The UK’s largest crane, which will be used to help assemble the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, passed under the Forth bridges last week on its way to Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard in Fife. The crane, which has been christened ‘Goliath’, arrived after a sea voyage from Shanghai
The Philippine navy has said it had bought a large Hamilton-class patrol craft from the United States to help it guard its waters, amid tens… (news.yahoo) [mappress] Source: news.yahoo,March 7, 2011;
At Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen, on February 2, the second Multi-Mission Frigate under construction for the Royal Moroccan Navy, was rolled out of the assembly hall. The 98 metre long ship has been constructed entirely on land at the DSNS yard at Vlissingen-East and is now ready, o
U.S. electronics giant Raytheon has won a $50 million contract to supply the U.S. Navy with multi-spectral targeting systems… (spacewar) [mappress] Source: spacewar,March 4, 2011;
Kongsberg has completed the world’s longest multi-sensor AUV pipeline survey using one of its cutting-edge HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). The pipeline inspection took place February 9th – 11th 2011, in the Hjelte fjord near Bergen, Norway and the HUGIN 1000 was operated from the Ro
2011 looks to become a busy year for the Zvezdochka shipyard outside Arkhangelsk as the Russian Navy has ordered maintenance of nearly 300 v… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver,March 4, 2011;
The Finnish Navy’s first anti-mine vessel is nearing completion at a shipyard in Italy… (hs) [mappress] Source: hs,March 3, 2011;
The U.S. Navy will name an American warship after deceased U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), despite protests from the public, which complained… By R. Cort Kirkwood (thenewamerican) [mappress] Source: thenewamerican,March 3, 2011
On Tuesday, China formally started the manufacturing of two state-of-the-art fast attack missile crafts for the Pakistan Navy. This aircraft are an addition to a couple of naval frigates which are being built for the strategic partner. The ceremony of the Fast Attack Craft FAC(M) of Pakistan Navy wa
THE two largest ships to be commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy will be partly constructed in Williamstown, the Defence Department has… (vhereilive) [mappress] Source: vhereilive, March 1, 2011;
Tweed Roosevelt, the great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, was one of the speakers Monday at the official ceremony commemorating t… (wavy) [mappress] Source: Wavy, March 1, 2011;
BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced that Jersey Coastguard will be the first place in the world to use version 4 of its internationally recognised Search and Rescue Information System (SARIS)
British Royal Navy has formally decommissioned its Type 42 destroyer HMS Manchester from service last week… (brahmand) [mappress] Source: brahmand, February 28, 2011;
Northrop Grumman Corporation cut one of the first pieces of steel for the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford class, CVN 79, during a ceremony at the company’s Shipbuilding sector in Newport News. Rear Adm. Michael McMahon, program executive office for Aircraft Carriers, said CVN 79 will soon have a n
