Over 12,000 people, including children, thronged the Paradip port on Saturday for a glimpse of the six warships that were thrown open to the public… (timesofindia) [mappress] Source: timesofindia, November 08, 2011;
HMAS Toowoomba has been welcomed home from a six month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations today. The Honorable Mr Gary Gray AO MP, the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AM CSC RAN and Commander Australian Fleet Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM CSC RAN greeted the crew at her homeport
Pacific Fleet (PF) flagship Guard missile cruiser Varyag and tanker Irkut arrive at the port of Vancouver on Nov 7. According to Senior Protocol Officer James Webb, Royal Canadian Navy’s Maritime Forces Pacific, destroyer HMCS Algonquin will meet the Russian ships 50 miles westward Vancouver port a
High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to begin HSV – Southern Partnership Station 2012 (HSV-SPS 12), Nov. 6. Swift is scheduled to be in the Dominican Republic for three weeks to engage with partner nation peers in a series of information exchanges. All branche
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship RSS Endeavour of the Republic of Singapore, assigned to the mission-based counter-piracy Combined… (combinedmaritimeforces) [mappress] Source: combinedmaritimeforces, November 08, 2011;
Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $13,523,207 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N66001-11-C-4115) for the development of an anti-submarine warfare surveillance capability that operates at extreme ocean depths to detect submarines. The
Russia and Italy began on Monday the Ionex-2011 naval exercises in the Ionian Sea with the focus on joint antiterrorism and anti-piracy… (rianovosti) [mappress] Source: rianovosti, November 08, 2011;
BMT Isis, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been awarded the contract to develop and sustain the Safety and Environmental Case Report (SECR) and to provide safety and environmental management support for HMS PROTECTOR. The vesse
South Korea and Japan will hold a biennial joint naval exercise this weekend to promote military exchanges and friendship, the Navy… (yonhapnews) [mappress] Source: yonhapnews, November 07, 2011;
Fishermen from India’s Tamil Nadu state have accused the Sri Lankan Navy of pelting stones at them when they were fishing… (colombopage) [mappress] Source: colombopage, November 07, 2011;
On 4 November 2011, following a coordinated search and detection by a French Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft, the German warship FGS KOELN, operating as part of the EU NAVFOR, disrupted a pirate action group comprising a whaler and skiff, 50 nautical miles off the coast of Tanzania. On d
Two fishermen who were reported missing Saturday morning were found Sunday afternoon by officials with the Mexican Navy… (nbcsandiego) [mappress] Source: nbcsandiego, November 07, 2011;
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $9,994,101 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for planning and analysis efforts that will address additional increment two, acoustic processor technology refre
Royal Navy destroyer will be welcomed home by the Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond as it returns from… (news.uk) [mappress] Source: news.uk, November 07, 2011;
