We bring you the image of the Royal UK Navy HMS Dragon’s Lynx helicopter firing infra red flares during an exercise over the Type 45 destroyer in 2013. As well as flying her own Lynx helicopter – of 815 Naval Air Squadron based in Yeovilton – Dragon has been flexing muscle as part of joint […
HMS Queen Elizabeth was floated out of the Babcock dock in Rosyth (UK). Designed and built by BAE Systems and assembled by Babcock Marine, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest, and most powerful, surface warship ever to join the Royal Navy and capable of carrying up to forty aircraft. The aircraft
UK Navy’s HMS Sutherland has emerged from the giant ship refit sheds at Plymouth Naval Base after the first stage of upgrading with cutting-edge equipment. The Plymouth-based and Scotland-affiliated Type 23 Frigate, known as the Fighting Clan, entered refit in HM Naval Base Devonport a year ago. “Th
UK MOD has awarded £3.2 billion of contracts to support the management of the UK’s naval bases. The contracts will also cover the maintenance and repair of the Royal Navy’s warships and submarines, directly sustaining more than 7,500 jobs across the UK. Babcock, which manages Her Majesty’s Naval Bas
US and UK Order Tomahawk Missiles from Raytheon Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $251,1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 231 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round missiles for the U.S. Navy (147 vertical launch systems and 64 capsule launch systems) and the United K
A&P Groups Tyne Facility has recently been awarded a £3 million project from BAE Systems for the fabrication of submarine sections. The scope of work will involve a number of complex structures, requiring the use of build jigs to maintain the accuracy during construction. The completed structures
The crew of the Russian Navy’s frigate “Tatarstan” of the Caspian flotilla proceeded to the development of new aids to navigation established in the course of modernization and scheduled maintenance in the Astrakhan region shipyard. At the Russian Defence Ministry reports, the ship entered a phase
Construction of HMS Prince of Wales, the second of two new aircraft carriers for the UK Royal Navy, has moved forward with the docking of two of the ship’s largest hull sections – Lower Block 02 and Lower Block 03. The movement of the blocks into the dock at Rosyth marks the beginning of […
Senior military officers from Colombia visited Portsmouth Naval Base to learn about the Royal UK Navy’s role in protecting UK interests worldwide. Thirty-two delegates from the Colombian War College toured the base and a Type 23 frigate as part of their studies into defence and security policy. Fo
Marine Helicopter Crashes in the Gulf of Aden A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) crashed at 2:00 p.m. (GMT), yesterday, at sea in the Gulf of Aden as it attempted to land aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). HMS Queen Elizabeth Unde
The Royal Netherlands Navy’s Ocean-going Patrol Vessel (OPV) HNLMS Friesland was given its integrated mast in Vlissingen recently. HNLMS Friesland is the fourth and final ship of the Holland class to have its integrated mast installed. The mast contains all of the ship’s sensors and communication
The Northern Coasts 2014 (NOCO14) exercise commenced in late August and is set to continue until September 11. In addition to Finnish Army and Air Force units, exercise assets include aircraft from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the United States. The Finnish Air Force has assigned a single Boeing
Admiralty Shipyards, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, launched the “Stary Oskol” of project 636.3, third in the series diesel-electric submarines being built for the Russian Navy. The ceremony was attended by Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, vice-president of JSC “Uni
After leaving her home port of Zeebrugge on Sunday 10 August, Belgian Navy warship BNS LEOPOLD I has arrived in the Gulf of Aden to commence counter-piracy operations with the EU Naval Force. This is the fourth time that this multi-purpose frigate, with 157 men and 13 women on board, has participa
