The Royal Navy of Oman has taken possession of the first High Speed Support Vessel, RNOV Al Mubshir. The RNOV Al Mubshir is the first of two 72 metre High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs) to be delivered to the Royal Navy of Oman under a US$124.9 million design, construct and integrated logistics suppo
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract modification to build and deliver more than 30 new AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR), along with related materials and equipment for new Navy surface vessels and submarines. According to GD, the software-defined radios are
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Cardigan Bay on May 18 joined NATO’s Standing Maritime Group (SNMG 2) sailing in Southern European waters. The Bay-class landing ship deck auxiliary is 176.6 m long and a displaces about 16,000 t. It has the capability to operate several types of helicopters and is equippe
Coastal Riverine Squadron Four (CRS-4) conducted well deck operations with the Mark VI patrol boat for the first time aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) May 15. Two Mark VI boats demonstrated their capabilities by mooring and launching multiple times from the well deck of Bataan, acco
U.S. Navy’s second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Germantown, held a change of command ceremony in Sasebo, Japan on May 10. Commander Severn Stevens relieved Commander Gary Harrington as commanding officer of the ship. Harrington, who assumed command of Germantown on October 27, 2014, l
Defence and security company Saab has been awarded two separate contracts to upgrade the Great Lakes Pilot Management System to the latest version of Saab’s KleinPilot. One contract was awarded by the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and the other came from the Great Lakes Pilotage Division o
Royal Australian Navy’s Cairns-based hydrographic group has recently received several CEESCOPE™ 200 kHz single beam echo sounder survey systems. According to CEE HydroSystems, the waterproof single beam 200 kHz sonar systems were supplied with built in RTK GNSS receivers, UHF radio, and activated L-
Spanish Navy frigate Reina Sofía (F-84) departed Rota Naval Base yesterday, May 18, to relieve ESPS Numancia, another Spanish Navy frigate integrated into Operation Sophia since January 2016. Numancia has participated in multiple rescue operation during her deployment. Just recently, the frigate wor
Two Chinese warplanes have forced a U.S. Navy maritime patrol airplane to descend a couple hundred feet to avoid collision on Tuesday, May 17, the Pentagon said. The J-11 jets performed “unsafe” maneuvers to intercept a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying over the contested South China Sea. The incident
The U.S. Navy is set to christen its 11th amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland (LPD 27) on May 21. The ceremony will be held in Pascagoula, Mississippi at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding yard. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens, director of the U.S. Navy’s expedition
Royal Navy submariners aboard HMS Vanguard helped soldiers from the Royal Artillery mark the 300th year of their regiment’s formation on board the submarine at Plymouth Naval Base. The nuclear-powered submarine, which carries Britain’s nuclear deterrent when at sea, and now in refit in Devonport Nav
A U.S. Navy Commander responsible for the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 attached to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis recently completed completed his 1,000th career carrier-arrested landing, or trap, aboard the carrier. Capt. Rich “Snap” Brophy flew a F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia, following a 55-day counter-drug and migrant patrol through the Florida Straits and the Caribbean Sea. During this patrol, Dependable conducted three separate international and inter
Naval Submarine Support Command (NSSC) Pearl Harbor held a change of command and retirement ceremony at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 18. Commander Lawrence D. Ollice, commanding officer of NSSC, was relieved by Cmdr. Michael D. Eberlein. Guest speaker Capt. Steve G. Mac
