Timor Leste has agreed to have two Guardian-class pacific patrol boats (PPBs) built by Australian shipbuilder Austal. This was announced by the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and Timor-Leste Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, at the Asia Pacific conference in Perth, Australia. Timor Leste i
Soldiers and sailors from the US and Brunei kicked off the five-day Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) maritime exercise at Brunei’s Muara Naval Base, November 6. CARAT Brunei features five days of shore-based and at-sea training events designed to address shared maritime security pri
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries launched the fourth and final Republic of Korea Navy LST-2 tank landing ship on November 2. The 4,500-ton ship was launched at HHI’s Ulsan shipyard with pennant number 689. According to an announcement from the Republic of South Korea Navy, the vesse
UK worker union GMB has slammed the UK government’s decision to put up an international tender for the construction of three Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, saying the decision “udermined the national interest”. The union further said that all Royal Navy and RFA ships should be built domestically and
Cruisers and destroyers responsible for protecting the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) honed their sharpshooting skills in multiple live-fire exercises, testing both sailors and equipment. The drill took place November 1, shortly after USS Harry S. Truman and surface ships from
The US Fleet Command/US Tenth Fleet announced Thursday that all US Navy cyber mission force teams achieved full operational capability (FOC). The 40 teams were qualified by US Cyber Command October 6, meaning they reached full operational capability almost a year ahead of schedule. The focus of US C
Royal Navy’s hydrographic survey ship HMS Enterprise recently surveyed the wrecks of Royal Navy ships lost in the Falklands War to mark the 35th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict. HMS Coventry was scanned lying with her port side buried in the sea bed. The separated remains of HMS Antelope,
US Navy personnel from the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota, Spain, completed a 60-day surface incremental availability (SIA) on destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), Oct. 27. “This was the second SIA conducted in Rota, Spain and continues the record of on-time availabil
Aerospace and defense company L3 Technologies announced it has joined Boeing’s team to design next-generation communications, mission planning, autonomy, navigation, cybersecurity and anti-tamper capabilities for the US Navy’s Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUV). L3 said it is integrating t
The US Navy is set to christen its 68th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Delbert D. Black, in a ceremony on Saturday in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ceremony will take place at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard which launched the ship on September 8, 2017. The ship is configured a
Amid reduced funding for spares across all the UK armed forces, the Royal Navy has increased equipment cannibalization by 49% in the last five years, a report published by the UK National Audit Office says. While equipment cannibalization can be necessary – and authorized by the defense ministry – i
US Navy secretary Richard V. Spencer announced the Navy’s fifth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, T-ESB 5, will be named in honor of Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Miguel Keith. The official naming ceremony is to take place in National Harbor, Maryland, on November 4. Kei
The US Navy is set to profit from new electromagnetic maneuver warfare (EMW) capabilities which are emerging from laboratories to make an operational impact in the fleet, US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leaders announced on November 1. The announcement is the result of US
Royal Navy support ship RFA Tidesurge and Republic of Korea Navy’s lead Daegu-class frigate signed a bond of sisterhood, cementing their friendship with a long-standing tradition in the Asian country. For the rest of their lives, ROKS Daegu and RFA Tidesurge will follow each other’s progress, share
