Spreading out the Talisman Sabre 2017 ceremonial flag aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) off the coast of Sydney Australia on June 29 senior leaders of the United States and Australia kicked off Australia’s largest military exercise. In its 7th iteration, Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise t
U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) on June 16 became the U.S. Navy ship to complete a 60-day Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) at the Rota naval base in Spain. Porter serves as one of the navy’s four forward deployed guided-missile destroyers home-ported in Rota, Spain t
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway have signed a statement of intent to outline principles of cooperation on the P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The statement was signed on the outlines of the NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Norway and the UK ar
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, hosted students of engineering from around the world for the 14th biennial International Submarine Races (ISR), June 25-30. Human-powered submarines in the shape of everything from a shark to an ice cream cone with
The French-UK led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 seized nearly two tons of narcotics in the last two months during an operation called Southern Surge. The seizures included 1250 kg of heroin and 455 kg of hashish. Narcotics trafficking, particularly heroin, has long been associated with funding terro
Following the recent collision of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald, the Royal New Zealand Navy will have its frigate HMNZS Te Kaha operating in Asian waters to support the United States Seventh Fleet. Te Kaha’s role will be to contribute to the security and protection of the Nimitz carrier str
Two U.S. lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would make it the policy of the United States to achieve the U.S. Navy’s requirement of 355 ships. Announced by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Congressman Rob Wittman, R-Va., the “Securing the Homeland by Increasing our Power on the Seas (SHIPS)
Salvage divers from nine Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) nations removed submerged wreckage around Guam, June 12-15, during the biennial disaster response-focused Diving Exercise (DIVEX) 2017. The team removed two submerged sailboats from the waters of Apra Harbor near the Port Authority of G
Ships from the U.S. Navy’s America amphibious ready group (ARG) and the 15th marine expeditionary unit (MEU) recently completed their 17-day certification exercise (CERTEX), qualifying them for their upcoming Western Pacific deployment, June 16. The America ARG is comprised of the amphibious assault
Taking place at sea, in the air and on land, this year’s edition of exercise Talisman Sabre will see 30,000 Australian and U.S. personnel training together for mid- to high-intensity warfare. Joined by smaller numbers of personnel from New Zealand, Japan and Canada the drill will kick off at the end
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) is set to join two Canadian Navy frigates for a visit to Jeju-do, Republic of Korea (ROK) on June 20, 2017. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Dewey will join Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigates HMCS Winnipeg (FFH-338) and HMCS Ottawa (FFH-341
The U.S. Navy announced it has carried out a test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block IA (SM-6 Blk IA) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, June 7. The navy said this test demonstrated SM-6 Blk IA’s improved capabilities and integration with the Aegis weapon system. The ev
Launching over a hundred aircraft from an aircraft carrier on a busy day is never an easy task with all the dangers of screaming jets, snapping steel cables and powerful tractors and forklifts in play. To make the jobs of aircraft handlers easier, the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) TechSolutions p
German naval contractor Atlas Elektronik has teamed with Canadian Kraken Sonar Systems to develop a solution for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Remote Mine Disposal System (RMDS). In addition to the RMDS program, Kraken and Atlas agreed to provide military grade KATFISH towed sonar systems to an undisclo
