Operations
Three British Type 23 frigates shadow Russian warships near UK
Three Royal Navy warships have been on a concerted operation shadowing a Russian Navy task force in waters close to the UK.
US Navy prevents Iranian Navy’s ship from capturing its USV
The US Navy prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) operated by the US 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf.
US Navy’s cruisers transit Taiwan Strait
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on 28 August.
USS Fitzgerald returns to homeport after seven-month deployment
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returned to Naval Base San Diego on 23 August after a seven-month deployment to US 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets. Fitzgerald departed San Diego on 3 January as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and served as the
UK Royal Navy warship shadows Russian tanker through the Channel
UK Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey has tracked the movements of the Russian Navy’s tanker Akademik Pashin through the Channel towards the North Atlantic. Following HMS Portland’s recent tracking of two Russian submarines in the UK’s area of interest, the Portsmouth-based patrol ship was called upon to
Brazil takes over CMF’s anti-piracy mission in Middle East
Pakistan has turned over command of a multinational naval task force of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) to Brazil during a ceremony at the US Navy base in Bahrain on 18 August.
UK’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departs on a three-year mission
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departed Portsmouth on 15 August to begin its three-year mission in the Middle East.
Pacific Dragon 22: USS Fitzgerald launches SM-3 Block IA
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) has launched a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IA as part of Pacific Dragon 22 (PD22), a biennial exercise in the Hawaiian Islands operating area.
UK MCA to use Schiebel’s Campcopter UAS for SAR ops
Provider of vertical flight solutions Bristow has been awarded a 10-year contract by the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to deliver the Second-Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) program which includes the deployment of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned air system (UAS).
British warship on the hunt for mines with NATO ships
Royal Navy’s Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Hurworth has joined NATO ships to support NATO on minehunting operations around Europe.
US Navy tests Snakehead LDUUV for autonomous ops
A US Navy team led by NUWC Division Newport staff demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility on 21 July.
UK’s warship visits Palau first time in nearly a century
Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar became the first British warship to visit Palau, the fourth smallest country on the planet, in nearly 100 years.
US Navy’s Tico cruiser USS Leyte Gulf underway for deployment
The US Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk for deployment on 8 August.
Metal Shark building new patrol vessel for Guyana Defense Force
Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark has revealed it is building a welded-aluminum monohull patrol vessel 115 Defiant for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF).