Russia has delivered coast-based systems Bastion armed with antiship cruise missiles Yakhont under the contract signed in 2007, reported Interfax-AVN referring to an informed military diplomat in Moscow. “Supersonic antiship cruise missiles Yakhont were delivered to Syria along with Bastion mobile c
On 03 December, EU NAVFOR welcomed the German frigate FGS LUEBCK to EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA. Commanded by Commander Martin Ruchay, the ship and her 219 crew members will operate in the area of operations of the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea for the next two months. Her task
Pre-Commissioning Unit Mississippi (SSN 782) sponsor Ms. Allison Stiller christened the ninth Virginia-class submarine during a ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Dec. 3. During her remarks, Stiller mentioned today marked the 38th christening that she has attended, but emphasized how specia
JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and Baltiysky Zavod shipyard on Dec 2 signed a RUR 2.5-bln agreement providing that the yard’s productive capacities would participate in construction of hulls of two Mistral-class assault landing ships, reports RIA Novosti. The document was endorsed by pres
The Iraqi navy opened a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)-outfitted ship repair facility (SRF) on Dec. 1 in Umm Qasr, Iraq, marking a step forward in the country’s ability to sustain its navy’s operational readiness. The facility was procured as part of a larger foreign military sales case with the
A Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA) wreath-laying ceremony was held at the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Commander, Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers IV, served as a co-host for the event. Also in attendance to present the wreath was Medal of Honor (MOH) recipien
Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $120,818,538 modification (PE0003) under previously awarded firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00030-11-C-0014) to provide Trident II (D5) Guidance System micro circuit wafers and S
An all-night pirith chanting ceremony followed by a mid-day alms giving was held at SLNS Gemunu in Welisara on the 02nd and 03rd December 2011 in view of the 61st Navy Day. Commander of the Navy, senior Naval officers, a large number of naval personnel and their family members attended the event. Th
Project 941UM nuclear-powered ballistic submarine (SSBN) Dmitry Donskoy adapted for test launches of Bulava missile will remain in service and take part in trials of new submarines in Severodvinsk, reported RIA Novosti referring to Director General of Sevmash shipyard and Rubin Design Bureau Andrei
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation on, “Protecting U.S. Sovereignty: Coast Guard Operations in the Arctic,” Thursday. During the hearing, Papp discussed issues facing the Arctic,
Sri Lanka Navy rendered assistance to the multiday fishing trawler “Aradana”, which had been stranded in the Northern seas due to an engine failure. It was safely brought ashore into the Kankasanthurei harbour on 01st December 2011 along with its crew. Arrangements were made for the trawler to head
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) from a six-month independent deployment Dec. 1. Families, friends and co-workers of Sailors aboard the Chung-Hoon waited pierside for their loved ones to cross the brow as
Seventeenth annual Russian-Japanese consultation under the bilateral Agreement on Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas signed in 1993 has been finished in Russian Navy Main HQ. Russian military delegation was headed by deputy Chief of Navy Main HQ Rear Admiral Leonid Sukhanov. The Japan
On the eve of Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi’s (SSN 782) christening, the submarine achieved another milestone, a 2011 Navy Community Service/Project Good Neighbor community service award, Dec. 1. “I’m so proud of the crew of PCU Mississippi for this important achievement,” said Capt. John
