A Russian submarine collided with a Royal Navy vessel while on patrol in the North Atlantic in late 2020.
The UK Royal Navy’s frigate HMS Westminster has returned to Portsmouth after five months on a critical patrol safeguarding UK waters and keeping a close eye on submarines on operations as far north as the Arctic Circle.
Marine services provider MMA Offshore has secured its third contract under the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP) with the Australian Department of Defence.
US-based constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Clarence Sutphin, a fast response cutter (FRC), to the US Coast Guard.
The Indian Navy’s Boeing P-8I aircraft commenced operations from INS Hansa, Goa with two aircraft arriving on 30 December 2021.
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) shock testing on the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a component of the US Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has been conducted, the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) informed.
The US Coast Guard and US Navy, through the integrated program office, have awarded Halter Marine, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) contract for the second Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC).
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft carrier.
UK’s arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $154 million to continue supporting the US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field.
On 5 January, the Royal Navy’s warship HMS Montrose passed the 1,000-day milestone of keeping the Gulf sea lanes open and tackling drug smugglers.
The US Navy has relieved two top officers of the Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Montgomery (LCS 8) “due to a loss of confidence in their ability to command”.
On Monday, 3 January, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of global maritime security operations, according to the US Navy.
Indonesia plans to build two frigates based on the Royal Navy’s Type 31 design (marked also as Arrowhead 140) at Indonesian shipyards.
San Diego-based company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, through its division Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems (KUAS), has been awarded a contract to deliver 65 BQM-177A subsonic aerial target (SSAT) drones.
