The first Integrated Mast IM400 has successfully passed the Factory Acceptance Test. The FAT was attended by a delegation from the Netherland’s Defence Materiel Organisation and the Royal Netherlands Navy. Since the IM400 consists of various subsystems, the actual FAT comprised several tests. After
Crews of Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov and large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko have completed drill program at training ranges in the Barents Sea. Acting within carrier strike group headed by NF Deputy Commander Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko, th
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) moored at Laem Chabang, Thailand Nov. 16, to provide flood relief assistance at the National Blood Center at the Thai Red Cross Central Distribution Center in Bangkok. Approximately 40 Sailors helped load more than 6,000 supplies onto
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, has presented the Minister’s award to Dr Cheng Anderson from the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) for her pioneering role in reducing the vulnerability of Australia’s Defence platforms over three decades. Mr Snowdon sa
Solemn keel-laying ceremony of non-nuclear submarine B-237 Rostov-na-Donu took place on Nov 21, 2011 at JSC Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard. The ceremony was attended by members of Russian government, St. Petersburg city administration, directors of Admiralteyskie Verfi, representatives of developer (
The Royal Navy Sandown class mine countermeasure vessel has been affiliated with the town since 1998. Since then many local people have enjoyed meeting the ship’s company and seeing her come into harbour. But, it was only back in March this year, during her last visit that she was honoured to be awa
USS McFaul (DDG 74) hosted 20 members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Tin Can Sailor Association for a ship tour Nov. 12, during their annual reunion. Members of the association and their spouses, including veterans who served during World War II, Vietnam, and the Korean War, were shown the Navy
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) oceanographic survey ship USNS Henson (T-AGS 63) completed of a month-long, bilateral survey mission with the Indonesian Navy Nov. 16, one of the largest in three decades of hydrographic surveys between the two countries. With an embarked team of 13 U.S. oceanograp
Participants of search operation in the morning of Nov 16 detected dry cargo ship Kapitan Kuznetsov lost the day before in the White Sea; the ship took the ground in severe gale. The crew suffered insignificantly, only two men got slight head injuries. The accident possibly occurred since the crew h
Interim overhaul of diesel electric submarine (SSK) Kaluga being repaired by JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center goes on schedule, reports the shipyard’s press service. SSK Kaluga (Project Varshavyanka or Paltus) based in Northern Fleet’s Submarine Brigade has been staying at Zvezdochka since 2002. Du
Bowtech Products are delighted to announce the continued expansion of their distribution network with the appointment of Neotek SA, as their exclusive agents in France. This increases the worldwide representation of Bowtech’s expanding product range to 18 countries. In recognition of their appointme
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has
The solemn launching ceremony of hydrographic ship Viktor Faleyev was held on Nov 12 at Vostochnaya Verf shipyard (Vladivostok); the ship is meant for Pacific Fleet (PF), reports RIA Novosti. The new ship named after known PF scientist Viktor Faleyev was launched on 155-th anniversary of PF Hydrogra
In accordance with state rearmament program, Caspian Flotilla (CF) received new Project 705B harbor tug RB-10 developed by JSC Vympel Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod) and built by Astrakhan Shipyard, affiliate of JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center. First tug of this project joined Caspian Flotilla in
