Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic awarded a $4.1 million contract March 15 to LaRosa Building Group of Meriden to build a ne… (theday) [mappress] Source: theday,March 28, 2011;
Pirates were unable to successfully hijack a bulk carrier in the Arabian Sea, after the U.S. Navy responded to a distress call, according to a feature on the Navy Times. The aircraft carrier Enterprise and the cruiser Leyte Gulf received a distress call at 10:30 a.m. local time, from Falcon Trader I
A sailboat capsized and threw 10 people into the waters of San Diego Bay, leaving two men dead, one woman in intensive care, and seven other… By Elliot Spagat (startribune) [mappress] Source: startribune,March 28, 2011
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, was awarded a $9.6 million contract by the United States Marine Corps System Command at Quantico Marine Base, Virginia to build the Joint Terminal Attack Controller Laser Target Designator (JTAC LTD). The project will be perfo
The Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is to be replaced with a Norwegian ship on a three-year loan basis. Speaking in the House of Lords this week, Lord Astor, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, said the new ship, to be called HMS Protector, will be lease
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the next two Freedom-class littoral combat ships (LCS) to be built in Alabama will be named the USS Jackson and the USS Montgomery. These two ships are part of a dual block buy of LCS class ships announced by Mabus in December 2010. By procuring [
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has approved the Royal Thai Navy’s 7.7-billion-baht purchase of six second-hand submarines from Germany for… (bangkokpost) [mappress] Source: bangkokpost,March 28, 2011;
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) segment in Liverpool, N.Y., will b… by John Keller (militaryaerospace) [mappress] Source: militaryaerospace,March 28, 2011;
Visakhapatnam-based eastern fleet’s five ships, which are on a two-month deployment to eight nations, have cancelled their Okinawa port call… by Suman Sharm(dnaindia) [mappress] Source: dnaindia,March 28, 2011;
A year after an explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton Cheonan warship, killing 46 sailors and horrifying Seoul and its allies, the sinking st… (sudanvisiondaily) [mappress] Source: sudanvisiondaily,March 28, 2011; A year after an explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton Cheonan warship, killing 46 sailor
A Naval training exercise that included an underwater blast off San Diego’s coast has been linked to at least three dolphin deaths earlier t… (huffingtonpost) [mappress] Source: huffingtonpost,March 28, 2011;
A group of U.S. Navy veterans are lobbying for the bridge of the submarine the USS Memphis to retire in its namesake city… (mysanantonio) [mappress] Source: mysanantonio,March 28, 2011;
Japan’s government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers… By Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego,March 27, 2011;
Warships of the Russian Navy are expected to make more than 20 stops at foreign ports in Apr-Oct 2011, a spokesperson for Russia’s Defense M… (ruvr) [mappress] Source: ,March 27, 2011;
