Midshipmen from various Naval ROTC programs completed their 33rd day of underway training aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) as part of a five-week summer training cruise, Aug. 10. Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy and other universities have been attending training all summer a
The Australian government-owned submarine builder and maintainer ASC, formerly known as Australian Submarine Corporation, is upgrading its ‘virtual shipyard’ system Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in preparation for the construction of a new class of Australian Navy submarines.
China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group has started construction of additional two Swadhinota-class guided missile corvettes for the Bangladesh Navy with a ceremony that was attended by the Chief of Naval Staff Mohammed Nizamuddin Ahmed. The Swadhinota-class are a variation of the Chinese Navy T
U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and more than 7,000 of its sailors returned to San Diego following a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The ship entered Naval Base San Diego on August 10. JCSSG left on deployment January 15 and operated in both U
Unmanned Aircraft Systems manufacturer AeroVironment announced the US Navy has recently tested and deployed the company’s RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard a Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. According to the company, some of the exercises included the use of AeroVironmen
Huntington Ingalls Industries, the company in charge of the construction of U.S. Navy’s most expensive ship ever, announced that it has successfully tested the Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). PALS is a radar system that provides final approac
The final ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed its forward-deployed homeport of Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, August 10. While on patrol, the Bonhomme Richard ESG and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) will conduct a
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned to Boston Wednesday following a 48-day Caribbean patrol. According to the U.S. Coast Gurd, the crew’s primary mission during the patrol was the prevention of illegal migration from both the nations of Cuba and Haiti, and they repatriated more than 50 Cub
The Canadian government has awarded Verreault Navigation a CAD$8.7 million contract to refit the 38 year old Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Pierre Radisson. Swiss company ABB was previously awarded a contract to modernize Pierre Radisson’s hardware and software as part of the ship’s power distribut
Some 20 sailors aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown were diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease during the ship’s Eastern European deployment. According to the Canadian news site The Star, a military spokesperson confirmed the soldiers were treated to ease the symptoms of
Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Windsor arrived at its homeport in Halifax on August 9, returning from the NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2016. The submarine spent little over 50 days underway during her deployment that was initially postponed in June. Windsor had to return to port after it
The Mexican Navy informed through social media that it has launched PO-166 Hidalgo, the seventh of eight Oaxaca-class offshore patrol vessels constructed by the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR). The launching ceremony took place August 9 at the Astilleros de Marina No 20 (ASTIMAR 20) shipyard
Ships from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) participated in a post Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multilateral exercise in the Hawaii operating area August
The voyage data recorder from El Faro, a US flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015, was successfully recovered from the ocean floor late Monday evening. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, Military Sealift Command’s fleet ocean tug USNS Apache depart
