Shipbuilder NGV Tech Sdn Bhd will secure a contract this week to build two 75m naval ships for the Ministry of Defence… By Sharen Kaur(BTimes) [mappress] Source: BTimes, April 18, 2011;
A replica of the first warship to sail under America’s Navy visits Newport this weekend… (wpri) [mappress] Source: wpri, April 18, 2011;
A WARSHIP arrived in Liverpool for a weekend memorial to Canadians killed during World War Two… By Mark Caldwell (liverpooldailypost) [mappress] Source: liverpooldailypost, April 18, 2011
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is pressing Germany to sell Israel a sixth Dolphin-class diesel-electric submarine at a hefty discount to … (spacewar) [mappress] Source: spacewar , April 18, 2011;
St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Verf shipyard floated out a new corvette for the Russian Navy featuring stealth technology on Friday… By Alexei Danichev (rian) [mappress] Source: rian, April 18, 2011; rian
President Aquino has appointed former Navy chief Ferdinand Golez as a member of the board of directors of the Bases Conversion and Developme… (newsinfo.inquirer) [mappress] Source: newsinfo.inquirer, April 18, 2011;
India is planning to procure eight new South Korean minesweepers for its navy to augment its fleet of warships capable of detonating sea min… (dnaindia) [mappress] Source: dnaindia , April 18, 2011;
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, today launched the U.S. Navy’s newest supply ship, USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), during an evening christening ceremony at the shipyard. The USNS William McLean is the 12th of a class of 14 dry cargo/ammunition ships slated to
Alarmed by the rising number of attacks on merchant vessels and the abduction of the vessel staff, the Centre is now planning to allow India… By Sandip Dighe (dnaindia) [mappress] Source: dnaindia, April 18, 2011
For the first time in 28 years United States sailors have been assigned to a New Zealand warship, the US Navy says… By Michael Field (stuff) [mappress] Source: stuff, April 18, 2011;
The body of a sailor discovered in the water at Naval Station Norfolk last week was a sailor from the USS Carr, the Navy announced Sunday… By Hugh Lessig (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, April 18, 2011;
Keeping on securing civilian shipping in the Gulf of Aden, Russian large ASW ship Admiral Vinogradov completes the escort of another convoy under command of Capt 2 rank Ivan Kovalev… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: rusnavy, April 18, 2011;
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is being awarded a subcontract from Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Inc., the world leader in expendable acoustic countermeasures for submarines and surface ships. Bluefin will support Ultra in the
Raytheon Company completed the first flight test of a Standard Missile-3 Block IA against an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). The test also demonstrated the SM-3 Block IA’s ability to engage a ballistic missile target when launched on remote. “This test certifies phase I of the Phased Ad
