Vice Admiral Anup Singh, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command arrived at Kochi on 29 Sep 11 on a farewell visit to Southern Naval Command. The Admiral is retiring from the Navy on 31st October after 38 years of illustrious service. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1973, Ad
Chartered by the French Navy for the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea, the response, assistance and salvage tug will ensure safety on this maritime zone. The Abeille Languedoc, a response, assistance and salvage tug operated by Les Abeilles, a BOURBON affiliate, has just arrived
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced today that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy in support of hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) machinery and systems on Navy, federal agency and contracted vessels and platforms, selected maritime agency vessels, an
Modernization of national navy conducted by Indian defense ministry will cost defense budget INR 3 trillions ($60.1 bln) in the nearest few years, reports TNN. This sum will be spent for procurement of surface ships, submarines, deck-based fighters, and coast-based patrol aircraft. In particular, th
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $26,945,901 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) fiscal 2011 planned maintenance availability. The effort to be performed includes planning and execution of a work package contai
The Boeing Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $31,503,536 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fee requirements contract for supplies and services for in-warranty and out-of-warranty depot-level modification installations and in-service repairs incident to modification kit installs including associa
The crew of Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Severomorsk headed by Capt 1 rank Andrei Klimenko after termination of anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden entered the Mediterranean Sea via Suez Canal and has visited Syrian port Tartus. During the 3-day long formal call at Tartus, Severomorsk repl
With piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali reaching alarming proportions, the Indian Navy, which has been in action against the… (siliconindia) [mappress] Source: siliconindia, September 29, 2011
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit led by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev on Sept 28 arrived at assigned region off the Horn of Africa to protect civil shipping from pirate attacks, reports RIA Novosti referring to official spokesman for Russian Navy. Russian warships have been maintaining security of n
American destroyer USS Fitzgerald arrives at Russia’s Pacific Fleet main naval base Vladivostok on Saturday, Oct 1. This will be the second call of US Navy ship to the capital city of Primorsky Krai in the current year. The crew of frigate USS Ford visited Vladivostok early in July 2011. Main purpos
The Government has agreed to the purchase from Navantia of 12 medium-sized fast landing craft (the LCM-1E) for the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) through Joint Project 2048 Phase 3. This follows a decision in February 2009 to direct source the purchase of the watercraft to Navantia. Navantia are buil
USS Constitution Sailors gave Navy ballcaps to children during a Caps for Kids visit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. Sept. 27. Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class (SW) John Campbell, Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class (AW) Anthony Barnardo and Seaman Deidre Foster parti
Delegation of Baltic Fleet (BF) marines is invited to visit 1st Amphibious Regiment (Berga, near Stockholm) in Sept 27-30 within the framework of international military cooperation between Russian and Swedish defense ministries. During the visit, Russian officers will familiarize with day-to-day act
The U.S. Navy’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, test team launched an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Sept. 27, at the full-size shipboard-representative test site here. “These successful E-2D launches continue to reaffirm my confidence in the EMALS program,” said Capt. James Donnelly, Aircraft
