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Indian Navy gets new, P8I-ready air base
The Indian Navy opened a new air base at Santa Cruz, Mumbai on Wednesday. The newly inaugurated Naval Air Enclave Santa Cruz has a big hangar and a large dispersal providing the Indian Navy with the capability to accomodate all types of fixed wing aircraft including the Boeing P8I long range maritim
BAE Systems gets $14.3M for USS William P. Lawrence repairs
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Hawaii a $14.3 modification to a previously awarded contract to carry out a scheduled selected repair availability (SRA) on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile cruiser USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110). A scheduled SRA is an opportunity in the ship’s life cyc
First Chilean P-3 begins modernization
The Chilean Navy announced that the first of its two P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft departed the Concon Air Base to begin its modernization overhaul in Canada. The Orions will be overhauled by Canada’s IMP under a contract signed in October 2016. Under the structural mid-life upgrade modificatio
US Navy lays keel for final Zumwalt-class destroyer
USS Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and final U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class destroyer, had its keel laid in Bath, Maine, on January 30. The keel laying and authentication ceremony was held at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard. The keel was authenticated by former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dau
HMS Albion welcomes crew for first time in six years
A mothballed Royal Navy ship has officially reawakened when she embarked her crew for the first time since 2011. By doing so, amphibious command ship HMS Albion marked a major milestone in the ship’s multi-million pound capability upgrade in Plymouth. Abion was mothballed in 2011, just eight years a
Russian Kilo-class submarine rejoins navy after 14 years of repairs
After spending 14 years in the shipyard for repairs and modernization, Russian Navy’s Project 877 B-187 diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur rejoined the Russian Pacific Fleet on January 27. The upgraded Kilo-class submarine returned from its builder’s sea trials in December 2016, and has no
HII starts fabrication of new US Navy destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)
After the first 100 tons of steel have been cut, fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) officially started on Wednesday, shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division will be in charge of const
US, UK sign P-8A logistics agreement
U.S. and UK defense representatives signed an agreement on closer P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft cooperation on January 25. The declaration, signed between UK’s Minister for Defense Procurement Harriett Baldwin and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, will see the two countries sharing logistic
HMAS Anzac gets underway for readiness tests
The lead ship of Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates departed Fleet Base East in Sydney for the first time in 2017 to begin her deployment work ups. HMAS Anzac sailed out in formation with HMA Ships Melbourne and Parramatta. Coming out of a maintenance period, Anzac headed for the East Aust
Russia to modernize Udaloy-class ASW destroyers
The Russian Navy plans to modernize five Udaloy-class anti-submarine warfare destroyers by 2022, a Russian Navy spokesman told reporters. Ships from the Northern and Pacific Fleets will undergo modernization of life support systems and radio-electronic weapons systems at shipyards in the north and f
BAE Systems gets $ 51M for USS Roosevelt maintenance
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has contracted BAE Systems Southeast Shipyard Mayport to carry out depot maintenance period availability on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Rosevelt (DDG 80). This type of maintenance is a long-term availability and was competed on a coast-wide (East and Gulf
US Navy introduces new flame resistant coveralls
U.S. Navy sailors will be receiving new flame resistant uniforms as the U.S. Fleet Forces commander announced on January 19 that an improved variant of the flame resistant coverall was approved for use. The approval came after a review of the results from recently completed afloat wear tests conduct
Second Thai Navy OPV to feature Servowatch platform management system
Thailand’s Bangkok Dock selected British Servowatch to deliver their integrated platform management system (IPMS) for the second River-class design patrol boat currently under construction for the Royal Thai Navy. The yet unnamed second Krabi-class offshore patrol vessel is being built in Thailand u
Malta contracts Fincantieri for offshore patrol vessel upgrades
The Armed Forces of Malta awarded the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri a contract for upgrade works on their offshore patrol vessel P61. The P61 was built by Fincantieri ten years ago based on the design of Italian Coast Guard’s Diciotti-class patrol boat. The contract was signed by Brigadier Jeffrey