Following an extensive refit, HMS Portland has become the final Royal Navy Type 23 frigate to be fitted with Thales UK’s Sonar 2087, a towed array sonar system that enables warships to hunt submarines at considerable distances and locate them beyond the range from which they can launch an attack. Po
The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), emerging from Refueling and Complex Overhaul, completed Phase I of the Crew Certification Process (Crew Cert) April 5 in preparation for returning to the Navy’s operational fleet. Crew Cert is a mandatory assessment of the crew’s abil
Both of Britain’s next-generation hunter-killer submarines will deploy on front-line operations within the next 12 months. After years of trials and tests HMS Astute will be ready for action before the end of the year, followed by her sister Ambush early in 2014. So says the Navy’s number two, Vice
In a round-table discussion held at National Harbor, Md. on April 9 at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium, representatives from the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Interior Department discussed the ramifications of decreasing summer sea ice in the high latitudes. “The Arctic Ocean is a marit
A mid Atlantic encounter has given a Royal Navy frigate the chance to exercise her capability alongside French colleagues. Plymouth based Type 23 frigate, HMS Argyll, has been operating off the west coast of Africa since early March working with international partners to provide global maritime secu
Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga class guided-missile Cruiser USS Chancellorsville(CG 62) completed a live-fire test of the ship’s enhanced Aegis Combat System, during an at-sea test scenario April 2. Chancellorsville launched one Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) at an aerial drone where Aegis successfully d
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz was awarded a contract for the supply of Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems to four Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Royal Navy of Oman. Under the contract, Raytheon Anschütz will equip Oman’s new Al-Ofouq class OPVs with a compl
The Royal Navy has begun outfitting its warships with the ARTISAN (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation) 3D radar, which is five times more efficient than any radar currently in use with the Navy. A radar system so sophisticated it can detect a tennis ball-sized obje
It may only be a brief visit, but for 26 year-old Lieutenant Chris Stevens, it is a return to his roots. Chris is the Commanding Officer of HMS Puncher, the Universities Royal Naval Units fast patrol vessel for universities in London. He grew up in Weymouth, Dorset attending Budmouth Technology Coll
South Korea has dispatched two destroyers to watch both sides of the peninsula for a possible North Korean missile launch, South Korean media report. According to a South Korea Navy official quoted by Yonhap news agency, the destroyers were outfitted with SPY-1 radar which can track hundreds of obje
Accompanied by azure blue skies and a stiff breeze, the Navy christened and launched its newest oceanographic survey ship, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), the last of its class at VT Halter Marine’s shipyard in Moss Point, Miss., in a traditional Navy ceremony March 27. The 350-foot ship is named for Cmdr. M
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) will return from her six-month, independent deployment conducting counter transnational organized crime (C-TOC) operations in the 4th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR), April 5. Gary was deployed to Central and South America in support of Oper
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company has successfully completed deep-water testing of a specialized UUV for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The system was developed under a Phase II subcontract from Applied Phy
The commanding officer (CO) of ex-Guardian and three other crewmembers were relieved of their duties on April 3 by commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7. The reliefs are the result of an ongoing U.S. Navy investigation into the facts and circumstances of the Jan. 17 grounding in the Sulu Sea
