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German corvette, minehunter wrap up UNIFIL, NATO deployments
German Navy corvette FGS Magdeburg and minehunter FGS Bad Bevensen will be returning to their respective homeports on Friday, after completing separate international deployments. Corvette Magdeburg is returning to her homeport in Warnemünde after 13 months of operations as part of the Maritime Task
CMF, EUNAVFOR stage large-scale counter-piracy drill in Gulf of Aden
Ships from the Combined Maritime Force and EU NAVFOR staged a counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden early June, honing interoperability and coordination to combat piracy. EU NAVFOR ships and aircraft from Italy, Spain and Germany operated alongside US, Korean and Japanese warships of CMF from
Australia deploys laser airborne depth sounder to Papua New Guinea
The Royal Australian Navy has deployed a laser airborne depth sounder (LADS) flight to deployment to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, for hydrographic surveys in the Kavieng and Rabaul regions. The five week is carried out with the aim of providing improved data that will be used to update the existing nau
US Navy sets future USS Indiana (SSN 789) commissioning date
The US Navy has announced that its newest fast-attack submarine, USS Indiana (SSN 789), is scheduled to be commissioned on September 29, 2018. The ceremony will take place at the Navy Port at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Port Canaveral, Florida, Sept. 29, 2018. The Huntington Ingalls Industri
Lockheed gets $65m for continued MK48 torpedo maintenance
The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year follow-on contract for continued support on the MK48 torpedoes. Under the $65 million contract, Lockheed is to support the Navy’s intermediate-level maintenance activities for MK48 torpedoes at the Pearl Harbor Heavyweight Torp
Lockheed bags Canadian Halifax-class frigate maintenance contract extension
Lockheed Martin Canada received a three-year extension to its in-service support contract for the Royal Canadian Navy’s 12 Halifax-class frigates, the company announced on Tuesday. The existing in-service support contract commenced in November 2008 with the award of the Halifax-class modernization p
Metal Shark completes acquisition of Horizon Shipbuilding
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has acquired the assets of Alabama-based Horizon Shipbuilding following a motion approved by the US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Alabama on June 5. With the acquisition, the military craft builder assumes ownership of a fully developed 35-acre shipbui
USS New York underway after Greece maintenance
US Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and embarked Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) got underway from Piraeus, Greece, after completing a scheduled voyage repair and port visit. During the seven-day stop, New York completed maintenance
NATO SNMCMG2 ships host AUV developmental tests
The flagship of NATO’s Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 2 hosted a team of scientists and engineers as they tested three new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) during international exercises. Engineers from NATO Science and Technology Organisation’s (STO) Centre for Maritime Research and Experi
Harry S. Truman carrier strike group resumes OIR strikes from Eastern Mediterranean
US Navy ships from the carrier strike group centered around aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman returned to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on June 10 for flight operations in support of operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). USS Harry S. Truman’s carrier air wing returned to flying OIR sorties after supp
Forum Energy Technologies to build a submarine rescue vehicle for “Far East navy”
Offshore oil and gas systems company Forum Energy Technologies announced June 11 that it received an order from Submarine Manufacturing and Products for the delivery of a submarine rescue system to a “Far East navy”. The system to be delivered will consist of a submarine rescue vehicle (SRV), a work
New Royal Navy tanker RFA Tidespring completes first “operational” refueling
The lead ship of a new fleet of Royal Navy tankers recently carried out her first real at sea refueling. While the RFA Tidespring earlier practiced the maneuvers with other navy ships, including future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Westminster became the first Royal Navy vessel to receive fuel o
Chinese hackers obtain sensitive US Navy submarine, missile data
Chinese government-backed hackers have managed to break into a US Navy contractor’s computer network and obtain vast amounts of data on secretive missile programs and other submarine-related matters. The breaches took place in January and February this year, according to a Washington Post report, an
GE contracted for Royal Navy destroyer power improvement project work
BAE Systems has recently contracted GE’s Marine Solutions to deliver a number of marine electrical solutions to support the upgrade of Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers as part of the UK defense ministry’s Power Improvement Project (PIP). The PIP will see BAE Systems and its partners replace the existin