The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future Zumwalt-class Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) was held at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard, May 23. The keel authenticators were George and Sally Monsoor, parents of the ship’s namesake Medal of Honor recipient Petty Of
Leading Seaman Marine Technician Nathan Cook is one of the commissioning crew for NUSHIP Canberra and is now undertaking Introduction into Service (IIS) Training at the new BAE Systems – Maritime Contractor Temporary Training Facility at Mascot, Sydney. The former warehouse has been converted to a s
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the PAUL CLARK, the sixth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger executive vice president of new construction, Chris Bollinger, “We are very pleased to announce another successful on-time and on-budg
Thales UK has marked one year of successful operations for the Fully Integrated Communications System (FICS) onboard the Type 45 Destroyer, the Royal Navy’s most advanced class of surface ship. First of class HMS Daring was deployed operationally to the Arabian Gulf in 2012, followed by the operatio
HMS Portland, the Plymouth based frigate has conducted a successful home town visit to Portland and Weymouth between 17 – 20 May 13. The ship’s crew were hosted by the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Margaret Leicester, at a civic reception after exercising the ship’s crew’s right to parade through
The Department of Defence released a Request For Tender to CEA Technologies for the development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator. CEA Technologies Pty Ltd is a Canberra-based company whose world leading technology CEAFAR radar is being fitted to the ANZAC Class Frigates of the
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) solution provider, E-CO, is working with BAE systems to improve the operating capacity of HVAC systems on British Royal Navy warships. E-CO UK was commissioned by BAE Systems to improve air treatment units on 14 Type 23 British Royal Navy frigates. Th
Indian Naval Aviation received a major fillip with the arrival of the first of eight Boeing P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti Submarine Warfare aircraft at Naval Air Station Rajali, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu on 15 May. Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM, Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command
On Wednesday 01 May 2013, HMAS Newcastle entered the Magnetic Treatment Facility at Fleet Base West in order to undertake deperming. The Magnetic Treatment Facility provides the capability to reduce, alter and stabilise the permanent magnetism in steel hulled vessels – limiting the issue of magentic
Australian Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly AM MP announced on May 7 the release of the Group Maintenance Contract Request for Tender for the Australian Navy’s Adelaide Class frigate (FFG) fleet. “This is the second of the grouped-asset, long-term, performance-based contracts for the repa
Russian Navy to Receive Newest Baltic Fleet Warship Russia’s newest Baltic Fleet warship, the Project 20380 Boiky corvette, will be handed over to the Navy on May 16, St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Verf shipyard said on Monday. The Boiky has completed sea trials and undergone a series of final tests at
Since 1942, the Military Ocean Terminal Concord — or MOTCO — has been a vital ammunition distribution center in support of the deploying forces during the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars. But this facility in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area has not been able to efficiently carry out its mission for
Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), spoke to midshipmen from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit, May 1st. Midshipmen from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University listened as McCoy offered career and leadershi
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair located on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Va. has received a $48.6 million contract for the USS Laboon fiscal 2013 extended drydocking selected restricted availability. BAE Systems is going to be in charge of the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alt
