Aviation
UK: Helicopters of HMS Gannet – Busiest Rescuers for Fifth Year Running
The helicopters of HMS Gannet were once again the busiest military search and rescuers in the land in 2011 – for the fifth year running.The Sea Kings of the Prestwick-based unit were scrambled on 298 occasions last year, while their Cornish counterparts in 771 Naval Air Squadron flew 244 rescue miss
Italy: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Presents MOSAIC
MOSAIC (Modular Open System Architecture Integrated Concept) is a family of modular ships, representing an excellent solution to the need of an effective and modern combat component, both littoral and off-shore. These vessels derive from the Comandanti Class Corvettes, but their most distinguishing
USA: NMAWC Supports Exercise Bold Alligator 2012
The Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command (NMAWC) conducted a synthetic underwater mine-clearing exercise in support of exercise Bold Alligator 2012 (BA12) at Naval Warfare Development Command onboard Naval Station Norfolk Feb 3. BA12 is the East Coast’s largest joint and multinational amphi
UK: NATO Operation Ocean Shield Sees Successful Start to 2012
The first 13 days of January were busy ones for NATO’s counter piracy task force; they successfully stopped and disrupted three separate pirate groups from launching attacks on legitimate maritime traffic. In the first incident on Friday 6th January the USS CARNEY acting on intelligence from other c
Forward-Deployed Dock Landing Ship USS Germantown Embarks 31st MEU
The forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) pulled into Okinawa, Japan Feb. 2 to onload nearly 500 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and their equipment in preparation for exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint and coalition multi
JSC Severnaya Verf to Construct 10 Corvettes for Russian Navy
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard (St. Petersburg) will construct 10 Project 20385 corvettes (modernized Project 20380 Stereguschiy) for Russian Navy, the yard’s press secretary Olga Vilde told RIA Novosti on Feb 1. Official keel-laying ceremony of Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyaschiy took place on sli
HMS Bulwark Starts Winter Deployment Visiting Hamburg, Germany
The citizens of Germany’s greatest port will see what Britain’s flagship can do when HMS Bulwark pays a four-day visit to Hamburg. The assault ship is heading up the Elbe on the first stage of her winter deployment which will eventually take her to northern Norway for Arctic training alongside NATO
Russia: Mistrals to Get Names Sevastopol, Vladivostok
First and second Mistral-class amphibious transport docks built for Russian Navy will be named Sevastopol and Vladivostok, said Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief ADM Vladimir Vysotsky at the keel-laying ceremony of Project 20385 lead corvette and Project 22350 frigate held on Feb 1 at Severnaya Verf s
Severnaya Verf Shipyard Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for Corvette Gremyaschiy
Keel-laying ceremony of Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyaschiy took place on Jan 31 at Severnaya Verf shipyard (St. Petersburg). The ceremony was attended by Navy Commander-in-Chief ADM V. Vysotsky, fleet commanders and top-ranking naval officers, representatives of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporat
Norway: Royal Navy Sea King Rescues Stricken Fisherman
Naval fliers plucked a stricken Norwegian fisherman from the rocks in sub-zero temperatures in a dramatic rescue. A Sea King from the Commando Helicopter Force broke off a training mission inside the Arctic Circle to find and save the man whose boat had hit rocks near the northern city of Tromsø. Th
USA: ALCSG Assists Distressed Iranian Mariners
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) assets responded to a distressed Iranian fishing dhow in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 31. At 12:37 p.m. local time, an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 and embarked on aircraft carrier USS Abra
Australia: HII to Present Patrol Frigate Derivative of National Security Cutter at Pacific 2012 Trade Show
Huntington Ingalls Industries will present a new patrol frigate derivative of the company’s proven U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter at this week’s Pacific 2012 International Maritime and Naval Exposition. The patrol frigate could be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mi
USS Momsen Conducts HVBSS Training
USS Momsen (DDG 92) conducted helicopter visit board search and seizure (HVBSS) training Jan. 17 to prepare for operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). The guided-missile destroyer’s 12-man VBSS team was joined by the members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU)
Northrop Grumman Participates in Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Australia
Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Sydney, Australia, where it will highlight its maritime security capabilities and programmes, including marine navigation and ship control technology, and unmanned aircraft systems for maritime and