The lack of a final budget for the military could undermine the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the chief of naval operations said Wednesday… (onlinesentinental) [mappress] Source: onlinesentinental, February 24, 2011;
Russia will spend $600 billion in a massive new military procurement drive through 2020, equipping its forces with eight nuclear submarines… (thejakartaglobe) [mappress] Source: thejakartaglobe, February 24, 2011;
BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario is pleased to announce the start of its work on a design for the Canadian Forces’ (CF) new Joint Support Ship (JSS). This new task, awarded under a long running contract supporting the JSS Project Management Office (PMO), represents a major step towards new c
An Australian report released on Tuesday found that a “predatory” sex culture existed among Australian sailors on the naval supply ship HMAS… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247, February 22, 2011;
It is almost totally silent, radiates virtually no heat and is constructed entirely from non-magnetic metals… (cnn) [mappress] Source: cnn, February 22, 2011
“Vitse-admiral Kulakov” returned to its homebase in Severomorsk in December last year, after 20 years of repairs, GTRK Murman reports. The v… By Trude Pettersen (Barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: Barentsobserver, February 20, 2011;
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort George sails from Plymouth on the Tuesday (22 February) for her final voyage before her planned retirement from service after distinguished worldwide service. Fort George entered HM Naval Base for the final time earlier this month and has since off-loaded the rem
A Tacoma shipyard this week began cutting steel for the first of two Navy tugboats that it will build over the next 18 months… (thenewstribune) [mappress] Source: thenewstribune, February 18, 2011;
Lockheed has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services in support of the US Navy’s AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 undersea warfare system. The $13.4m contract is a modification to a previously awarded contract by the US Navy for work on the warfare system. The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is a surface ship combat
