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Brazilian Navy assumes command of CTF 151 for 1st time
The Pakistan Navy handed over command of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) to the Brazilian Navy in a change of command ceremony on June 9.
Austal wins $44M contract to develop autonomous capability in EPF 13
Shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a $44 million fixed-price, undefinitised contract modification for the design, procurement, production implementation and demonstration of autonomous capability on US Navy’s expeditionary fast transport (EPF) 13, USNS Apalachicola.
HII splashes US Navy’s 1st Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer
The US Navy’s first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, on June 4.
US Navy christens LCS Canberra
The US Navy has christened its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the USS Canberra (LCS 30).
UK launches tender for 3 new Fleet Solid Support ships
On 21 May, UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.
UK Carrier Strike Group embarks on historic deployment
Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier and fleet flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth for her maiden operational deployment at the heart of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group after a farewell visit from Her Majesty The Queen.
Indian Navy to decommission its 1st destroyer
The Indian Navy will decommission its first destroyer, INS Rajput (D51) at a solemn ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on 21 May 2021.
German Navy’s third F125 frigate enters service
Sachsen-Anhalt (F224), the German Navy’s third of four F125-class frigates, has officially entered service.
Sweden identifies wrecks of warships discovered in 2019
The wrecks found at Vaxholm, Sweden, in the autumn of 2019 are warships Apollo and Maria, maritime archaeologists at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks have confirmed.
Royal Navy’s upgraded Spearfish torpedo declared ready for the front line
The Royal Navy’s new Spearfish torpedo has been declared ready for front-line action with the navy and undergone extensive deepwater trials with HMS Audacious in the Bahamas. Five of the heavy torpedoes were successfully fired by Audacious – the fourth of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class nuclear-powere
OMSI patrol conducts enforcement boardings in Western Pacific
A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment embarked aboard a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship conducted maritime law enforcement boardings in the Western Pacific, April 29 and May 3.
US Navy: 6 ships, 240 aircraft take part in Northern Edge 2021
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21) in the Gulf of Alaska on May 3.
Russian Navy’s sixth Project 12700 minesweeper launched
Russia’s Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has launched Pyotr Ilyichev (543), the Russian Navy’s newest Project 12700 Aleksandrit-class minesweeper.
Indian, French navies conclude exercise VARUNA-2021
The 19th edition of the Indo-French naval exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ concluded on 27 April 2021.