From February 20th to the 26th, Naval Forces and Marine Corps units from Spain, the Unites States and Portugal participated in the amphibious exercise PHIBLEX-14 in the Gulf of Cadiz and the ‘Sierra del Retín’ range. The goal of the exercise has been to enhance the interoperability between the Spa
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG2), transited safely through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea in the early morning of Feb. 27. For many Sailors aboard this was their first time crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and Lockheed Martin Australia have signed a new strategic alliance to collaborate on a range of technologies for strengthening defence and national security. The agreement was signed for DSTO by the Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelin
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) returned to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the 4th Fleet Area of Operations (AOR), on February 28. Deployed since July 25, 2013, the officers and crew of Rentz, in conjunction with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL)
Ukrainian Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny Heads Home Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny has successfully completed an operational tour with the EU Naval Force and is now sailing towards her home port of Sevastopol in the Ukraine. USS Taylor’s Commander Relieved of Duties Capt. Jim Aiken, commander, Tas
USS Somerset (LPD 25), the Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship, commissioned during a formal ceremony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, March 1. USS Somerset represents the heroic actions of the 40 crew and passengers of United Flight 93, honoring their collective sacrifice and the treme
The Royal Navy’s Fleet Auxiliary ship Fort Victoria on her way to Birkenhead shipyard, located in Liverpool, UK. The ship will undergo a makeover worth up to £47 million. RFA Fort Victoria is a Fort Class combined fleet stores ship and tanker tasked with providing ammunition, fuel, food and other
HMS Daring was given a special welcome by top Philippines officials as she returned home from a marathon nine-month global deployment which included vital humanitarian relief in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Two senior officials from the Philippines Embassy in London greeted the Type 45 destroyer in
Exelis has received a contract valued at more than $13 million to provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., with depot level repair, maintenance and modifications for two mine defense systems currently fielded with the U.S. Navy. The IDIQ includes options, which if exercised, would br
Approximately 900 personnel from the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force are participating in a major fleet exercise this week until March 14, 2014, off the Eastern seaboard. This exercise will also see the contribution of United States Coast Guard vessel, USCG Campbell, and the Federal
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) departed Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 27 after embarking Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Denver and the 31st MEU, which consists of ground command, air and combat support elements, are scheduled to conduct
BIRKENHEAD (Liverpool City Region UNITED KINGDOM) shipyard and engineering service provider Cammell Laird has begun a £47m refit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria. The massive refit will be the biggest ever undertaken by the yard since it began its 25 year through life support ‘clus
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today that its subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) has been awarded two new contracts for fuel and materials services totaling up to approximately $302 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office. The firs
The U.S. Navy released an updated Arctic Roadmap Feb. 24 to prepare naval forces over the next 15 years for operations in the Arctic Ocean. “This updated Navy Arctic Roadmap prepares the U.S. Navy to respond effectively to future contingencies, delineates the Navy’s Arctic leadership role within t
