After six months and one day supporting the UK mission over Libya as part of Operation ELLAMY, RAF Typhoons have left Gioia del Colle in Italy and returned to the UK. The return of the aircraft is part of the strategy to optimise the air contribution to the current and future campaign which the [&he
Superior Electric, Farmington, Conn., is being awarded a $35,801,255 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the design and production of automatic bus transfer switches. Automatic bus transfer switches procured under this contract are intended for use on all Navy ship
The ministry of shipping on Monday issued guidelines allowing ships with Indian crew to deploy armed guards in a bid to combat… (indianexpress) [mappress] Source: IndianExpress, September 26, 2011
The Navy isn’t giving out exact information about when they will blow up two missiles that were ditched in the Pacific August 30, only that… By Susy Raybon (examiner) [mappress] Source: examiner, September 26, 2011
Faced with a spate of complaints from private sector firms interested in bidding for defence contracts the ministry of defence (MoD) has… Read More [mappress] Source: domain-b, September 26, 2011
China’s navy is playing an important role in the country’s drive to become a world military power, with the recent trials of its first… Read More [mappress] Source: indiatimes, September 26, 2011
Bath Iron Works’ core business remains naval shipbuilding, but the company has recently considered diversifying. By J. Hemmerdinger and Jonathan Riskind (pressherald) [mappress] Source: pressherald, September 26, 2011
Somewhere east of Somalia, on a wild stretch of water in the central Arabian Sea, the captain of HMAS Toowoomba stood on the bridge of his… By Jozeph Catanzaro (au) [mappress] Source: au, September 26, 2011
As scheduled, the new U.S. Navy destroyer Spruance arrived at Naval Air Station Key West Friday afternoon to prepare for its formal… By KeysNet Staff (keysnet) [mappress] Source: keysnet, September 26, 2011
The Indian Navy benefitted from the Sri Lankan relationship with a minor intensity crisis whereas the Sri Lankan Navy understood how to operate efficiently in a multi force combatant with the merger of the two countries Navies. These developments comprised of six Indian states of art vessels of the
Electric Boat’s building of two submarines per year for the first time in more than 20 years doesn’t eliminate the “serious challenges” facing the Navy’s submarine force, a retired admiral said Friday. Former Rear Adm. John B. Padgett III, a Norwich native who lives in Old Lyme, said he was very con
Turkey’s first major domestically made warship, the TCG Heybeliada, will be formally delivered to the Turkish Navy on Tuesday. (hurriyetdailynews) [mappress] Source: hurriyetdailynews, September 26, 2011
With 38 years of service, Adm. Gary Roughead steps down from the position of Chief of Naval Operations during the change of command ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy, Sept. 23. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus was the keynote speaker for the ceremony and highlighted Adm. Roughead‘s accomplishments d
U.S. Senate appropriators have proposed canceling development of a missile interceptor that the Pentagon has slotted for a key role in the… By Rachel Bernstein (spacenews) [mappress] Source: spacenews, September 26, 2011
