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Six companies get US Navy studies contracts for large unmanned surface vessels
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.
US Navy sailor goes missing in North Arabian Sea, search underway
Search is currently underway for a US Navy sailor who went missing in the North Arabian Sea on September 6, the US Navy said.
Sri Lanka, Indian navies battle fire on board tanker off Sri Lanka coast
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.
Brodosplit: Keel laid for Croatia’s two inshore patrol vessels
Split-based shipbuilder Brodosplit held a keel-laying ceremony for two inshore patrol vessels ordered by Croatia’s defense ministry.
Instead of NOCO, German Navy started exercise GEREX 2020 in Baltic Sea
The German Navy is conducting German Exercise 2020 (GEREX) in the western Baltic Sea from 31 August to 7 September.
RIMPAC 2020 concludes
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.
Saudi Border Guard assumes command of CTF 152
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.
US Navy’s newest LCS christened at Austal USA
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.
Caribbean Sea: USS Kidd, USCG LEDET 401 seize $6 million in cocaine, arrest 3 smugglers
The US Navy, Coast Guard and U.S. law enforcement partners seized 225 kilograms of cocaine and apprehended three suspected smugglers following the interdiction of a drug smuggling go-fast in the Caribbean Sea last Monday.
Canada contracts Heddle Shipyards for CCGC Griffon refit
The Government of Canada has awarded a contract of CA$4 million to Heddle Shipyards in Hamilton, Ontario, for refit work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Griffon.
Finnish Navy conducts 1st torpedo firing from Hamina-class missile boat
The Finnish Navy conducted its first torpedo firing in the Archipelago Sea with a TP45 torpedo borrowed from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 19 August.
9 Russian ships escorted from waters close to UK
The Royal Navy informed that together with its NATO allies it has escorted nine Russian Navy warships during ‘heightened levels of activity’ in the waters close to the UK. Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS Mersey and HMS Tyne joined Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster in an operation that saw allied ships mon
Kongsberg to supply sonars for Norwegian Coastguard’s new vessels
Norway’s marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with compatriot naval architecture and marine engineering company Vard to deliver its sonars for the Norwegian Coastguard’s new vessels.
Croatia: Steel cut for four new inshore patrol vessels
Last week, Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Croatian Navy’s new boats, marking the continuation of the construction of the new inshore patrol vessels for the navy.