From August 31 to September 4, 2015, Exercise Joint Strike, the inaugural Amphibious Task Group (ATG) joint fires exercise, was conducted at the Beecroft Weapons Range, in the Jervis Bay area, New South Wales. Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force personnel from withi
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected the joint PIRIOU, DCNS and KERSHIP tender for the supply of four Offshore Support and Assistance Vessels (BSAH*) to the French Navy and for the associated maintenance. KERSHIP, a joint company created by the two naval partners, will ensure the
Indian Navy vessels INS Delhi and INS Trishul entered Doha, Qatar today to enhance ties. The vessel will remain in port until September 17. Apart from professional interactions, sports and social engagements are also planned, which are aimed at enhancing co-operation and understanding between the Na
In a U.S. Navy field test, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AQS-24B mine hunting system successfully demonstrated the ability to perform synthetic aperture sonar processing at 18 knots in real time. The AQS-24B was developed at Northrop Grumman’s Undersea Systems campus in Annapolis. The field testing
Dutch Navy warship, HNLMS Groningen, carried out her first friendly approach (FA) with local Somali fishermen on Friday, September 11, since she joined Operation Atalanta. The warship was conducting counter-piracy patrols along the Somali coast as part of the European Union’s efforts to help make th
The Republic of Madagascar welcomed the EU Naval Force Spanish flagship, ESPS Galicia and her crew in to the port of Diego Suarez on Wednesday 9 September. Since this is the first time that the Spanish warship has visited Madagascar, the Spanish Ambassador to Madagascar, His Excellency Juan Ignacio
Seven Australian organisations will receive Australian Government funding of $14.2 million to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that can enhance defense capability. The funding is made available under the Capability and Demonstrator Program managed by the Defense Science and Technology
Reliance Defence Limited (RDL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to set up a partnership for the construction of naval vessels. The naval ships planned include frigates, destroyers and other specialized vessels to address the Gulf Cooperation Council
The international exercise Northern Coasts 2015 has started September 12 and will last until September 24. Participating in the exercise are 40 ships and vessels as well as eleven airplanes from 17 nations with around 3800 soldiers. The host country of this year’s Northern Coasts is Germany with Fle
NATO’s Submarine Warfare Exercise DYNAMIC MANTA 2015 (DYMA 15) began Friday off the Sicilian coast, with ships, submarines, and aircraft and personnel from 9 Allied nations converging on the Central Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare training. Submarines from
Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Nanaimo completed a successful deployment on Operation NANOOK, Canada’s largest annual Arctic sovereignty mission. Nanaimo made the 3875 nautical mile journey north from its home port of Esquimalt, BC to Nunavut and along the way became the first west coast ship to sail pa
The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations Sept. 13 as Pacific Partnership 2015 nears its conclusion. Mercy, which departed Naval Base San Diego on May 17 for the beginning of PP15, served as the primary platform for the mission. The secondary platform fo
The inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia, AUSINDEX15, has commenced, with an opening ceremony held in Visakhapatnam, India, on 12 September. Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, the Minister for Defence, the Honourable K
The Spanish LHD Juan Carlos I is certifying her flight deck to operate the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for the forthcoming international joint-combined exercise Trident Juncture in October and November. These aircraft come from the US Marine Corps VMM-261 detachment currently deployed in the Spa
