Divers from the Trident Refit Facility traveled from their home in Kings Bay Ga., to Newport, Ky. to give area residents on Sept. 1 a small taste of what Navy divers do -swim with sharks. The divers were in town for Cincinnati Navy Week 2011 and dove for six shows a day in the […]
The guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) departed Acajutla, El Salvador Sept. 3 after three days of community interaction and tours as part of Southern Seas 2011. Thach Sailors participated in a community relations (COMREL) project, El Salvador’s independence celebration opening ceremony, a soc
Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has been selected by SELEX Galileo to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab’s new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter aircraft. The contract, which runs from 2010 to 2014, is valued at $15 million, and has an estima
Navy’s new anti-ship missile defence radar system has been released for initial operational use after achieving outstanding results from the trial of the system off the coast of Australia and Hawaii. The new multi-phased array radar system has been installed on the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth. Th
Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge, Commander Submarine Group Two welcomed the crew of the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) who travelled more than 7,000 miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to begin their extended maintenance overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Sept. 2. Breckenridge and th
Russian defense ministry and JSC Russian Helicopters signed a delivery contract for over 100 Ka-52 helicopters, reports RIA Novosti referring to Andrei Reus, Director General of Oboronprom corporation. According to the contract, over 100 helicopters Ka-52 will be delivered to defense ministry till 2
United Shipbuilding Corporation ( USC ) and Russian Defense Ministry have 9 large contracts to sign under State Defense Order 2011, reported RIA Novosti on Sept 1 referring to the company’s official representative. Aug 31 was a deadline set by Prime Minister Putin to tie contracts between defense mi
Norfolk-based Sailors returned home Sept. 2 after preparing to provide humanitarian assistance in areas that were devastated by the effects of Hurricane Irene. Once Navy commanders saw Irene’s potential path, they immediately set plans to provide direct support to civil authorities (DSCA) if request
Submarine-launched ballistic missile system ( SLBM ) Bulava would be possibly commissioned in 2012, said Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov at the press conference held on Sept 1. It was previously reported that Bulava would be put in service along with its platform – SSBN Yury Dolgoruky – i
The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 1 for a seven-month independent deployment to the Western Pacific and US 5th Fleet area of operations. With a crew of approximately 300 Sailors and commanded by Cmdr. Joseph Carrigan, Russell will conduct
Warm, sunny weather was the order of the day for Fremantle Celebrate Maritime Day 2011 on 27 August. Sailors from HMAS Stirling (CAPT Brett Wolski), supported by Defence Force Recruiting Perth and Australian Naval Cadet units, created a Navy-themed maritime exhibition at Fremantle Port. HMAS Newcast
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is scheduled to arrive in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 2, after completing a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment to nine countries in the Caribbean Basin and Central and South America. Comfort is completing Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11)
Looking more like one of Her Majesty’s Ships by the day – and less like an oil rig support vessel – is new Antarctic survey vessel HMS Protector, which has spent the summer being readied for her inaugural deployment. The Portsmouth-based ship now boasts miniguns (Gatling guns) and General Purpose Ma
The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Spruance (DDG 111), sailed away from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine Sept. 1 on its maiden voyage to her commissioning site in Key West, Fla. before heading to her eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. This mileston
