Aviation
Rain fails to spoil first day of Unmanned Warrior
A damp day across the Western Isles greeted the dozens of range staff, RN augmentees and Joint Warrior liaison teams who turned out before first light on the first official Unmanned Warrior flying day and headed for the brightly lit Range Control Building 12 miles south of Benbecula on the island of
Albanian, UK forces conclude exercise Albanian Lion
Royal Navy and Royal Marines joined Albanian forces for an exercise which is part of the Royal Navy’s annual deployment of a crisis-focused amphibious task group, the Joint Expeditionary Force Maritime 16 (JEF(M)16). Several Royal Navy ships, including HMS Ocean and HMS Bulwark played a role in Alba
US Navy christens amphibious transport dock John P. Murtha
The U.S. Navy has commissioned the amphibious transport dock ship John P. Murtha (LPD 26) on Saturday, Oct. 8, during a ceremony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. Designated LPD 26, John P. Murtha is the tenth amphibious transport dock ship in the San Antonio class. These ships incorporate both a f
US Navy ships meet up in South China Sea for interoperability drills
U.S. Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group joined two guided-missile destroyers from the Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) for a series of interoperability drills in international waters of the South China Sea on October 3 and 4. The BHR ESG employed the capabilities of USS Spruanc
Italian multi-purpose vessels to be powered by Rolls-Royce engines
The Italian Navy has contracted Rolls-Royce to deliver 14 MTU diesel engines for the seven new multi-purpose ocean-going patrol vessels that are being built by Fincantieri. The PPA (Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura) multi-purpose ocean-going patrol vessels form part of the Italian Navy’s fleet ren
Unmanned Warrior kicks off, participants head for Scotland
Royal Navy’s unmanned and autonomous systems display exercise Unmanned Warrior 2016 has gotten underway as the teams headed north to Scotland for six weeks of exercises. Over 50 unmanned vehicles from more than 40 suppliers, major international companies and smaller bespoke contractors, academic ins
Mexican Navy receives first Airbus AS565 MBe Panther helicopter
The Mexican Navy has received the first of ten AS565 MBe Panther helicopters it purchased from Airbus in 2014. Airbus said three other units would be delivered before the end of the year and the remaining six by early 2018. The helicopters will be operated by the naval aviation in the Gulf of Mexico
USS Fort Worth departs Pearl Harbor en route home
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 30, following a port call which included participation in the Secretary of Defense’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference. While moored in Pearl Harbor, Fort Worth participated in
Australian Navy prepares for ScanEagle UAS operations
A team from the Australian Navy’s unmanned aircraft systems unit have deployed to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, to test their ability to conduct long term UAS operations without support. The six member detachment is operating from the island’s aerodrome, testing the
USS Hopper sailor medically evacuated by Sri Lankan Navy
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) was assisted by the Sri Lanka navy in an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) September 30 to help a sailor in need of medical attention. According to the U.S. Navy, Hopper notified Commander, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 15 that a sailor aboard
Cutlass Fury then Frontier Sentinel for US Navy destroyer
After completing the Canadian-hosted anti-submarine exercise, Cutlass Fury 16 on September 23, U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley proceeded to take part in the multi-national exercise Frontier Sentinel 16 (FS16) just three days later, from September 26 to 28. FS16 was a full-scale, live
European navies to test amphibious capabilities during Emerald Move 2016
Navy ships and personnel from eight European countries are set to begin the second European amphibious exercise Emerald Move 2016 (ERMO) off the coast of the Italian island of Sardinia on Monday, October 3. The ERMO 16 is an undertaking of the European Amphibious Initiative (EAI), an organization wh
USS Coronado heads for Singapore after repairs
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed Hawaii for a 16-month rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet after spending a month in port for repairs on the ship’s propulsion plant. Coronado set sail for Singapore in August to replace the Freedom-variant LCS USS Fort Worth which was a
Joint Expeditionary Force departs Gibraltar for Mediterranean deployment
Royal Navy’s amphibious flagship HMS Bulwark joined RFA Mounts Bay and MV Eddystone in Gibraltar in what was the first port visit of the Royal Navy’s inaugural Joint Expeditionary Force Task Group deployment. The group departed the British overseas territory September 26 and will be joined, at vario