Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 and USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) are providing guidance for Baltic nation mine counter measure (MCM) units practicing their craft during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2011, through June 17. Lithuanian Navy Cmdr. Andris Sirvys, commander, Baltic Naval Squadron (BALTRON);
HMS Enterprise returned to her home port of Plymouth on Friday 10 June after 20 months away. The survey ship returned to Devonport having sailed over 50,000 miles during her deployment. Her most recent operations over the last few months include surveying an area the size of Dartmoor National Park.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returned to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash., June 13, after 45 days away conducting exercises in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Stennis recently completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Training Exercise (JTFEX). “This underway
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus recognized more than 50 individuals and commands for improving Department acquisition processes with a combined cost savings to the government of more than $5.5 billion during a ceremony at the Pentagon June 13. “I want to thank the whole acquisition community of the
On the morning of 10 June, the EU NAVFOR German warship FGS Niedersachsen detected a suspected Pirate Action Group (PAG) whilst conducting a routine patrol in the Southern Somali Basin. The PAG, which is suspected of carrying out a number of attacks on merchant vessels in the area, consisted of a fi
The head of the Royal Navy has warned that the fleet will not be able to continue the current scale of operations around Libya beyond the su… By Nick Hopkins (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, June 14, 2011;
A WARSHIP which was funded by the people of Bourne during the Second World War has been commemorated in a street-naming ceremony… (bournelocal) [mappress] Source: bournelocal, June 14, 2011;
A local daily reported Monday that China’s East China Sea Fleet has been conducting an unprecedentedly large-scale military exercise in the… By Sofia Wu (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, June 14, 2011;
ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., is being awarded a $36,240,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for AN/AVS-9, night vision image intensifier sets. The AN/AVS-9 system is a night vision system consisting of a binocular imaging assembly, a helmet mount, a low profile power p
Royal Navy personnel have joined 2,000 sailors from 13 nations for the world’s largest submarine rescue exercise, off the south-eastern tip of Spain. The ten days of NATO Exercise Bold Monarch witnessed an international effort to bring trapped submariners from four boats to the surface. The exercise
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $408,753,999 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0019) for the full rate production and delivery of nine fiscal 2011 (LOT 35) F/A-18E aircraft in accordance with the aircraft variation
Sailors will be able to use 3-D avatars to train on ships that are currently under construction thanks to cutting edge simulation technology being used in Australia. Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare visited KBR in Canberra to see first hand a demonstration of the virtual Landing Helicopter
Guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43) arrived in Talcahuano, Chile, June 10. The port visit is being conducted as part of a six-month deployment in support of Southern Seas 2011. While in Talcahuano, Boone and Thach Sailors will work closely with Chilean naval partners an
USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCS CSG) completed a joint task force training exercise (JTFEX) June 8 off the coast of southern California. JTFEX was a week-long exercise designed to test JCS CSG’s ability to operate in a hostile environment. “Our crew could not have performed better,” sa
