The U.S. Coast Guard placed delivery orders for 11 over the horizon-IV cutter boats worth approximately $4.76 million with SAFE Boats International LLC of Bremerton, Washington, June 28. Two of the boats will go to the sixth NSC, Munro, which is in production with delivery planned for December. Eigh
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered Pietro Venuti, the third U212A Todaro-class submarine, to the Italian Navy at its shipyard of Muggiano (La Spezia) on July 6. The submarine is part of a series of four units the Italian Central Unit for Naval Armament – NAVARM has ordered from Fincantier
German submarine specialist Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has landed a contract to modernize two Indian Navy Type 209/1500 submarines. According to a company spokesperson, the contract is worth 35 million Euros with additional options included. Work is to be undertaken at an Indian shipyard. TK
U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Atlantic Ocean on July 2. The ship entered the 6th Fleet area of operations in December 2015 to support maritime security operations and theater security efforts in Europe and Afr
Russia is poised to send its sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea where the ship will take part in delivering airstrikes against ISIS strongholds in Syria. Admiral Kuznetsov is expected to head to the Mediterranean once it completes shipbuilders’
A submarine hunting helicopter from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose has been supporting mine warfare training in the English Channel. The airborne anti-submarine Merlin from 824 Naval Air Squadron teamed up with its surface counter-part for a series exercises to familiarise HMS Hurworth, a Hunt-cla
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems a $103,423,433 contract modification for the counter IED program. Under the latest modification, Northrop Grumman is to start low-rate production of Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic W
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton returned home in Halifax on July 5, following a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean and Black Seas on Operation Reassurance. The ship departed Halifax on January 5, 2016, and began Operation Reassuranceduties on January 8, 2016. It served with Sta
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke is set to return home on July 7 from a six-month deployment working with a multi-national NATO task group in Northern Europe. The Portsmouth-based ship clocked up more than 22,500 nautical miles, in her 180 days away, working alongside NATO allies as part o
Navy ships as big as the U.S. Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer need a lot of maintenance of damage control equipment that ensures the material integrity and survivability of the ship. One division aboard Boxer, known as equipment repair, or ER09, is dedicated to maintaining and re
Dutch Coast Guard patrol vessel Barend Biesheuvel recently docked at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (DSHl) for her third special survey. The major task carried out during the docking was a full dismantling, inspection and overhaul of the propulsion system, from the propellers, shafts and gearboxes to th
American global aerospace and defense company Lockeed Martin, which is in charge of manufacturing the next-generation F-35B stealth fighter jet, recently explained how the new aircraft will be taking off from the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers using the ski jump. For more t
The U.S. Navy is celebrating 25 years since the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer joined the navy. Captain Mark Vandroff, DDG 51 Major Program Manager, PEO Ships, was among the first to man the rails of the new class of U.S. Navy ships on July 4, 1991. In an article written for the Naval History a
Australian-based shipbuilder Austal announced it has been awarded a US$11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide emergent availability planning and full ship shock trials (FSST) support for tests to be conducted on Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). The company made the
