Russia will participate in the Indian Navy’s tender for non-nuclear submarines with its Project Amur-1650, said Director General of Sevmash shipyard and Rubin Design Bureau Andrei Diachkov. “Most probably, in mid-2012 India would issue a tender for diesel submarines, and hopefully we would win it. W
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) participated in a series of Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) exercises, Dec. 5 as the ship continued on its current deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). The quarterly training required Sailors
JSC Beriev Aviation Scientific Center (Taganrog, Russia) on Dec 2 handed over repaired long-range ASW aircraft Tu-142ME to Indian naval aviation; the airplane departed for its air base on Dec 5, reports the center’s press service. The airplane (registration No 312) has passed all appropriate post-re
As part of Navy’s Community Welfare Projects, another series of successful field medical and dental camps was held at Allappidi, Nagadeepa, Punguduthive Island, Mandathive Island, Keeramalai and Delft Island on 01st ,07th ,18th ,24th and 30th November 2011 respectively. These camps were organized by
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta released a message to Pearl Harbor survivors, Dec. 6. “Seventy years ago on a December morning, our nation sustained a cruel and destructive attack at Pearl Harbor. Our enemies thought that by this sudden and deliberate raid, they could weaken America. Instead, t
Modernization of Project 1144 Orlan nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will start at Sevmash shipyard after 2012; the emphasis will be put on enhancement of missile arms, said the shipyard’s director general Andrei Diachkov in the interview to RIA Novosti. Cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has
The U.S. Navy is participating in a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the 1941 attack and of those who lost their lives during the raid. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will speak at the event that will also feature a pass-in-review by USS Chung-Ho
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev taking part in the international anti-piracy campaign has formed the sixth convoy of commercial vessels and is escorting it from the Red Sea through the Gulf of Aden. According to the head of PF Information Support Department C
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $60,360,995 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2404) for the procurement, production, and test of the Integrated Shipboard Electronics (ISE) for Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 26 with an option for LPD
The Navy, in response to a request made by the School Development Committees of Old Medawachchiya Primary School and Daluggala Maha Viddayalaya from the Naval Detachment in Pulmedei, organized a campaign to distribute school items for the needy students of those schools. Navy also donated stationeri
Sailors considered by Phase II of the Enlisted Retention Board may now view their retention status on BUPERS Online, according to NAVADMIN 370/11. The Phase II ERB reviewed the records of ERB-eligible E-6 through E-8 Sailors from 31 overmanned ratings. The board was charged with reviewing each candi
Saab technicians are today commencing their training in the Swedish Armed Forces’ new helicopter system, the HKP16 Black Hawk. The training begins with a week-long introductory course and is followed by a complete course regarding the UH-60M Black Hawk. Sweden, via the Defence Materiel Administratio
Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. These contracts will provide spare units and parts as well as program support for t
The decision to postpone the last in 2011 test of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Bulava has not been made so far, reported RIA Novosti on Dec 3 referring to a high-ranking representative of Russian Navy. The information about postponing of the missile’s test launch was circulated in the
