Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Mounts Bay has returned to her Mediterranean Sea duties and joined the EU mission Sophia. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary takes over from Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, who carried out the role for two months while Mounts Bay underwent planned maintenance, as well as playing
U.S.-based defense and logistics group Bravo Industries announced it has completed negotiations for the acquisition of Siem Offshore’s combat systems subsidiary Consub Defesa e Tecnologia. Consub is involved in naval military combat management and command and control systems in South America. Aligne
Two Russian Navy submarines and one launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome fired ballistic missiles from different positions within a single day on October 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense has informed. The Russian Pacific Fleet submarine Georgiy Pobedonosets was the first to fire a ballistic miss
French Navy’s stealth frigate La Fayette was recently welcomed into the port of Mombasa, Kenya in what was the first visit of an EU Naval Force ship to the Kenyan port in over a year. FS La Fayette is currently deployed to Operation Atalanta contributing to counter-piracy activities off the Horn of
U.S. Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHR ESG), with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, departed the Philippines after they completed the Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 33, October 12. This is possibly the last such exercise between the U.S. and the Philipp
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver arrived in Singapore October 11 for a goodwill visit as part of Westploy 16. Westploy 16 is HMCS Vancouver’s deployment aimed at building ties between the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the navies of Asia-Pacific countries. Since departing its home port of
U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) entered the Black Sea on October 10 to conduct theater security cooperation and key leader engagement events with allies and partners in the region. USS Mount Whitney is operating in the Black Sea in support of operation Atlan
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
A 4 billion euro (approx. $4.5B) contract for the construction of the German Navy’s new MKS 180 (Mehrzweckkampfschiff) ship has been delayed by six month, news agency Reuters has reported. The German defense ministry is postponing the contract to ensure high-quality standards are met, the report sai
A major biennial exercise hosted by the Alaskan Command and joined by the US Navy is causing concern within the Alaskan community. The exercise in question is Northern Edge 2017 and is expected to be held in the Gulf of Alaska in May 2017. Senator Lisa Murkowski addressed the issue in a letter sent
The German Navy said October 10 that the fire which broke out on FGS Brandenburg earlier would not affect its training schedule. According to the navy, the F123 frigate will be able to take part in the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) which is taking place in Britain at the end of October. FOST is a
Navy ships departed the Singaporean Sembawang Naval Base today to begin the naval component of exercise Bersama Lima 16, the Royal Australian Navy announced. The ships will operate out of the South China Sea for the next two weeks for maritime field training exercises. The at-sea phase will involve
U.S. naval forces in Korea and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) joined ten United Nations sending states in the first Combined Mine Warfare Event, hosted in Seoul, Republic of Korea between October 11-22. The event combines the third annual United Nations Command (UNC) naval component commander (NC
BAE Systems announced Monday that it has signed a ten-and-a-half-year contract extension to provide combat systems integration services for Royal Navy’s in-service and future platforms. The contract includes, among others, Type 45 destroyers, the new Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carriers, and
