The Russian Navy plans to expand its Black Sea Fleet with at least one Admiral Grigorovich-class patrol vessel this year. The second warship of this project, Admiral Essen, should soon be launched from the Yantar shipbuilding plant in Kaliningrad. The shipyard expects to build six vessels of the sam
HMS Duncan, the Royal Navy’s newest warship, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for her maiden deployment. The Type 45 destroyer will spend nine months working with allies in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf to protect allied and merchant shipping and wider British interests in the region. HMS
The Arleigh-burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) conducted an underway engagement with the French Navy frigate La Fayette (F 710) Feb. 26, 2015. The engagement aimed to foster improved interoperability between the participating nations, while at the same time enhancing marit
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) arrived in Rota, Spain, for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 28. Cole’s presence in Spain reaffirms to NATO allies that the U.S. Navy shares a commitment to strengthen ties while working toward mutual goals of promoting peace and stabili
SEA, a Cohort plc company, has been awarded a 5 year contract, worth £1.4m to support core elements of the UK Royal Navy’s weapons systems. Under the contract its subsidiary, J+S, will continue to support the Magazine Torpedo Launch System (MTLS), the SeaGnat decoy launcher and a range of Air Weapon
L-3 SAM Electronics has been awarded a contract to retrofit state-of-the-art propulsion control and automation systems aboard the Taiwanese Navy’s Ta Kuan hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel. The 93-metre-long vessel, built by Fincantieri at its shipyard in Muggiano, La Spezia, Italy in 1
Royal Navy HMS Protector’s crew recently helped the South Georgia Government by carrying out a beach clean up and glacier survey. But over the years debris from several shipwrecks has been washed up on the island’s beaches, located 700 miles east of the Falklands. A group from the Ice Patrol Vessel
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) was awarded a contract to deliver Tactical Dived Navigation Systems (TDNS) for the Royal Swedish Navy A19 Götland-class submarines’ upgrade program. OSI’s TDNS is designed specifically for subsurface platforms. TDNS features a bespoke hardware design and the full operation
Russian Navy’s frigate Yaroslav Mudry returned to Baltiysk naval base on Saturday, February 21. After leaving its home of Baltiysk on August 9, 2014, the vessel was part of the Russian Navy’s Mediterranean Sea task force, patrolling shipping lanes in the Horn of Africa and maintaining security of Ru
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) participated in a bilateral underway engagement, PASSEX, with ships from the Turkish Navy in the Black Sea, Feb. 21, 2015. Cmdr. James Quaresimo, USS Cole (DDG 67) commanding officer, said: This is the fourth exercise we’ve been able
The Commander of Joint Force Command Naples, Admiral Mark Ferguson visited NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) met with the Commander MARCOM, Vice Admiral Peter Hudson on February 16. This was Admiral Ferguson’s first visit to MARCOM since assuming command of JFC Naples in July 2014. In additon to
Defence and security company Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for continued development of the New Lightweight Torpedo plus maintenance agreements for underwater weapon systems and the Hydra sonar system. The total order value amounts to approximately S
Flight deck teams at Culdrose are training 70 sailors to ensure F-35 jets, and Merlin, Chinook, Apache and Wildcat helicopters are safely marshalled around the Navy’s two new carriers. Fourteen working Harrier jump jets – their engines limited so they don’t take off – give aircraft handlers the expe
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) entered U.S. 6th Fleet’s area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe Feb. 17, 2015. While on deployment, Laboon will interact with allied and partner nations, highlighting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Af
