November ceremonies this year were largely blessed by unseasonally warm, bright weather in the UK – and, in the case of RNAS Yeovilton, were honoured with the presence of Britain’s most senior clergyman. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was guest of honour at the Somerset air station f
Indian defense ministry plans to conduct first test launch of new cruise missile Nirbhay in the first quarter of 2012, reports DNA India. At present, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) finishes some systems of the missile and prepares for first tests. Flight range of subson
The first of the Royal Navy’s new attack submarines, HMS Astute, has blasted Tomahawk missiles far across the North American skies as part of her first test firing mission. The 5.5-metre-long cruise missile weighs 1,300kg and has a range of more than 1,000 miles (1,600km). In the firing tests this m
Guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) returned to homeport Nov. 14, following the completion of a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Hopper served as an embarkation platform in the transition of the Iraqi maritime mission back to the
In 2011, crews of Northern Fleet (NF) surface ships have completed over 50% of the fleet’s training activities. In total, NF surface ships have spent 870 days at sea. Twenty six NF surface ships took the sea in this training year. The crews have performed over 400 qualification drills, including 6 c
Phase I Enlisted Retention Board (ERB) results are now available for command access, according to NAVADMIN 342/11, released Nov. 14. In accordance with NAVADMIN 129/11, Sailors selected for separation will be personally contacted by their commanding officer or officer-in-charge within seven calendar
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., under the HQ0006-10-C-0005 contract. The total value of this modification including options is $241,084,008, increasing the total contract value from $
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has
A Multispecialty Medical Camp with specialists from INHS Dhanvantari and SHO (Port Blair) was conducted at Hut Bay on 11th and 12th of Nov 2011 by the Andaman and Nicobar Command with local support from Coast Guard Station and Primary Health center. The response of the public to the camp was enormou
Mustang Marine has completed the hand-over of the survey motor boat (SMB) ‘James Caird IV’ for operation from the Royal Navy’s … (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, November 15, 2011
The solemn launching ceremony of hydrographic ship Viktor Faleyev was held on Nov 12 at Vostochnaya Verf shipyard (Vladivostok); the ship is meant for Pacific Fleet (PF), reports RIA Novosti. The new ship named after known PF scientist Viktor Faleyev was launched on 155-th anniversary of PF Hydrogra
Sailors assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) won the Tembe Cup during the first Capt. Tushar Tembe CVN Invitational golf tournament at Naval Air Station Oceana Nov. 10. The tournament and top prize were named for Capt. Tushar R. Tembe, who died suddenly Nov. 8 after collapsing at Norfolk Naval S
In accordance with state rearmament program, Caspian Flotilla (CF) received new Project 705B harbor tug RB-10 developed by JSC Vympel Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod) and built by Astrakhan Shipyard, affiliate of JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center. First tug of this project joined Caspian Flotilla in
U.S. 7th Fleet Command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) completed a two-day Light Off Assessment (LOA) Nov. 9-10 in Yokosuka, Japan. The evolution, assessed by Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 with the assistance of Afloat Training Group Western Pacific (ATGWP), checked the ship’s ability to safely op
