The crew of the German Navy ship, FGS Hessen, which is currently deployed within the EU Naval Force, changed an engine of the warship’s Sea Lynx Mark 88A helicopter during their recent port visit to the Seychelles last month. The procedure of changing an engine is extremely specialized and require
Canadian naval ships HMCS Nanaimo and HMCS Whitehorse left Esquimalt, British Columbia, yesterday setting sail for the Eastern Pacific Ocean to support Operation CARIBBE. The deployment will pave the way for several naval deployments scheduled for 2014 in support of Canada’s role in Operation MART
Force Commander of the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) , Rear Admiral Herve Blejean, visited the Naval Force ships located in Djibouti. The Commander met with German and Spanish Maritime patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft teams, along with the Support Element of Operation Atalanta (SEA). The
Over 4,000 sailors and marines from the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked on Saturday on an eight-month deployment, bound for the U.S Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet Areas of Responsibility. Bataan ARG is comprised of amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gu
General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of USNS John Glenn General Dynamics NASSCO today began construction of the future USNS John Glenn, the second ship of the U.S. Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) program. The 765-foot long ship is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in the first quarte
An MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during the maritime security operations on January 28th in the Arabian Sea. USS Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), is deployed
The Royal Navy’s Sandown Class Minehunter HMS Pembroke left Babcock Shipyard in Rosyth and headed for sea trials having undergone a support period. Babcock upgraded the ship’s operational capability, sustainability, and habitability standards. The Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) has been
One person was killed and eight injured in a crash of a Panamanian helicopter, a Bell 412, carrying nine crew onboard, while working together with USS Halyburton (FFG 40) in support of anti-drug operation Martillo, the U.S. Navy said in a release. The accident occurred when the Panamanian helicopt
Russian police is investigating a group of suspects, who are believed to be involved in a USD 28.7 million fraud scheme, committed during warship repair at the country’s shipyard Zvezda, according to the RIA Novosti. Seven criminal cases connected with the Russian shipyard Zvezda have been initiat
Younger and more capable ships of the U.S. Navy will be deployed to the Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) based in Sasebo, Japan. The decision comes, as the Navy strives to build up its capacities in Japan, one of its strongest allies, and at the same time, retire old units from its flee
The Royal Navy ship, HMS Somerset replenished at sea with the US Navy replenishment oiler USNS Laramie. HMS Somerset received fuel from the Command Task Force 53 tanker without having to leave her area of operations. The type 23 frigate recently passed the Suez Canal and was in need of refuelling
Cargo ships, carrying valuable cargo are likely to become targets of pirate attacks, especially in narrow areas such as the Strait of Hormuz or the Bab al Mandeb Strait. To be able to counter such attacks, HMS Westminster teamed up with its allies from Bahrain and the US in a fast paced exercise,
All the hard work on certifying the ninth U.S.Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, Pre-Commissioning Unit Somerset, (LPD 25) has finally paid off enabling the ship to cast off from Avondale-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Shipbuilding site on Monday, February 3, bound for co
USS America (LHA 6), the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship, returned to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on 31 December, completing successfully acceptance sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. During the trials, USS America performed operation of the hybrid gas turbine/ele
