New Zealand’s Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee launched the Defence White Paper 2016 on June 8, announcing a 15-year modernisation plan worth nearly $20 billion. While the paper announces that several Navy assets would be replaced or enhanced, it does not provide details on the options considered or
Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong recently intercepted what the navy believes are two Vietnamese fishing vessels. Two foreign fishing vessels were apprehended on June 2, in waters off north Queensland for suspected illegal fishing in Australian waters. Maritime Border Command within
U.S. Coast Guard units are taking part in Phase I of the international exercise Tradewinds 2016 June 4 through June 14, 2016 in St. George’s, Grenada. Exercise Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-led, three-phased, combined and joint exercise that supports the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative,
Photos from this year’s Peregrine Trophy awards, once again, provided an amazing insight into Royal Navy life and operations from around the world. Each year the best images are showcased at the prestigious annual Peregrine Trophy awards – which this year is being held on board HMS Bulwark in London
The project manager for German Navy’s K 130-class corvettes on June 3 authorized the use of the RBS-15 Mk3 long-range fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface, anti-ship missile against land targets. This means that the Navy now has a weapon system which, for the first time, allows it t
Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth today departed HMAS Stirling naval base at Rockingham, Western Australia for her first operational deployment to the Middle East region for Operation Manitou. Perth’s departure is the first operational deployment for an Anzac Class frigate with th
Future USNS Carson City (EPF 7), the U.S. Navy’s next expeditionary fast transport ship successfully completed acceptance trials during an underway period in the Gulf of Mexico in late May. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) boarded Carson City for acceptance trials to examine and ev
Spanish Navy F100 frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F-101) has returned to Ferrol, Spain after a five-month deployment as flagship of the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG-1). During the 143-day deployment with more than 22,000 miles sailed in Northern Europe, Alvaro de Bazan interacted with many region
Ships and aircraft from 17 countries are taking part in Baltic Sea naval drills as part of exercise BALTOPS which started on Friday, June 3 and runs until June 20. A total of 49 ships, 61 aircraft, one submarine, and a combined amphibious landing force of 700 U.S. Finnish and Swedish troops will par
Royal Canadian Navy’s Victoria-class submarine HMCS Windsor returned to its homeport in Halifax, Canada after experiencing mechanical issues June 3. The submarine had been underway for a week, training off Canada’s eastern seaboard. The problem was caused by a supercharger which broke on one of the
Israeli naval boats opened heavy machine fire at Palestinian fishermen’s boats on June 5 causing financial damages to at least one boat, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The attacked boats were sailing within the 6-nautical miles allowed fishing zone offshore al-Sudaniya area to the no
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $365,85 million contract for the production of Aegis Weapon System AN/SPY-1D(V) Radar Transmitter Group, Missile Fire Control System MK 99 equipment, and associated engineering services. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulati
The U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group attached to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman conducted combat sorties from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea June 3, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve over Syria and Iraq. The Carrier Strike Group transited the Suez Canal June 2 and fle
Atlas Elektronik and Magellan Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of rocket motor and warhead sections of the SeaSpider Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT). Once completed, the SeaSpider will provide ATT capability for hard-kill defence against all torpedoes
