Yesterday CBO senior analyst Eric Labs testified before the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Seapower and Projections Forces to discuss the challenges that the Navy is facing in its plans for building its future fleet. The testimony focused on the costs and force structure implicatio
Sweden’s 17th-century royal warship Vasa, which sank in 1628 and was brought to the surface three centuries later, on Thursday began undergoing a major refurbishment, museum officials said. The ship — which is housed in a special museum built over an old dry dock that is one of Stockholm’s most popu
UNDER fire from various quarters, including the Opposition, for its failure to effectively deal with Somali pirates, the UPA government is working on a plan to put in place a mechanism to do so. A committee of secretaries (CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar is considering a set of pr
India has tested two versions of its short-range missiles capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads, a defense ministry off… (chron) [mappress] Source: chron,March 11, 2011;
The USS Storm’s projector was installed in late November 2010 and the simulator was used by more than 180 underclassmen per day in December… (prlog) [mappress] Source: prlog,March 11, 2011;
The navy is planning to invest 100-million dollars in upgrades at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the next fiscal year… (wlbz2) [mappress] Source: wlbz2,March 11, 2011;
The Navy and Coast Guard need to prepare for more missions in the Arctic, and plan for potential damage to bases from rising sea levels, as… By Randolph E. Schmid (news.yahoo) [mappress] Source: news.yahoo,March 11, 2011;
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight March 1 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) in the Pacific Ocean. This test marked the 135th consecutive successful test f
CSC announced today that the U.S. Navy awarded the company a task order to provide engineering and program support for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program Office (PMS 500). The task order has a one-year base period and four one-year options, bringing the estimated total five-year value to $
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin was today taken on a ride in the country’s first submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, in the S… (themalaysianinsider) [mappress] Source: themalaysianinsider,March 10, 2011;
The reactors that power Britain’s naval submarines are “potentially vulnerable” to fatal nuclear accidents because they fail to meet modern… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian,March 10, 2011;
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded an $11.2 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy for the continued production of MK82 directors and MK200 director controllers for Aegis Combat System illuminators. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit
The Navy has increased its Middle East presence by positioning two aircraft carriers there simultaneously for at least nine months a year fo… (stripes) [mappress] Source: stripes, March 10, 2011;
Pakistan’s Defence Ministry has asked the federal Cabinet to approve the purchase of conventional Chinese submarines to counter “emerging th… (indianexpress) [mappress] Source: indianexpress, March 10, 2011;
