The U.S. government funding package for the fiscal year 2023 that was recently signed into law includes $503 million to continue the modernization of Dry Dock #1 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is America’s leader in attack submarine maintenance, repair, and
A French Navy frigate seized nearly half a ton of heroin and 4 tons of cannabis on a routine patrol of the Indian Ocean. The navy informed that its Guépratte, a La Fayette-type frigate, was patrolling the northern Indian Ocean en route toward the Strait of Hormuz on December 27 when it spotted a dho
US contractor Valiant Integrated Services has been awarded a position on the potential five-year, $1.31 billion contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain training systems under the Fielded Training Systems Support (FTSS) V indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ).
The US Navy’s first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), departed from Naval Station Norfolk on its first deployment to conduct operations and training exercises alongside NATO allies and partners throughout the Atlantic
The Kuwait Naval Force handed over the command of a multinational naval task force to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, August 25.
This week, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Canada to discuss global challenges including threats to Euro-Atlantic security. Stoltenberg will visit Edmonton, Cambridge Bay and Cold Lake from 24 to 26 August and will advance shar
Last week, the US Navy’s chief of naval operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited Spain and the United Kingdom to meet with sailors, government and military leaders, focusing on partnerships between navies. During his visit, CNO spoke with US sailors and service members assigned to US allies and par
The Danish Government plans to invest DKK 40 billion ($5.47 billion) in the naval shipbuilding sector, the country’s Ministry of Defence revealed.
On 15 August, the UK launched a new maritime strategy that sets out how the UK will enhance its capabilities in technology, innovation and cyber security.
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departed Portsmouth on 15 August to begin its three-year mission in the Middle East.
Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has started the construction of the Royal Canadian Navy’s sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS).
Royal Navy’s Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Hurworth has joined NATO ships to support NATO on minehunting operations around Europe.
A US Navy team led by NUWC Division Newport staff demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility on 21 July.
Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar became the first British warship to visit Palau, the fourth smallest country on the planet, in nearly 100 years.
