Operations
Australia deploying assets to Japan in support of North Korea sanctions
A frigate was expected to participate in the operation later this year.
HMS Queen Elizabeth departs for final phase of trials with UK F-35B fighter jets
The trials, known as Westlant, will take place off the US East Coast.
Australian sub home after five months of drills
Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Farncomb returned home after completing a deployment that saw her take part in several international maneuvers in the past five months. Farncomb returned to Fleet Base West at Rockingham, Western Australia last week after participating in exercises Bersama Shield
NATO group wraps up deployment’s first drills in US waters
Maritime Express will also see cooperation between military vessels and the commercial shipping community.
US Marines test JLTVs aboard USS Kearsarge
Three different configurations of the Humvee successor were tested.
Raytheon gets $349m to complete first phase of anti-ship Tomahawk development
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a $349 million contract to complete the first phase of work on the Maritime Strike Tomahawk program. The project is being undertaken to allow the US Navy to field an anti-ship variant of the Block IV Tactical Tomahawk. The project started in 2016
Royal Navy frigate deploys for major anti-submarine warfare drill off Canada
After the drill, the frigate will join HMS Queen Elizabeth on her F-35B trials.
Missile-fielding Expeditionary Warfare USV debuts at US Navy ANTX event
The Expeditionary Warfare USV, an unmanned surface vessel armed with a Longbow Hellfire missile system and a .50 gun mounted on a remote weapon station, showed off its capabilities at the 2019 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The unique weaponized USV is capable of per
US Navy clears Knifefish UUV for low-rate production
The mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle has reached Milestone C.
Future USNS Puerto Rico aces acceptance trials
The US Navy’s eleventh expeditionary fast transport vessel has completed both builder’s and acceptance trials in a single underway, becoming the first ship in its class to do so. The future USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11) carried out the combined trials in the Gulf of Mexico, enabling reduced costs and a
US Coast Guard holds rare dual-commissioning ceremony for Legend-class cutters
The US Coast Guard welcomed its two newest national security cutters rare dual-commissioning ceremony at Base Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday. The Coast Guard cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and Coast Guard cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) are the seventh and eighth legend-class national security cutters in the Co
Royal Navy destroyer heading to Hormuz instead of Asia-Pacific
After deploying from Portsmouth for operations in the Asia Pacific earlier this month, Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender has now been ordered to Persian Gulf where it would aid in the protection of shipping in the Middle East. Following a series of attacks on tankers in the region and Iran’s
GDEB lays keel for US Navy’s 24th Virginia-class submarine
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) held a keel-laying ceremony for future USS Iowa (SSN 797), the 24th unit in the US Navy’s Virginia-class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. Iowa is also the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. The last ship to bear the name was the lead ship of Iowa-class b
Submarine HMAS Sheean returns from five-month deployment
Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Sheean returned to her Garden Island homeport earlier this month, completing a five-month deployment. Sheean departed Fleet Base West in early April and has operated in Asia Pacific. During her time underway, the submarine visited Singapore, Subic Bay and Darwin.