Los Angeles-class submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) finished undergoing deperming at the new drive-in submarine magnetic silencing facility (MSF) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Beckoning Point, Dec. 15. Olympia is the first submarine to complete this treatment at the facility. “After a culminatio
Russia will lease nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) K-152 Nerpa to Indian Navy late in Dec 2011 or early in Jan 2012, wrote the Asian Age newspaper referring to sources in Indian defense ministry. According to the newspaper, the Russian submarine will be leased for a 10-year period. Leasing cos
Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) commenced their five days bilateral naval exercise codenamed Exercise HORNBILL 21/2011 commence from 19th December 2011 until 23rd December 2011. The opening ceremony of the exercise was held in the Royal Brunei Navy Headquarters on Monday 19th
Sri Lanka Coast Guard assisted in the repatriation of ten (10) Sri Lankan fishermen, who were released from the Indian custody. The fishermen and two (02) fishing boats named “Proboth – 2” and “Mayomi” were handed over to CG officials by the Indian Coast Guard Ship, ICGS Ranijindan, at the Indo-Sri
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $15,239,268 contract to exercise an option for post-delivery support for LCS 3 (future USS Fort Worth). Lockheed Martin will perform the planning and implementation of deferred design changes that have been identified during the construction
To control execution of the intergovernmental Agreement on Prevention of Incidents On and Over High Seas, delegation of Russian Navy headed by deputy chief of Navy Main HQ RADM Leonid Sukhanov arrived in Greece. In particular, the agenda of talks held in the Greek defense ministry included such issu
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Wasamba of the Northern Naval Command rescued four Indian fishermen whose boat had run aground off the coast of Delft Island on 18th December 2011. The boat with four Indian fishermen onboard was drifted ashore being caught in the rough sea conditions. It had run agr
Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to help celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of independence on 10 December 2011. During the visit, the Type 23 Frigate hosted a number of Tanzanian dignitaries, and the ship’s company were welcomed as guests of this most hospitabl
USS Asheville (SSN 758) returned to Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., Dec. 16, following a four-month deployment in support of combating transnational organized operations in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of responsibility. The deployment supported U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command campaign strategy and
Indian Navy’s diesel electric submarine INS Sindhurakshak being modernized by Zvezdochka shipyard (Severodvinsk, Russia) will be delivered to the orderer in the second half of 2012, reports the yard’s press service on Dec 19. The contract for repair and modernization of the sub was tied between Zvez
Lockheed Martin completed 500 hours of reliability testing on the U.S. Navy’s Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV), marking a critical testing milestone. The system will provide mine reconnaissance capabilities to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). RMMV is an unmanned, semi-submersible, semi-autonomous
Flights of deck-based aircraft started on Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov on Sunday, Dec 18, as long as weather conditions became better. Most experienced pilots practiced takeoffs and landings on the deck of the Russian aircraft carrier located in the Northeast Atlan
Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted more than a dozen members of the Royal Cambodian Navy (RCN) Dec. 14-15, during Cambodian Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2012. MAREX is a multi-day theater security cooperation exercise between the U.S. and Cambodian military designed to share expert
Seagoing minesweeper Mashinist based in Northern Fleet (NF) Kola Flotilla has celebrated 31-st anniversary since hoisting of naval ensign. The 31-year old history of the minesweeper has an array of glorious chapters. The ship’s crew used to spend months in Atlantic cruises, many times took part in l
