During FGS Bayern’s recent port visit to Djibouti, Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Rear Admiral Kaack, welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Omar Arte, on board. It was the first time that the Deputy Prime Minister has visited the German warship and he was received on board wi
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Corp. a $24.6 million for preliminary design for the thin line towed array handling system, detailed design, prototype manufacture and qualification tests in support of the Ohio Replacement Program. Thin line towed arrays are used by submarin
The U.S. Navy’s Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Sasebo, Japan on July 8 after completing several phases of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series. The Ashland crew embarked and supported Marines from 2nd Marine Battalion, 2nd Regiment duri
American defense contractor Raytheon informed that it has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar array to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii ahead of schedule. The company said the array was installed according to plan, in preparation for first radar ligh
Thailand’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Thailand is set to buy three submarines from China for a price of $1 billion. According to IHS Janes, the submarines to be bought are S26T (Thailand) diesel-electric submarines, a modified export version of the Yuan-class (Type 041). Responding to me
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) officialy marked the creation of the reconfigured Naval Training Development Centre (Pacific) and Naval Fleet School (Pacific) as a part of its Future Naval Training System (FNTS) initiative. The ceremony was held June 6 in Esquimalt. In 2012, the Naval Training System
The European Parliament has backed the European Commission proposal to establish a European border and Coast Guard with the aim of protecting Europe’s external borders. “We welcome the endorsement of the proposal for a European Border and Coast Guard by the European Parliament today. If we want to m
The German Navy currently has only 160 female officers wearing dark blue uniforms as opposed to 4,000 of their male counterparts. Given the fact that women were allowed to enter professional service in 2001, the numbers as they currently stand are not to the liking of the Inspector of the German Nav
U.S. Navy’s Shore and Expeditionary Integration Program Office (PMW 790) has developed the DJC2 NGE command and control system to support global operations with lower size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements. The system was developed in response to demands from forward deployed commanders and is n
The Spanish Air Force’s P-3 maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA), currently deployed to Djibouti as part of Operation Atalanta, recently met with two Japanese P-3 aircraft which are deployed with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) to fly in close formation over the Gulf of Aden. Mariti
MicroTech, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) information technology solutions provider, announced that it has been awarded a $750 million five-year contract to provide command-and-control systems and related support services to the Department of the Navy. The Space and Naval W
Two new members of the Operation Sophia taskforce, German Navy ships Datteln und Werra, saved 701 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea on July 5. German Navy minehunter Datteln was the first to spot migrants 100 kilometers northwest of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Moments later, the tender Werra spott
Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender is set to return home to Portsmouth on July 8 following her nine-month deployment to the Middle East where the ship worked with American and French Carrier strike groups as part of on-going operations against Daesh in Iraq and Syria. During her 263 days aw
Proudly bearing the name “Darwin”, more than 200 officers and sailors from the Royal Australian Navy have marched through the City of Darwin, exercising their Freedom of Entry. The time honoured tradition coincides with the first port visit in Australia after a six month deployment to the Middle-Eas
