For the first time while forward-deployed, amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conducted landing operations with the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, Feb. 19. The MV-22 Osprey is designed as the medium-lift replacement for the Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight assault support helicopt
SeeByte, creator of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, and OceanServer Technology, a leading provider of unique product solutions in the fields of sensor technologies and robotics, announced the compatibility of the OceanServer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Iver2, with SeeByte’s See
While halfway through her eight-month deployment to the Middle East HMS Northumberland arrived in Bahrain for her first port visit to the kingdom. As part of her role supporting the Combined Task Force 152 along with partner navies, the Type-23 frigate has been conducting maritime security patrols t
Commander Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 Commodore Muhammad Hisham has crossed decked from USS Farragut to HMAS Toowoomba to personally welcome the crew to the counter-piracy task force. The crossdecking was conducted to bolster the already-high level of cooperation between the nations involved in th
Russia sent four large assault ships of the Black Sea Fleet for possible evacuation of Russian citizens from Syria, as reported by RIA Novosty on February 18th… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, February 20, 2013; Image: eucom
Huntington Ingalls Inc. (HII) has scored a USD 32 million modification to existing delivery order no. 4T14 under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for collision damage repairs to the USS Montpelier. HII will provide expert inspection, repair and material support services for this effort.
On 19 February, HNLMS De Ruyter, has stopped the activities of a group of suspected pirates approximately 120 nautical miles east of Eyl off the coast of Somalia. Nine suspected pirates were apprehended and taken on board of the De Ruyter. The Dutch frigate that is deployed with the European Union N
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced that its contract to provide Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) AUVs to the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has moved directly from the Engi
U.S. Marine F/A-18D Hornets trained alongside Royal Thai Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-5 Tiger II and L-39 Albatross aircraft in the vicinity of Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 19. The U.S. Marine F/A-18Ds from the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, 1st Marine Aircraft
British mine warfare experts are sharing their expertise with their American colleagues in the Gulf as the US Navy follows the Royal Navy’s lead by introducing its own mini submarine – Seafox. The Americans have followed the RN’s progress with Seafox – a small unmanned underwater vehicle which is co
Underway again Feb. 15, after eight months in port, Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) are supporting conservation efforts and the preservation of the environment by revitalizing the ship’s environmental stewardship organization known as the Green Machine. “The Green Machin
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll sailed from Plymouth on Monday, on its latest deployment, conducting operations across the Atlantic. Families and friends bid farewell in Devonport dockyard, on Devil’s Point and the Hoe with the traditional flags and good luck banners to wave off their loved ones o
On 12 February 2013, during a port visit by the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia – Operation Atalanta flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez to Port Victoria in the Seychelles, the EUNAVFOR Force Commander, Rear Admiral Pedro García de Paredes, met the Chief of Defence of the Seychelles People’s Defence Force
The nation’s flagship HMS Bulwark yesterday began five weeks of intensive training which will test every nut and bolt of the 18,000-tonne assault ship – and the 350 men and women aboard her. A team of 100 expert Royal Navy inspectors and assessors are joining the ship in Devonport to make sure Bulwa
