The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) new Atlantic command was declared operational in a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on 17 September 2020).
The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard forces were participating in the exercise Infinite Defender (ID) 20 from September 1 to 10.
The US Navy has christened its newest fast-attack submarine, the USS Montana (SSN 794) at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division.
The Australian government’s National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the keel laying for the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) under construction in Western Australia or the third new Arafura-class OPV.
The UK’s Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) announced the potential sale of the Royal Navy’s former Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Atherstone (M38) in June this year.
The US Navy has ended search and rescue efforts for Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ian McKnight, assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), who is believed to have gone overboard on September 6.
The US Navy has awarded contracts totaling $41,985,112 to six companies for large unmanned surface vessel (LUSV) studies. The US Navy is expected to use these studies for detailed design and construction of additional unmanned vessels.
Search is currently underway for a US Navy sailor who went missing in the North Arabian Sea on September 6, the US Navy said.
The Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Navy are jointly working to put out the fire onboard a tanker off the coast of Sri Lanka, assisted by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Sri Lanka Airforce and the Indian Coast Guard.
Split-based shipbuilder Brodosplit held a keel-laying ceremony for two inshore patrol vessels ordered by Croatia’s defense ministry.
The German Navy is conducting German Exercise 2020 (GEREX) in the western Baltic Sea from 31 August to 7 September.
The international maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020 concluded August 31 following two weeks of at-sea-only training events conducted around the Hawaiian Islands.
After leading Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force 152 (CTF 152) for six months, the Royal Jordanian Naval Force handed over command of the task force to the Saudi Border Guard on 31 August.
The US Navy’s newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Savannah (LCS 28), was christened at Austal USA’s ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama on 29 August 2020.
