ellyson Aviator Production Excellence Award to the “Seahawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, July 1. The award is named in honor of Cmdr. Theodore G. Ellyson, who was the fir
The commander of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed air wing approached the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to join a club of distinguished and experienced naval aviators who have achieved the career milestone of 1,000 arrested landings, or “traps.” Capt. William “Condor
USS Constitution is scheduled to get underway in Boston Harbor in celebration of America’s Independence on Friday, July 4. The 150 winners of Constitution’s annual Fourth of July public lottery drawing and their guests will accompany the Captain and Crew aboard the 216-year-old Constitution on her
Five midshipmen embarked the Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) for two weeks during the beginning of her patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group to experience life at sea and get a glimpse of their future as a naval officer. Of the midshipmen,
