Aviation
US Navy Official: Tough Choices Made in 2015 Budget Request
The U.S. Navy Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request reflects tough, but responsible choices, a senior Navy official said at a Pentagon news conference on Wednesday. The budget request is part of the $495.6 billion defense budget proposal the U.S. President Barack Obama submitted to Congress
HNLMS Eversten Hosts Inaugural Visit from NATO’s CTF508
On Sunday, 2 March 2014, NATO’s counter-piracy task force Commander, Rear Admiral Eugenio Diaz del Rio, paid a visit to HNLMS EVERTSEN, currently deployed with Operation OCEAN SHIELD. This was the first time the Admiral went on board the Dutch warship since she joined the operation on 7 December 201
USA: Fiscal Year 2015 Navy Budget Proposal Released
The U.S. Department of the Navy released its proposed $148 billion budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15), March 4. The budget is part of the $495.6 billion defense budget U.S. President Barack Obama submitted to Congress the same day. Rear Adm. William Lescher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Hetman Sahaydachny Enters Black Sea
The Ukrainian Navy’s flagship Hetman Sahaydachny passed through the Dardanelles Tuesday steaming her way toward the Black Sea, as informed by the Ukrainian Government yesterday. The frigate met up with the Turkish boat Ruşen Bey in the strait and soon passed through the Bosporus and entered the wa
Image of the Day: View of HMS Montrose from Her LYNX
The Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose captured on 16th of January from the ship’s LYNX helicopter. HMS Montrose joined the fray the alongside HNOMS HELGE INGSTAD and the Merchant vessel “Artic Futura” in support of the Nato lead Op RECSYR off the coast of Cyprus. Naval ship HMS Montrose has set sail to co
UK Navy Officers Join French Flagship’s Gulf Deployment
Four Royal Navy officers have spent the winter with the task group of France’s flagship Charles de Gaulle on her key deployment to the Gulf. A Lynx pilot, a fighter controller – who directed Rafale and Super Étendard jets – and two staff officers joined the carrier task group for three months as p
Australia: First “at Sea” Trial for NUSHIP Canberra
NUSHIP Canberra, the first of two Landing Helicopter Dock ships being built for the Australian Defence Force, sailed yesterday for the first time under her own propulsion as part of the sea trials and testing program. Canberra departed the BAE Systems dockyard at Williamstown where the ship will u
Hetman Sahaydachny Remains Loyal to Ukraine
The Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachny with Ka-27 helicopter and special team on board has completed its deployment within the Ocean Shield and the EU Atalanta operations in the Gulf of Aden and now it is docked in Greece for replenishment, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said on Sunday. Rear
USA: Raytheon Lands Minehunting Sonar Contract
Raytheon Company has been awarded $35.5 million to provide the U.S. Navy with AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar systems and equipment. The system leverages advanced sonar technologies to support the Navy’s critical minehunting missions, ensuring safe access and passage for military and civilian vessels o
UK: Two Lynx Helicopters Return Home
Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton has welcomed home not one but two Lynx Helicopters, as they landed simultaneously after months away on their very different global deployments. HMS Daring circled the globe, sailing 44,000 miles during a nine-month deployment with Lynx Flight 200 on board a
Spanish, Portuguese & US Marines Bolster Interoperability in Crisis Response
From February 20th to the 26th, Naval Forces and Marine Corps units from Spain, the Unites States and Portugal participated in the amphibious exercise PHIBLEX-14 in the Gulf of Cadiz and the ‘Sierra del Retín’ range. The goal of the exercise has been to enhance the interoperability between the Spa
USS Philippine Sea Transits Straits of Gibraltar
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG2), transited safely through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea in the early morning of Feb. 27. For many Sailors aboard this was their first time crossing the Atlantic Ocean
USS Rentz Back from Deployment
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) returned to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the 4th Fleet Area of Operations (AOR), on February 28. Deployed since July 25, 2013, the officers and crew of Rentz, in conjunction with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL)
HMS Westminster Arrives in Portsmouth, UK
HMS Westminster has arrived back in Portsmouth to hundreds of cheering friends and family following a six-and-a-half month deployment to the Indian Ocean and the Gulf. The Type 23 frigate divided her time between the Indian Ocean where she conducted counter-piracy and counter-narcotics patrols and