The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Naval Support Ship RFA Wave Knight has seized cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of £8.5 million in her second successful counter narcotics operation within three weeks. While on patrol in the Caribbean Sea on the 11th of February the crew of Wave Knight detected a
Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70; Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15; and Republic of Korea navy (ROKN) Maritime Task Flotilla (MTF) 7 held a Composite Warfare Committee (CWC) to improve combined warfighting skills and strengthen the U.S. and ROKN alliance, Feb. 17-20. Air defense, ballistic
Amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) departed Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 18, for an Underway Recovery Test (URT), a multi-agency mission in support of NASA’s Orion program. The URT, led by Expeditionary Strike Group 3, is the second of two tests the Navy and NASA will conduct prio
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the first time. Conducted at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif., the flight will allow the team to ramp up testing efforts to prepare the system for operations. Current t
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) successfully completed an ammunition onload, Feb 14. This evolution was an intricate part of the ship’s preparation to become fully operational for deployment. Sailors from weapons department worked around the clock, taking on approximately 878
Queen Elizabeth to Launch UK’s Biggest Warship Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will launch the Royal Navy’s USD 5.1 billion (£3.1billion) aircraft carrier, named after her, during her visit to Scotland in summer this year, the Daily Record reported. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest ship ever built for the
An MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during the maritime security operations on January 28th in the Arabian Sea. USS Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), is deployed
One person was killed and eight injured in a crash of a Panamanian helicopter, a Bell 412, carrying nine crew onboard, while working together with USS Halyburton (FFG 40) in support of anti-drug operation Martillo, the U.S. Navy said in a release. The accident occurred when the Panamanian helicopt
The US Navy warship, USS Mount Whitney sailed into the Black Sea today, the Voice of Russia reports. USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet, will be joined by another US Navy ship, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, USS Taylor, later in the day, a spokesman for the Russian
The Canadian Navy ship HMCS Regina is en route to the Arabian Sea to replace HMCS Toronto and resume the Canadian duties within Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) in mid-February. This is the second deployment on Operation ARTEMIS for HMCS Regina. HMCS Toronto, which departed Halifax on January 14,
USS America (LHA 6), the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship, returned to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on 31 December, completing successfully acceptance sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. During the trials, USS America performed operation of the hybrid gas turbine/ele
Detyens Shipyards, Inc., a naval facility specializing in emergency ship repair, ship conversion, and dry docking, has won a USD $9.6 million contract for a 55-calendar day regular overhaul and dry docking of fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195). The contract includes options, w
The Royal Australian Navy’s NUSQN 725 squadron took delivery of the first MH-60R Seahawk Romeo maritime combat helicopter duo at an ‘In Service Date’ ceremony on Friday, January 24th at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. The delivery of Sea Hawk Romeo helicopters, which are replacing the Nav
USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) returned to Norfolk, V.A on 17 January 2014, having finished her brief underway within the ship’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). The INSURV was established 130 years ago to inspect US Navy’s ships and to report on their readiness. The ship’s inspection comes after
