The Chinese PLA(Navy) warship MA’ANSHAN (FFG525) has today completed the first port-to-port escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) cargo shi… (reliefweb) [mappress] Source: reliefweb, July 7, 2011;
Portsmouth based warship HMS Westminster has been formally recognised by the American Armed Forces for her contribution to operations in Lib… (bfbs) [mappress] Source: bfbs, July 7, 2011;
Taiwan’s navy has successfully tested a new radar-absorbent coating, the country’s first “stealth” technology material, local media are repo… (paintsquare) [mappress] Source: paintsquare, July 7, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers could be axed because of cash shortfalls, a damning report warns today… By Ian Druri (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 7, 2011;
LAET Greg Coulter ‘dances‘ on the surface of the Indian Ocean as HMS Sutherland practises winching drills in the middle of a major amphibious exercise off the shores of Saudi Arabia. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate is the escort for the Cougar 11 task group – the Navy’s key deployment of the yea
The Navy is getting a new supervisor of shipbuilding in Bath, Maine… (therepublic) [mappress] Source: therepublic, July 7, 2011;
Enhancing their defence ties, Navies of India and Turkey will engage each other in two-day wargames off the coast of Mumbai starting Sunday… (msn) [mappress] Source: msn, July 7, 2011;
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard began another significant step in fulfilling its Facilities Modernization Plan with the ground breaking ceremony… (hawaiireporter) [mappress] Source: hawaiireporter, July 7, 2011;
Corrosion problems on the USS Independence, the first littoral combat ship built in Austal USA’s Mobile River shipyard, don’t endanger the… (al) [mappress] Source: al, July 7, 2011;
The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) will visit Sydney, July 4, for a port visit before participating in Talisman Sabre 2011, a joint-exercise with the Royal Australian Navy. Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 is a biennial
Ploughing through seas whipped up by the monsoon season, HMS Iron Duke and St Albans perform a traditional sail past in the Indian Ocean as one Portsmouth-based frigate hands over Gulf duties to another. The two ships – Iron Duck on the left here, the Saint on the right – saluted each other with jet
Congressman Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, told Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in a July 1st letter that it might be wise to rebid contracts for the Nav… By Gary Robbins (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, July 7, 2011;
STG, Inc. (STG) has been awarded a contract to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center–Atlantic (SSC-A). STG will perform work related to the Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems located at worldwide shore and ship
Sri Lanka based SOLAS Marine has won an order for 80 fast interception craft from the Indian Navy in a deal valued at 3,000 million rupees… (lankabusinessonline) [mappress] Source: lankabusinessonline, July 7, 2011;
