The 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Theoule-sur-Mer, France August 13 to partake in commemorative events honoring the liberation of southern France by Allied forces during World War II. This port call marks the third consecutive year that Mount Whitney will take part in the
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned Monday to its homeport of Kittery, Maine after a 42-day patrol conducting training and operations in the Windward Passage off the northern coast of Haiti. Tahoma’s crew spent the first two weeks of the patrol in Little Creek, Va., conducting a Limited Trai
Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus concluded a visit to Rabat, Morocco, August 12. This was the first stop of a multi-nation visit by Mabus designed to reinforce existing partnerships with African nations. Mabus met with government and military officials to discuss U.S – Moroccan military cooperat
The frigate HMNZS TE MANA departed Devonport Naval Base on 12 August en route via Australia to counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. The ship will join a multi-national maritime security task force in November, specifically focusing on counter-piracy operations. The ship’s presence will act
Twenty-three midshipmen departed from guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) after almost three weeks aboard the ship Aug. 10. While on board, these aspiring officers, who came from the U.S. Naval Academy and various Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) units throughout the U.S., wer
The Royal Naval warship HMS Montrose sailed from its base-port in Plymouth yesterday for a seven-month deployment protecting shipping lanes in the Middle East. As the most Scottish ship in the fleet, HMS Montrose embarked a tartan-clad bagpiper for the journey down the River Tamar playing Caledonian
The Indian Navy has kick started the nuclear propulsion reactor on board its first indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant, the local media reported. The move represents a giant step forward in the country’s efforts aimed at boosting its domestic naval capabilities especially when it comes
Approximately 160 military personnel, including Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, and personnel from 19 nations arrived at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters Aug. 12 to begin exercise PANAMAX 2013. U.S. and partner nations train in th
Construction of warships must be carried out under unified contracts including the cost of their weapons systems to ensure their prompt delivery… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, August 13, 2013
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has developed a uniquely flexible airborne ground surveillance radar, which can be deployed on a variety of manned and unmanned platforms for the detection of ground and sea targets. As part of a major flight test series carried out from the Germ
On Sunday, 11 August 2013, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip Breedlove, visited the USS Harry S. Truman, a United States nuclear powered aircraft carrier, while it was transiting the Mediterranean on its way to support Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Central Command’s are
ICGS Rajveer, seventh in a series of eight Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) designed and built by M/s GRSE, Kolkota was commissioned on 10 Aug 13, at Visakhapatnam by Shri RK Mathur, Indian Defence Secretary, in the presence of Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, AVSM, Director General of the Indian Coast
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has won a USD 9 million worth cost-plus-award-fee order to previously awarded basic ordering agreement to provide material and labor in support of the post-shakedown availability (PSA) for the lead ship of the Independence-class littoral combat ships, the USS Indepen
BAE Systems has received a $6.9 million modification to a previously awarded multi-ship, multi-option cost-plus incentive fee contract to provide for the availability of Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy, the USS Vicksburg (CG 69). The contract includes ship
