Task Unit 02 of NATO’s standing maritime group (SNMG2) visited the port city of Constanta with the aim of strengthening ties with Black Sea countries. While in Constanta, SNMG2 TU.02 senior leadership visited regional Romanian authorities to prepare for upcoming NATO exercises and to discuss maritim
French Naval ships Tonnerre and Guepratte have arrived on a visit to Kochi, India. Amphibious assault helicopter carrier Tonnerre and the La Fayette-class frigate Guepratte arrived on April 12 and are scheduled to stay until April 16. Captain Laurent Sudrat and Commander Claire Pothier are the comma
The Royal Netherlands Navy, Police, Port of Rotterdam authority and other Dutch agencies are taking part in exercise ‘Port Defender’ in Rotterdam. Special navy and police forces are practicing harbor protection against major incidents and terror threats. The two-day exercise started April 12 at the
Sailors aboard the Italian Navy’s minesweeper Gaeta recently put their mine-hunting technology to good use when they helped historians research the wreck of the Italian Navy destroyer ship Vincenzo Gioberti which was sunk in World War II. The Oriani-class destroyer was sunk by a British submarine, t
Ships from two NATO maritime groups joined nearly 30 surface and sub-surface assets from Allied nations for the start of the UK exercise, Joint Warrior 161 (JW 161) April 10. Air and land forces will also participate in the two-week long, bi-annual exercise. Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) an
Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen has joined the U.S. Navy’s USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) aircraft carrier strike group during their final preparations for deployment. Nansen is participating in a composite training unit exercise with Ike’s strike group to foster integration with
Warships taking part in the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) have sailed out of Manama, Bahrain to begin the underway portion of the exercise on April 10. U.S. and Royal Navy ships sailed into the Arabian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz to practice working together to address threats
Three French and three Royal Navy warships have joined the exercise Griffin Strike which will see participation from around 5,000 personnel from UK and France during the following two weeks. Simultaneously, over 3,400 more NATO troops will exercise by land, sea and air during the two weeks of Exerci
The U.S. Navy has completed the limited purpose cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) it undertook with the Swiss company Evolva to support the joint development of new composite materials. The focus of the efforts supported by this CRADA relate to the development, validation and po
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce new Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAVs). BAE Systems will provide 30 new AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard (RAM/RS) vehicles, plus supply tools and test equipment to support maintena
Cooperation between the Royal Netherlands Navy and the German Navy will continue regardless of the damage HNLMS Karel Doorman suffered, the German Navy said. This statement comes after the Dutch defense ministry confirmed that one of two main engines on the Dutch Navy support ship HNLMS Karel Doorma
Seeking to avoid risks and costs of developing its own submarines, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense has identified French DCNS and German TKMS as the main candidates for the construction of Norwegian future submarines. The Ministry of Defense said it made this conclusion after considering economic,
Spanish Navy’s roll-on/roll-off light transport ship El Camino Español arrived in Cartagena, Spain after a 32-day deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ship provided logistic support to the ongoing Spanish Army operations in the Lebanon and Turkey. El Camino Español departed Cartagena March 7
Some 104 sailors, half the HMS Monmouth’s company, filed on to the flight deck to mark 350 years since the name ‘Monmouth’ was introduced to the Royal Navy. An eight-gun yacht, the first Monmouth was commissioned on March 5 1666 (the same year as the Great Fire of London) under the command of one Ca
