USS North Carolina (SSN 777) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled western Pacific deployment Dec. 1. “We have gone through an intense pre-deployment preparation period allowing us to deploy with some of the finest trained Sailors our nation has ever put to sea on board one of the
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an advance procurement contract for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The contract is valued at $46 million, with the majority of the work taking place at the comp
International Submarine Engineering Ltd. announces that the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has placed an order for an Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will be used for marine search and recovery as well as survey operations. The JCG Explorer will also be supplied with a light-weigh
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) held a change of command ceremony Dec. 2, while the ship was underway. Capt. Kent D. Whalen relieved Capt. Bruce H. Lindsey as commanding officer. The ceremony’s guest speaker and Vinson’s second commanding officer, retired Rear Adm. Thomas
From the 21th to 26th of November HMA Ships Warramunga (Commander Michael Turner) and Sirius (Commander David McDonald) participated in Exercise New Horizon 11 with Indonesian warships KRI Frans Kaisiepo and KRI Halim Perdanakususma. The exercise consisted of a Harbour Phase and a Sea Phase, conduct
Russia will start construction of serial strategic nuclear-powered submarines SSBN Borei-A class in 2012, Sevmash and Rubin Design Bureau said. Sevmash is currently building three SSBN Borei class submarines of Project 955 (designed by Rubin Design Bureau): Yuri Dolgoruky, Alexander Nevsky and Vladi
In order to meet for underwater navigation capability requirements for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) the MCDSPO is procuring 34 Underwater Navigation and Integrated Sonar (UNIS) systems, which will allow the RAN to conduct mission planning, accurate navigation and automated hydrographical data rec
Test launch of Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully held in the Baltic Sea by Indian frigate INS Teg (Project 11356), reports ITAR-TASS referring to a source involved in the tests. According to him, the test launch was carried out in order to check compatibility of the s
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,906,366 fixed-price incentive fee modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action (N00024-03-C-2101) for warranty work on USS New Hampshire (SSN 778). The work was performed in Groton, Conn. (99 percent), and Quonset Poin
A diverse group of 67 Australians graduated as officers in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at RAN College, HMAS Creswell. For the 15 women and 52 men taking part in the graduation parade, the completion of New Entry Officer Course (NEOC) 45 marked the end of 22 weeks of initial training at RAN Colle
BAE Systems and AVX Aircraft Company have combined expertise in system and subsystem integration and rotorcraft design to compete for the U.S. Navy’s Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS). The MRMUAS will provide a multi-intelligence, reconfigurable platform for operation from all ai
Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen and Minister of State for Defence and Education Lawrence Wong officiated at the National Day Awards Investiture held at the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) this evening. This year, more than 550 personnel from MINDEF and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) were presented
In training year, Russian Navy plans to participate in a number of joint naval exercises including those with navies of the US, Great Britain, and France, reports RIA Novosti referring to a spokesman for defense ministry. New training year in Russian Armed Forces started on Dec 1. The past one was m
Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen officiated at a ceremony to mark the commissioning of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) first Archer-class submarine, RSS Archer, at Changi Naval Base. During the ceremony, Dr Ng presented the commissioning warrant to Commanding Officer, RSS Archer, Lieutenant
