The U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Brisbane, Australia, July 8 in support of exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11). The exercise enhances joint combat readiness and interoperability between U.S. and Australian air, land and maritime forces and will focus on crisis actio
Taiwan has test-fired for the first time a locally developed submarine-launched missile designed to counter the threat of China’s fast-expan… (thestandard) [mappress] Source: thestandard, July 8, 2011;
KONGSBERG has signed a contract for extensions to the Command & Weapons Control Systems already under contract for delivery to the two new U212A 2nd Batch submarines under construction in Italy for the Italian Navy. The contract was made between the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and KONGSBERG. The
Maersk Line Ltd. in Norfolk received a $15.3 million contract for the worldwide charter of one U.S.-flagged, Ice-class certified, double-hul… (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, July 8, 2011
HMS Illustrious returned home to Portsmouth this evening after completing a £40m maintenance and upgrade programme in Scotland… By Michael Powell (portsmouth) [mappress] Source: portsmouth, July 8, 2011;
The captain of the brand-new USS William P. Lawrence said Tuesday that arriving in San Diego on the Fourth of July weekend was a fitting hom… (nctimes) [mappress] Source: nctimes, July 8, 2011;
Two warships of Japanese Navy – the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) – Japanese Defence Ship (JDS) Samidare and JDS Umigiri, berthed at Kochi on 07 Jul 11, enroute to their anti piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. The Destroyers, with Captain Hideyuki Ooban, Commander Escort Division Four e
HMS Dauntless’ sea boat rides the fairly choppy surf somewhere off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States as a two-week international exercise comes to a close. The Navy’s most advanced destroyer was Britain’s input to FRUKUS (pronounced froo-kus apparently, not fruck-us), an annual get-together
The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) recognized Military Sealift Command (MSC) submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) with an award for ship safety during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., July 7. “These prestigious awards recognize Navy and Marine Corps units for unparalle
Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne will go alongside Northumbrian Quay in North Shields this Friday for the start of a four-day whistlestop visit to her affiliate region. She is visiting in support of the seventh annual Mouth of the Tyne Festival and is very much looking forward to representing the Royal N
A “maintenance issue” forced the USS Essex back into port Thursday, meaning the ship, its crew and members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary… By Matthew M. Burke (stripes) [mappress] Source: stripes, July 8, 2011;
Britain has had to deploy extra warplanes over Libya because France’s aircraft carrier becomes too unstable for jets to take off in rough se… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 7, 2011;
General Dynamics C4 Systems announces that the U.S. Coast Guard completed the 25,000th Rescue 21 search and rescue mission in Sector San Francisco, a major milestone for the system that has helped to save hundreds of lives since it was activated in 2005. Currently comprising 26 command centers, 179
San Diego-based guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) arrived in Brunei, July 5, to take part in the Brunei International Defense Exhibition (BRIDEX), being conducted July 4-9 in Muara, Brunei. BRIDEX brings together the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of defense & security equipm
