Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, and Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, today released the report of Phase 1 of the Review of the Sustainment of Australia’s Collins Class submarines, the Coles Review. The review is being led by Mr John Coles, an independent expert from BMT Defence Servi
Nigerian Navy Ship Thunder (NNS Thunder) has reached the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on her way to Nigeria. A Nigerian Navy delegation led by the Chief of Training and Operations, Rear Admiral Johnson Olutoyin, is in Trinidad and Tobago to receive the ship. An outstanding ceremony was organi
Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), General Ma Xiaotian called on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 13th December 2011. He was accorded a token Guard of Honour and warmly received
The Royal Australian Navy now has enhanced amphibious warfare capability with the commissioning in Fremantle today of Australia’s newest warship, the Bay Class Landing Ship HMAS Choules. Choules, a former Royal Fleet Auxiliary which served the Royal Navy under the name Largs Bay, was renamed after C
DCNS, a French builder has initiated design work for the BPC-type force projection and command vessels ordered for the Russian Navy. Studies dedicated to modifying the vessel design to the specific requirements of the Russian Navy have been started by DCNS. The BPC contract was signed in June with R
RFA Wave Ruler arrived home on Monday, 12 December 2011, after spending nearly two years working across hurricane zones and drug-trafficking routes. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) support ship returned to Portland, Dorset, having left for operations in February 2010. The ship’s primary role has bee
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $14,925,071 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4013) for the USS Boxer (LHD 4) fiscal 2012 phased maintenance availabilities (PMA). A PMA includes the planning and execution of depot-lev
A team of 24 troops from Uganda, part of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) received vessel protection training from French and Estonian troops in Mombasa onboard FS FLOREAL, which is operating as part of the EU NAVFOR. The training was planned as part of ongoing improvements in capability and
Twelfth round of negotiations between Russian and French delegations takes place in Russian Navy Main HQ in Moscow since Dec 12 till Dec 14. The French delegation arrived in Moscow on Dec 11. The subject of talks is execution of the Agreement on Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas tied
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet paid a visit to the Sailors of Naval Air Facility Misawa, its tenant commands, and deployed Patrol Squadron (VP) 1, Dec. 12. This is Vice Adm. Scott Swift’s first visit to Misawa, and coincides with the return of rotationally-deployed VP squadrons to this northern-Japan loc
In Djibouti on 7 December, RAdm Christian Canova FRAN, Deputy Commander EU NAVFOR, transferred six powerful outboard motors which had been confiscated from Somali pirates to Colonel Abdourahman Aden Cher, Chief of the Djiboutian Navy. The engines were taken from small skiffs which had been stopped b
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) put its new damage control program to the test while underway Dec. 9. Nitze recently adjusted its damage control program in an effort to better fight the ship in a multi-mission environment. With the implementation of the Rapid Response
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) satellite. The milestone represents the spacecraft’s most significant achievement to-date on the path to launch. SBIRS satellites deliver vastly
Sisters of Project 949 nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) Kursk perished in 2000 will be rearmed with cruise missile systems Onyx and Caliber, reported RIA Novosti on Dec 12 referring to a high-ranking representative of Russian defense industry. At present, subs of this type are armed with Grani
