Australia’s Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare have announced that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will lease the subsea operations vessel Windermere from Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, to reinforce the RAN’s amphibious capability dur
The Bulgarian Navy has formally received the first out of a total of three Panther helicopters in a highly troubled supply deal that Bulgarian Defense Ministry made with Eurocopter. The first “Panther” was welcomed at a ceremony at the naval helicopter base “Chayka” near the Black Sea city of Varna
Marine Rescue Iluka Yamba NSW conducted the commissioning ceremony for their new Steber 38 rescue vessel on the 9 September. The vessel IY30 was proudly commissioned in the presence of volunteers and general public. Chris Elford of Steber International was present during the ceremony. Kay Cottee AO
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
Steber International have been awarded a contract to supply 5 x 43’ General Purpose Navy Support Vessels. Negotiations have been intense extending over the past 12 months. This project will represent over 30,000 man hours in Regional & Rural NSW. Construction will commence immediately, with the fift
Navantia, the Spanish shipbuilder undertaking the construction of Australia’s new Air-Warfare Destroyers (AWD) and two amphibious ships (LHD), will now build 12 new landing craft to compliment the new Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious ships, following a decision by the Federal
On 7 October EU NAVFOR warship FGS KOELN successfully disrupted a suspect Pirate Action Group’s (PAG) supply boat, a whaler, operating in the Somali Basin about 200 nautical miles East of Tanzania. The whaler had been located previously by a Norwegian Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPR
Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a not to exceed $31,435,144 firm-fixed-price contract for approximately 105 airborne subsystems, parallel and serial umbilicals, and ballast, ground subsystems: transport ground subsystem with live monitor, control display units,
The 7th meeting of the Training Awareness and De-confliction (TRADE) group took place on 4 October at the Operational Headquarters of EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA in Northwood. “TRADE is a very useful tool to co-ordinate and de-conflict training by different stakeholders”, said Rear Admiral Christia
The Royal Australian Navy turned on some real heat away from everyday business for a group of WA senior managers and employers during a familiarisation visit to HMAS Stirling. The group of 18 business people swapped their corporate attire for Navy overalls and boots to see how crews manage hazards a
On the pristine shores of a remote beach in East Timor lies a unique piece of Australian naval history that has been revisited – and remembered. A contingent of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) personnel that are integrated within the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force (ISF) recently visite
System upgrades provided by Northrop Grumman Corporation into the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Perth helped optimize the performance of the ship’s Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system during recent sea trials conducted by the Royal Australian Navy. Northrop Grumman supplied equipment containing a m
Cyprus is preparing legislation that will allow armed guards to board merchant ships to protect the crew, vessel and cargo from pirate attacks. Details of the new law will be discussed at the “Maritime Cyprus 2011” conference in Limassol that started on Monday where some 700 delegates also debated o
The Navy’s youngest and only female patrol boat Commanding Officer is in the running for the 2011 Telstra Northern Territory Business Women’s Awards. LEUT Kylie Beumer (Assail Four) is among seven finalists for both the White Pages Community & Government Award and Marie Claire Young Business Women’s
