Taiwan said Tuesday it received $875 million from Thales, bringing to an end a long-running wrangle after the French defence giant lost an… (expatica) [mappress] Source: expatica, July 13, 2011;
A senior House Republican on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration on what he said were shortfalls in funding the Navy’s programs to m… By Stephen Levy (washingtontimes) [mappress] Source: washingtontimes, July 13, 2011;
Taiwan has not rejected the option of dispatching navy vessels to protect Taiwanese fishing boats in the future, the Ministry of Foreign Aff… By Nancy Liu (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, July 13, 2011;
General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $28,841,256 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) fiscal 2011 extended docking phased maintenance availability. An extended docking phased maintena
DCNS has successfully delivered the SIMOPE (SIMulateur OPErationnel) MU90 torpedo simulator to the German Navy. SIMOPE is designed to prepare and simulate operational launch scenarios with the MU90 lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, in an extremely realistic configuration. The German defence procur
INS Viraat, Indian Navy’s sole aircraft carrier, has enough life left and could be in active service at least till 2018, opined Captain R Ha… (ibnlive) [mappress] Source: ibnlive, July 12, 2011;
Work has begun on a new £2.4m Royal Navy Sea Survival Training Centre at Horsea Island, Portsmouth. The project will replace the old facility established in 1982 following the introduction of a statutory requirement for all Royal Navy personnel to undertake regular training in ship abandonment and s
Pakistan Navy has started constructing missile boat in the Karachi Shipyard, Geo News reported… (thenews) [mappress] Source: thenews, July 12, 2011;
ANZAC Frigate, HMNZS TE MANA, has attended an International Fleet Review to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces during an operational and diplomatic visit to Brunei. The fleet review comes near the end of TE MANA’s five month deployment that has seen her visit seven countie
HMS Trenchant, the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) most capable and up-to-date Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine (SSN), has been ceremonially welcomed back into the operational fleet this month with upgraded state-of-the-art sonar from Thales. As part of a major refit programme that starte
USmax Corporation, announced today that it has been awarded U.S. Navy’s SeaPort-Enhanced (SeaPort-e) multiple-award contract, valued up to $50B thru 2018. SeaPort-e provides Navy with an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to acquire USmax services. The following organizations may util
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said that Iran’s naval operations will not be limited to the Persian Gulf and… (tehrantimes) [mappress] Source: tehrantimes, July 12, 2011;
Amid a tightening defense budget, the U.S. Navy is weighing an option to delay the purchase of the Newport News-built John F. Kennedy aircra… By Peter Frost (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, July 12, 2011;
The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed earlier today by an explosion at a muni… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 12, 2011;
