Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy’s commissioned ships. The milestone Q-70 System will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class s
The Minister for Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, sponsored the launch of the ‘Tornado’, which joins the ‘Meteor,’ ‘Ray’ and ‘Lig… (defense-aerospace) [mappress] Source: defense-aerospace, March 22, 2011;
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will obtain several new diesel electric submarines in the nearest years, said deputy chief of Navy Main HQ Vice Admiral… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: rusnavy, March 22, 2011;
Pakistan Navy (PN) will observe Pakistan Day (23rd March) with traditional zeal and fervor. According to a press release of ISPR DTE (Navy), the day will dawn with 21 gun salutes. Special prayers will be offered in all mosques at PN units after Namaz-e-Fajar. To pay homage to the father of the natio
The Navy will simulate a fighter jet crash at Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field in Chesapeake on Wednesday morning to practice responding to such a disaster. While the drill will take place on Fentress grounds, emergency crews from the city of Chesapeake will be involved. Nearby residents shoul
The Navy has dispatched a 21-person radiological assistance team to check for radiation on aircraft and personnel taking part in humanitarian and disaster relief missions in Japan, according to a U.S. Navy news release. The team, which includes military personnel and civilians, will be sent to the U
The South Korean military is doing its best to avoid being ambushed by North Korea again after it sank the Navy corvette Cheonan last year… (chosun) [mappress] Source: chosun, March 22, 2011;
The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley will be moving this summer in South Carolina… (660worl) [mappress] Source: 660worl, March 22, 2011;
A navy boat carrying asylum seekers has docked at Broome in Western Australia’s North West… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc, March 22, 2011;
Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $42,181,000 modification to a previously awarded Foreign Military Sales contract (N00024-09-C-2256) for the detail design and construction of three 35-meter patrol boats, with an option for three additional 35-meter patrol boats and
Canadian warship HMCS Charlottetown is patrolling the waters north of Libya, as UN-backed airstrikes continue… (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, March 22, 2011
The Korte Company, a Design-Build Construction Company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has recently begun work on two facilities for the U.S. Navy Engineering Command in Crane, Indiana. The complete Design-Build project includes the renovation of approximately 20,000 SF in Buildings 2036 & 203
A Libyan navy base some 10 kilometres east of the capital was bombarded late yesterday, said witnesses who reported seeing flames there. The… (timesofmalta) [mappress] Source: timesofmalta, March 22, 2011;
Earlier this month, the cruiser USS Monterey entered the Mediterranean Sea on a new mission. The Monterey was built three decades ago at the… by Loren Thompson Read More [mappress] Source: forbes, March 22, 2011;
