The U.S. is taking another positive step toward meeting the growing demand for systems that can help protect against the increasing danger posed by ballistic missiles. Raytheon Company has started building the 12th AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar for the Missile Defense Agency after being a
HMS Daring has arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam, following a successful visit to Shanghai, China. She is the first British ship to visit Vietnam in seven years; the last visit was by HMS Echo in 2006 to Ho Chi Minh City. It is the first ever visit by a British warship to Da Nang, and […]
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) called the bipartisan budget agreement now passed by both houses of Congress an important first step and thanked Members of Congress for providing the much needed resources for the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry. SCA recently launched a campaign calle
The fore part of the second Mistral-class ship under construction for the Russian Navy, LHD Sevastopol (N33), has been completed by the addition of a 440 t block at France-based shipyard STX. This operation will be followed by the erection of radar masts at the beginning of 2014 and by addition of t
The front section of the fifth Astute class submarine, Anson, took her place alongside her sister submarines. Anson’s forward end construction was transported to the Devonshire Dock Hall at BAE Systems Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness. She took her place inside the giant construction hall alongs
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $57 million firm-fixed-price contract Dec. 17 to Watts Contrack, a Joint Venture of Honolulu, Hawaii for the construction of a Marine Vertical (MV) 22 hangar, supporting utility infrastructure, and an aircraft staging area for Marine Co
FISHING Naval personnel attached to SLNS Barana of the North Western Naval Command on routine patrol arrested 4 persons with an FGD engaged in illegal fishing using purse seine nets on 17th December 2013 in the seas off Kudiramalai in Puttalam. The arrested persons along with the recovered items wer
Friends and family of Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) welcomed home Hampton’s crew Dec. 18 following a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific. The deployment supported the nation’s maritime strategy, which includes maritime security, forward pres
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport announced a major milestone for its Virginia Payload Tube Life Cycle Support Facility, Nov. 20 – the installation of the first Virginia Payload Tube. The new facility allows Navy engineers to conduct tests with an actual Virginia-class submarine payload t
The future USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3), completed builder’s sea trials at the Austal USA shipyard on Dec. 13, in Mobile, Ala. Successful completion of builder’s trials marks the end of the first phase of a set of rigorous trials during which all of the ship’s systems and capabilities are evaluated to
This year was really busy for Huntington Ingalls Industries. Numerous construction projects have been finalized and many new contracts have been signed. Since the whole year is impossible to be put in one news, hereby we bring you the most interesting and important milestones of HII in 2013 in the f
This year was really busy for Huntington Ingalls Industries. Numerous construction projects have been finalized and many new contracts have been signed. Since the whole year is impossible to be put in one news, hereby we bring you the most interesting and important milestones of HII in 2013 in the f
The delivery of the Italian FREMM ‘Virginio FASAN’, the first in ASW configuration, was held today at the FINCANTIERI shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). The FASAN was delivered to the Customer with an outstanding state of readiness. All the scheduled complex and meaningful operations were performed i
A six-member military delegation headed by Deputy Chief (Materials, Petrol, Oil and Lubricant) of the General Logistic Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Major General Zhu Cheng paid a courtesy call on Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Jayantha Perera at the Naval H
