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Royal Navy destroyer, submarine meet up for Mediterranean security ops
Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond recently joined a Royal Navy submarine and a range of fighter jets and aircraft for two weeks of training in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The destroyer made extensive use of the facilities and equipment at Britain’s bases in Cyprus for the evolutions. The v
Royal Moroccan Navy receives new hydrographic vessel ‘Dar Al Beida’
The Royal Moroccan Navy has received a new hydrographic and multi-mission vessel from French shipbuilder PIRIOU. The 72-meter long RMNS Dar Al Beida is based on Kership’s B2M multi-mission ships currently under construction for the French Navy and was delivered to Morocco in a ceremony on October 26
Australian tanker HMAS Success undergoes final refit
Royal Australian Navy tanker HMAS Success has completed her final external maintenance period (EMP) before she retires sometime next year. The tanker underwent the procedure alongside Fleet Base East following her South East Asia, Indo Pacific Endeavour 18 deployment and participation in exercise RI
Kearsarge amphibious group ships complete final pre-deployment exercise
Ships from US Navy’s Kearsarge amphibious ready group (ARG) have wrapped up the three-week composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). The ARG’s COMPTUEX focused on simultaneous missions and enhanced realism to test the capabilities of the Kearsarge ARG and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group ships start first tactical drills
US Navy cruisers and destroyers assigned to the carrier strike group assembled around aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and other Norfolk-based units got underway from Naval Station Norfolk for the surface warfare advanced tactical training (SWATT) exercise on November 2. SWATT is the Su
Australian minehunters make record trip north to join Korean mine warfare drill
Royal Australian Navy minehunters HMAS Gascoyne and HMAS Huon achieved two firsts for their class of ships recently as they joined a Republic of Korea Navy hosted mine warfare exercise. While Gascoyne and Huon became the first units of their type to visit Korea, their trip was also the furthest nort
US Navy releases video of EP-3, Russian SU-27 standoff over Black Sea
A Russian SU-27 jet performed an unsafe interception of a US Navy EP-3 aircraft over the Black Sea on November 5. The US Navy said the conduct of the SU-27 was dangerous as it performed a high speed pass directly in front of the mission aircraft. The intercepting SU-27 made an additional pass, closi
Australian, US Navy test Cooperative Engagement Capability off Hawaii
The navies of Australia and the US integrated their sensor information and real-time combat system data to jointly put the Cooperative Engagement Capability system for the first time ever during testing off Hawaii. As revealed by the Australian defense minister, Australia’s first air-warfare destroy
US destroyer Jason Dunham completes voyage repair in Bahrain
Guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) recently made a stop in Manama, Bahrain, for a mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR). According to the US Navy, the destroyer got underway on Oct. 31, after an eight-day port visit. Jason Dunham, which has been deployed since June 2 out of Norfolk, V
Bangladesh, US Navy kick off 24th CARAT exercise
The US and Bangladesh Navy kicked off the 24th iteration of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Chittagong, Bangladesh, November 4. Sailors and marines across five ships including a guided missile frigate and patrol craft from the Bangladesh Navy, and a maritime patrol airc
US Navy concludes Southern Partnership Station 2018
US Navy’s Commander Task Force (CTF) 48 has completed this year’s iteration of the Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2018 deployment to Central and South America. SPS is an annual series of US Navy deployments focused on subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) with regional partner nation militaries
German procurement office contracts Leonardo for K130 corvette Super Rapid deliveries
Germany’s defense procurement agency BAAINBw has awarded Italian defense technology company Leonardo a contract to provide seven OTO 76/62 Super Rapid gun systems for the navy’s five new K130 corvettes. Leonardo says the contract also includes training and spare parts supply. The company also delive
Power outage hits HMCS Toronto days after fire breaks out aboard sister ship
Halifax-class frigate HMCS Toronto experienced a power outage off the coast of the United Kingdom on Monday, the Royal Canadian Navy has confirmed. The frigate spent several hours adrift before the ship’s technicians were able to restore power, the navy said. The vessel returned to Belfast, Northern
Indian Navy orders four survey vessels
The Indian defense ministry has awarded Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited a contract to design, construct and supply four survey vessels for the Indian Navy. A request for proposals was issued to GRSE, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Cochin Shipyard L