Russian landing ships Azov and Nikolai Filchenkov left Novorossiysk for Syrian port Tartus with marines and several combat vehicles onboard, reported… [mappress] Russian Navy, December 25, 2012; Image: Sevastopol
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has not received any instructions fr om Russian defense ministry… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 24, 2012
Raytheon Company is being awarded a $158,571,809 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 48 MH-60R Full Rate Production Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems, including associated program management support. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activi
Pacific Fleet (PF) destroyer Marshall Shaposhnikov moored at Iranian port Bandar Abbas, reported… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 24, 2012; Image: Flot
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $254.6 million contract to procure Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missiles for fiscal year 2013. The contract calls for Raytheon to build and deliver Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles, conduct flight tests and provide life-cycle support. Production and del
Scientific research center for modeling of ice maritime operations was opened on Dec 21 in St. Petersburg at… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 24, 2012; Image: Flot
HMS Blyth, one of the Royal Navy’s advanced Sandown-Class mine hunters, received an emotional welcomed home from families, friends and loved-ones, when the vessel and its 37-strong crew returned to HM Naval Base Clyde from a six-month NATO deployment. Home in time for Christmas and sporting Santa ha
Chinese and Australian naval officers shared their experiences in the conduct of counter-piracy operations in the Middle East Area of Operations at a roundtable meeting on thursday. Rear Admiral Zhou Xu-Ming Commander of the Chinese Naval Task Group and the commanding officers of three visiting Peop
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic will recycle more than six miles of damaged metal pipes from Naval Weapons Station Earle, in a project that began Dec. 14, saving the Navy more than $150,000 in refuse removal fees for the material. According to Dave North, Naval Weapons Station Earl
The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) 2012 Sea and Shore chapters of the year were announced by the Chief of Naval Personnel Dec. 19 in NAVADMIN 384/12. Formally established in June 2010 by OPNAVIST 1500.80, CSADD serves as a peer-to-peer Sailor mentoring group for Sailors 1
The first of the New 105 meter class of Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel to be commissioned “INS SARYU”, indigenously designed in-house and built by Goa Shipyard Ltd was handed over to the Indian Navy on 21 December 2012 in a simple ceremony in Goa by RAdm (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, Chairman & Managing Dire
Sri Lanka Navy arrested 26 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 21st December 2012. The trawler named “Sindathri” with 22 Tamils and 4 Sinhalese on board was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command off Chilaw seas. Among the arrested
Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond returned home to Portsmouth on today (December 21) from a successful maiden deployment to the Middle East.The new Type 45 destroyer sailed more than 31,000 miles on security and counter-piracy patrols in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf. HMS Diamond left
During the night of 12 December, EU Naval Force flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez conducted her first World Food Programme (WFP) escort as part of the EU’s counter piracy mission – Operation Atalanta. ESPS Méndez Núnez escorted MV Canarsie Princess along the Somali coastline to ensure the food aid she was
