The Navy announced today that U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has accepted the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for initial operational use. MUOS is a next-generation narrowband tactical communications system designed to improve communications for U.S. forces on the move. The
On November 21, Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, under command of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) worked in close co-operation with Turkish warship TCG Gemlik of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) to apprehended nine suspected pirates at sea off the coast of Somalia. In the early hours of the mo
A BAE Systems team from its naval ships and submarines businesses will deliver research in the “sense to decide” (S2D) capability – the ability to gather and process information about the environment to aid battlespace command and control – both above and below water. Known as the Maritime Collabora
Sailors and Royal Marines from HMS Northumberland have carried out final boarding training before they head through the Suez canal to deal with international piracy, terrorism and smuggling. The Devonport-based frigate is making use of NATO ranges and training complex in Crete after completing her d
The Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London from a regularly scheduled deployment Nov. 17. Hartford, under the command of Cmdr. Steve Wilkinson, returned from the European Command Area of Responsibility where it executed the nation’s mari
The crew of the latest of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships, HMS Dragon, have been rehearsing how to help in a civilian emergency. The latest of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers is in the South West of England training to become fully operational and ready to be deployed. The ship, which ha
A major two-week exercise involving British and Albanian naval forces in the western Balkans ended with Albania’s President, His Excellency Mr Bujar Nishani, visiting HMS Illustrious. Albanian Lion, played out around the southern port city of Vlorë, featured amphibious assaults by sea and air, fast
Russia will keep its naval task force in the Gulf of Aden as part of an international effort to fight sea piracy off the Somali coast, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said. The UN Security Council held a debate on piracy as a threat to global peace and security. “Russia supports the extension of a
The U.S. Navy is sending three warships to the Mediterranean, near Israel in case evacuation of its citizens from Israel is needed, according to the CNN.com. The warships that the U.S. Navy has sent near Israel are: USS New York (Complement: 28 officers, 332 enlisted), USS Gunston Hall (Complement:
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Norway deploys its best warship to demonstrate presence and maintain sovereignty in territorial waters of Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and Medvezhiy Island, reported Barents Observer. On Nov 14, Norwegian frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl left port of Bodo and set a course for the Arctic archipelago Svalbard (Sp
The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducted a 1,333-ton ammunition offload, which signifies the near completion of its 2012 patrol Nov. 18. George Washington’s Weapons department planned and executed one of the most dangerous evolutions that can occur aboard a wars
Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 104 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 16th November 2012. The trawler named “ Ekamuthu” was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command 25 nautical miles off Thuduvai seas. Among the arrested persons are 96 T
DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, set sail on November 16 from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard on the Clyde to embark on her second stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. During the next 19 days at sea, DUNCAN will undertake an extensive programme of tria
