Military personnel from CFB Esquimalt are preparing to head to a Libyan war zone aboard HMCS Vancouver… (bclocalnews) [mappress] Source: bclocalnews, June 30, 2011;
Commander of Iran’s Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on Wednesday praised the Navy’s high technological capabilities in dispatching and… (farsnews) [mappress] Source: farsnews, June 29, 2011;
EMS Defense & Space, a division of aero connectivity and mobile resource management leader, EMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG), today announced a contract with Lockheed Martin to develop a radio frequency seeker antenna for the U.S. Navy’s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). The Defense Advance
The United States is no longer the only nation that possess. China has been able to develop its own version of drones with the mission to sc… (pakobserver) [mappress] Source: pakobserver, June 29, 2011;
THE crew of HMS Cornwall will tomorrow mark the ship leaving the Royal Navy by conducting a decommissioning ceremony at Devonport Naval Base… (thisisplymouth) [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, June 29, 2011;
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will discuss cooperation between the naval forces, press service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan told APA… (apa) [mappress] Source: apa, June 29, 2011;
The last of three corvettes under construction by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) was formally named in a launching ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base today. Employees and guests, including senior representatives from the RNO and UK Royal Navy, gathered at the naval base to watch Lt Gene
U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) and Commander, 2nd Fleet began phase two of a merged staff functional assessment June 27, in advance of consolidating the two headquarters into one command by Sept. 30. Phase two is a four-day exercise designed to evaluate the merged command’s ability to react to a c
A Swedish ship due to join an upcoming Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus, organisers say… By Dahr Jamail and Max Blumenthal (alternet) [mappress] Source: alternet, June 29, 2011;
Westmark BV, creator of P-Trap®, was named winner in the Security category at the 5th annual Safety at Sea International Awards held recently on board the historic warship HMS Belfast in London. The company was recognized for its anti-piracy device, which creates a propeller jamming zone around the
Guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43) arrived in Valparaiso, Chile to begin the Pacific Phase (PAC) of UNITAS 52, June 24. The frigates will participate in the Chilean hosted, two-week multinational exercise along with naval partners from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, June
ABG Shipyard Tuesday said it has bagged an order worth Rs.970 crore from the Indian Navy for construction of two cadet training ships. The s… (newkerala) [mappress] Source: newkerala, June 29, 2011;
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson touted $15 million in new funding for improvements at Naval Station Mayport during a Jacksonville visit Monday… (jacksonville) [mappress] Source: jacksonville, June 28, 2011;
JSC Severnaya Verf and JSC Baltiysky Zavod will face bankruptcy soon, said president of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Roman Trotsenko at press conference during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. At present, Russia’s Central Bank holds trial proceedings with JSC United Indust
