GE Marine reports that the United States Navy has ordered an additional 16 Digital Fuel Control (DFC) kits for LM2500 marine aeroderivative gas turbines. The DFC kits provide for lower maintenance costs, increased reliability and better system response. The 16 LM2500 to be retrofitted power the U.S.
Russian defense ministry ordered a new tracked combat vehicle to be designed specially for the Navy but not refitted from army hardware. According to Izvestiya, new self-propelled vehicle will be capable to move both on land and at sea staying afloat even in strong sea disturbance. The new naval com
Austal’s US shipyard has celebrated the official start of fabrication for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 3), one of seven Austal-designed 103 metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) under contract with the US Department of Defense. “The race is on,” said Austal USA President and Chief
Turkmenian president Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov visited one of national naval bases on Oct 9 to see two new missile boats recently arrived from Russia. The boats were built by Sredne-Nevsky shipyard under Russian-Turkmenian military cooperation program. The presidential visit was shown on national TV
The U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman Corporation X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone Sept. 30 when it retracted its landing gear and flew in its cruise configuration for the first time. The flight, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, also helped validate pre
A new fiber-optic inertial navigation system/global positioning system (INS/GPS) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH, has been selected by Cessna Aircraft Company for the new Citation Ten business jet. An improved version of the co
US Navy’s Aegis-carrying ships will be stationed in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain under US plan of missile defense deployment in Europe, said American officials on Oct 5. According to their statements, that decision was made by the US Administration and agreed with Spanish government, reports ITAR
Procuracy addressed a notification to JSC Rybnoye, shipowner of seiner Donets collided with nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets in Avachinskaya Bay, reports RIA Novosti referring to a representative of Far East Transport Procuracy. The incident occurred in
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SS/SW) Rick D. West conducted an all-hands call with Sailors in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct. 5, to discuss prominent topics including Perform-to-serve, new uniforms and the future of Individual Augumentee (IA) assignments. With the Navy’s retention r
Sailors assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) participated in a community-relations (COMREL) event at the Regional Institute for Active Learning (RIA), during a port visit to Bahrain, Sept. 29. Nine crew members assisted students with math and English and also read books and made ball
More than £2m of heroin and two bomb makers have been snared thanks to the latest busts by the Navy’s ‘eyes in the sky’ over Afghanistan. Ground troops intercepted drug runners trying to smuggle 2,200lb of heroin – with a street value in the UK in excess of £2m – after being guided by […]
Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Oct. 5, after a scheduled six-month deployment. “Bremerton completed a very successful deployment operating in both the U.S. 5th and U.S. 7th Fleets and accomplished numerous missions vital to national sec
The Marine Corps will deploy the Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned K-MAX®to Afghanistan next month. The decision follows the successful completion of a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment for the U.S. Navy’s Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. A formal report, released last week by Comman
On Oct 3 Norwegian Coast Guard published photos showing Russian trawler Sapfir-2 dropped fish overboard; that was the ground for the ship’s arrest, reports Norwegian TV-2 channel. On Sept 28 Norwegian Coast Guard detained Russian trawler Sapfir-2 (registered in port Murmansk, operated by Arkhangelsk
