BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair is being awarded a $12,4 million contract for USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) fiscal 2016 selected restricted availability. This selected restricted availability will include hull, machinery, electrical, electronics, ship alterations, and piping alteration and repair work.
Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $57,8 million contract to undertake planning efforts needed to conduct maintenance, upgrades and modernization works on USS Columbus (SSN 762) during the engineered overhaul period. This scope of work encompasses planning as well as maintenance and modernizat
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd (KML) Camera Group has been awarded multiple contracts for supply of the recently upgraded Helicopter Observation Surveillance System (HOSS). The proven HOSS is designed for real time video monitoring of heli-deck operations in extreme low-light conditions aboard Naval Surface
On Wednesday 12 August Operation Atalanta flagship, ESPS Galicia, hosted the Spanish Ambassador to Oman during a port visit to Muscat. The Force Commander, Rear Admiral Alfonso Fernández Gómez de Córdoba, welcomed His Excellency Mr Juan José Urtasun on board. During the visit, the Ambassador, togeth
Navies operating with Combined Task Force 151 conducted a coordinated operation to save a merchant mariner who was taken ill at sea. Ships from Japan and Korea coordinated the rescue mission in the Gulf of Aden to evacuate the mariner to Djibouti for urgent medical care. Republic of Korea Ship (ROKS
The Spanish Navy’s auxiliary oiler replenishment ship (AOR) ‘Cantabria’, currently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on maritime security tasks, paid a visit to an Egyptian fishing boat sailing off the northern coast of Libya. After detecting and monitoring the boat, with 16 sailors on board, the ‘C
Sri Lanka Navy’s naval craft on routine patrol attached to the Eastern Naval Command arrested 17 persons suspected of illegal fishing in the seas off Koneshwaram in Trincomalee. The persons, along with three Fiber Glass Dinghies (FGDs) and two purse-seine nets, were taken into custody on August 14.
The US Department of the Navy and City of Chattanooga held a ceremony Aug. 15 at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga’s, McKenzie Arena in memory of the Sailor and four Marines killed in the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) shooting on July 16. The lives of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Sta
The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrived in Da Nang Vietnam Aug. 17 for their last mission stops of Pacific Partnership 2015. While in Da Nang, U.S. and partner nation service members as well as non-governmental organizations will work toge
Over the past week the United States Coast Guard has been working with local crane operators and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Saipan to assist in cleanup following Typhoon Soudelor. This is just one example of the inter-agency coordination it takes to aid in a disaster relief mission
The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed Subic Bay, Philippines, Aug. 14 after completing a 10-day mission stop for Pacific Partnership 2015. During the second stop of the Philippines mission, U.S., partner nation and host nation service members and non-governmental organizations conducted su
Australian Navy’s HMAS Newcastle has started her fourth and final patrol as part of Operation MANITOU with a new focus to provide theatre security cooperation support in the Arabian Gulf. Operating as part of one of the three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East region
The U.S. Navy participated in the regularly-scheduled exercise, Reliant Mermaid 2015, from Aug. 9-13, in the Mediterranean Sea with their partner and ally, Israel. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), along with maritime forces from Israel participated. Reliant Merma
The Damage Control Training Team aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) conducted chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) training for the ship’s two repair locker teams Aug. 12. The training, conducted in preparation for an upcoming damage control drill,
