Sailors with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) received hands-on training at the Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) Detachment Pearl Harbor July 2, on how U.S. Navy Sailors conduct boarding operations at sea. U.S. Navy Non-Compliant Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (NCB-VBSS) te
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a $52,4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for material and services to perform an Equivalent Flight Hours fatigue test to substantiate the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft service life. Work will be performed
Lt. j.g. Casey Strouse, from Kalkaska, Mich., checks if it is clear for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the Tridents of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, to leave the area of the flight deck aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is deployed
The US Coast Guard rescued two people after their 70-foot pleasure craft caught fire near Destruction Island, Washington, Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Washington, received a distress call on VHF-FM radio channel 16, at approximately 12:58 p.m., from a recreational
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has acquired STX Canada Marine Inc., a leading marine engineering and design company with more than 30 years history in North America, for approx. NOK 65 million. Headquartered i
Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy joined the crew of the Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) for their summer training on June 29. The embarked midshipmen are assigned to Roosevelt for two weeks to further professional development, instill a sense of pride and
Members of the Australian Defence Force contingent who are deployed to Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2014 (RIMPAC) have paid their respects at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, just ahead of U.S. Independence Day. Royal Australian Navy Captain Nick Woodley laid a wreath at the mem
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded $20,7 million for delivery order 0201 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for non-recurring engineering and associated program management, logistics and spares for the AEA-18G aircraft in support of the governm
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence announced the awarding of an $18.5 million contract to Saab Microwave Canada Ltd. The contract, for the repair
More than 120 Army personnel from across 1 Brigade have joined forces in Hawaii to form the Australian 4th Combat Landing Team for exercise Rim of the Pacific 2014 (RIMPAC) – the world’s largest naval exercise. The soldiers, drawn from C Company – 5th Royal Australian Regiment, 8/12 Regt, RAA and
Ships and aircraft in the next Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise could be running on biofuels, and they won’t even need to know it, according to speakers at an Alternative Fuels Overview briefing for RIMPAC 2014 participants. The briefing drew over 40 officers and officials from seven nations –
The guided missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) returned to Naval Base San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, July 3. Deployed since Dec. 2, 2013, Howard’s crew of nearly 300 Sailors is completing a successful deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations wher
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to India for UGM-84L Harpoon missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $200 million on July 1, 2014. The G
Boeing recently helped expand the U.S. Navy’s maritime patrol capabilities with delivery of the 14th P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A, delivered on schedule, is now with its squadron at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Boeing will deliver seven more of the maritime patrol aircraft this year. “
