Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $6,937,113 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5347) for electrical design agent services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 a
This is the moment Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist boarding team from HMS Monmouth search the MV Caravos Horizon after it flashed an SOS: Under attack from pirates. The Devonport-based fri
The American destroyer USS Carney has arrived in Grand Harbour, the latest warship to take a break in Malta from operations off Libya… (timesofmalta) [mappress] Source: timesofmalta, August 15, 2011;
In yet another escalation of its crackdown on dissent, the Syrian government unleashed navy vessels, tanks and a mix of soldiers, security… By Anthony Shadid (post-gazette) [mappress] Source: post-gazette, August 15, 2011;
MiG fighter jets crashing with rapidity in India, Russia’s MiG aircraft maker said it has delivered the first four MiG-29 Fulcrum-D carrier-… (truthdive) [mappress] Source: truthdive, August 15, 2011;
The U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington arrived in international waters off the coast of southern Vietnam Saturday… (voanews) [mappress] Source: voanews, August 15, 2011;
China’s first aircraft carrier has returned to port after completing a “smooth” set of sea trials designed to test its capabilities, the sta… (bankokpost) [mappress] Source: bankokpost, August 15, 2011;
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the United States Navy (USN) are participating in the 17th Singapore-US Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise from 15 to 29 Aug 2011. Similar to previous CARAT exercises, this year’s exercise will focus on honing conventional maritime capabil
At Fleet Base West the Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence announced that the ex Royal Fleet Auxilliary Landing Ship Dock Largs Bay is to commission into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Choules. Many of you will recall that former Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules passed away in May of th
HMS Dauntless, the second of Britain’s six cutting-edge Type 45 destroyers, has completed hot weather trials with a visit to Miami. This is the Miami skyline and the last port of call for the Portsmouth-based warship before she concluded her mini-deployment to the USA. The £1bn destroyer headed acro
Stratton (WMSL 752) Huntington Ingalls’ third U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, returned from sea after successfully completing acceptance sea trials. The ship spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico effectively testing all of its systems for the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). “Strat
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces recorded another significant milestone in its history with the official acceptance of the final DARUSSALAM Class Patrol Vessels, namely KDB DARULAMAN. KDB DARULAMAN is the last of the DARUSSALAM class, which have been commissioned to Luerssen Shipyard by the Government
A spike in pirate attacks off Benin has forced dozens of ships to steer clear of the West African state’s waters, the head of the country’s… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, August 12, 2011;
Two Marines who ejected from their crashing fighter jet spent four harrowing hours in the chilly Pacific Ocean, yelling and blowing a whistl… (washingtonpost) [mappress] Source: washingtonpost, August 12, 2011;
