Russian defense ministry and Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad) recently signed a contract for construction of Project 11356 frigates under State Defense Order 2011, reported ITAR-TASS referring to a source in Military Industrial Committee at Russian Government. “The document has become the fourth relati
Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is awarded a $162,239,835 not-to-exceed fixed-price requirements contract for performance based logistics support for the Phalanx Close-In-Weapon Systems. Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky., and is expected to be completed August 2016. The applicab
Seventeenth test of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) R-30 Bulava is scheduled in the first half of Oct 2011, reports Interfax referring to a source in Russian Navy Main HQ. Expectedly, it would be a salvo launch. Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Do
Representatives from Navy Personnel Command’s (NPC) fleet engagement team visited with Sailors on board USS Simpson (FFG 56) Aug. 30 and discussed force management programs including the Enlisted Retention Board (ERB). The team is currently embarked on a three-day trip to meet with Sailors in Jackso
Royal Navy warship HMS Ledbury will sail into Bristol from Wednesday August 31 for the start of a six-day visit and the general public will have the chance to go on board this ultra-modern, fighting mine-hunter. The ship has enjoyed a long-standing affiliation with the town of Ledbury in Hertfordshi
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivered thekeynote address at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0 in Las Vegas Aug. 30. The summit brought together leaders of industry, government, and those specializing in research and development to chart the course for the future of energy in America.
Specialists and ships dispatched to hunt a rapacious shark hitting people in Primorsky Krai are quite enough; no Pacific Fleet (PF) assets are involved. “Nine fishing vessels are engaged in shark-hunting off Primorsky Krai. Professional fishermen work on those ships. Ten motorboats operate in monito
The U.S. Second Fleet surface ships and submarines that sortied in advance of Hurricane Irene began their return Aug. 30th. Twenty-seven surface ships and submarines sortied from Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story joining 11 other Second Fleet assets already a
On August 29 the Spanish warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA joined Operation ATALANTA off the Horn of Africa having previously deployed to this op… (allafrica) [mappress] Source: allafrica, August 31,2011;
An official Iranian news agency says Iran is sending a submarine and a warship to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea… (washingtonpost) [mappress] Source: washingtonpost, August 31,2011;
In accordance with defense ministry’s Foreign Relations Program 2011, American frigate USS Carr arrives at Northern Fleet (NF) on Sept 2. Earlier, the ship visited Baltic Fleet and called at ports of St. Petersburg and Baltiysk. NF large ASW ship Admiral Levchenko will act as a host ship. Her crew i
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $16,881,855 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, fixed-price -incentive contract (N00019-09-C-0019) for non-recurring and recurring engineering in support of Engineering Change Proposal 6213R2, “Trailing Edge Flap Honeycomb Redesig
The Chief of Naval Operations gave his final approval for the design and wear policy for Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type I (blue digital pattern), NWU Type II (desert digital pattern) and NWU Type III (woodland digital pattern) Aug. 30 in NAVADMIN 259/11. The NWU Type II will be worn by Navy Special
Baltic Fleet (BF) 1st rank training ship Perekop on Aug 27 moored at home quay in Kronshtadt after the 3-week cruise in the Baltic Sea. Two hundred cadets from 3 academies – Peter the Great Naval Corps, the Popov Radioelectronic Naval School, and the Ushakov Baltic Naval School – have had navigation
