Pacific Fleet (PF) task force consisting of Guard missile cruiser Varyag, large ASW ships Admiral Vinogradov and Admiral Tributs, and destroyer Bystry took the sea to perform assigned combat training tasks, told PF Information Support Group to Central Navy Portal. Over 15 other PF ships based at sou
Navy’s new anti-ship missile defence radar system has been released for initial operational use after achieving outstanding results from the trial of the system off the coast of Australia and Hawaii. The new multi-phased array radar system has been installed on the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth. Th
Sailors are being encouraged to sign up for a four-month exchange with the Royal Australian and New Zealand Navies in 2012. Each year a few dozen British sailors head to Australia and New Zealand for sun, sea, surf and, er, ships… and Aussies and Kiwis head in the opposite direction for sea and ship
After 74 days at sea and logging more than 25,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific, the Navy’s only full-time, forward-deployed, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to its forward-operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 25. While underway, George Washing
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the delivery to Adelaide of the first keel block that will be used to construct HMAS Hobart – Australia’s first Air Warfare Destroyer. “This is an important step forward in the $8 billion project to construct three new warships,” Mr Clare sai
China’s first aircraft carrier has returned to port after completing a “smooth” set of sea trials designed to test its capabilities, the sta… (bankokpost) [mappress] Source: bankokpost, August 15, 2011;
HMAS Stirling (Captain Brett Wolski) has hosted multiple regional visitors recently, with Malaysian Navy to Navy Talks and the Inaugural ASEAN Defence Ministerial Plus (ADMM-Plus) Maritime Security Experts’ Working Group Meeting both occurring in Western Australia in July. The Malaysian/Australian N
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division announced July 14 that they have successfully designed and integrated a fire control system upgrade aboard the Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney, culminating a four-year effort for the RAN to launch standard missiles (SM-2) fr
Taiwan said Tuesday it received $875 million from Thales, bringing to an end a long-running wrangle after the French defence giant lost an… (expatica) [mappress] Source: expatica, July 13, 2011;
ANZAC Frigate, HMNZS TE MANA, has attended an International Fleet Review to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces during an operational and diplomatic visit to Brunei. The fleet review comes near the end of TE MANA’s five month deployment that has seen her visit seven countie
China has started construction of its first domestically made aircraft carrier, according to diplomatic and U.S. government sources… (sacbee) [mappress] Source: sacbee, July 11, 2011;
The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) will visit Sydney, July 4, for a port visit before participating in Talisman Sabre 2011, a joint-exercise with the Royal Australian Navy. Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 is a biennial
Ploughing through seas whipped up by the monsoon season, HMS Iron Duke and St Albans perform a traditional sail past in the Indian Ocean as one Portsmouth-based frigate hands over Gulf duties to another. The two ships – Iron Duck on the left here, the Saint on the right – saluted each other with jet
Set for induction into the Indian Navy next year, harbour trials of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov are expected to begin by August en… (ibnlive) [mappress] Source: ibnlive, July 5, 2011;
