The Royal Australian Navy helicopter frigate HMAS Anzac has departed Sydney on a three-month deployment to South East Asia. As informed, the ship will visit a number of ports while deployed in order to strengthen relationships and interoperability with some of Australia’s close partners in the regio
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has tested a system designed to remotely land aircraft on a carrier, the US Navy informed. The aircraft terminal approach remote inceptor (ATARI) was, for the first time ever, demonstrated during a touch-and-go on an aircraft carrier while conducting carrier qualificatio
Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s third Tide-class tanker RFA Tidesurge arrived in Cornwall, England, on March 27 where it will undergo further outfitting and trials before entering service. Tidesurge arrived from South Korea where it was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. It is the third of f
US Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) rescued three fishermen off the coast of Georgia while taking part in pre-deployment preparations. On March 27, USS Hue City was notified by the US Coast Guard and guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) that a small craft in their vicinit
US Navy ships from the carrier strike group centered around aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt entered the US 7th Fleet area of operations and joined Indian Navy Talwar-class frigate INS Tarkash (F50) for at sea maneuvers on March 25. The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), along with
US Navy ships from Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 1 started integration drills with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. PHIBRON 1 is comprised of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock s
Turkish Navy’s third MILGEM corvette Burgazada (F-513) got underway from the Istanbul Naval Shipyard earlier this month to start her first sea trials. TCG Burgazada was launched on June 18, 2016, after starting construction in December 2014. According to the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Indu
French Navy destroyer FS Jean de Vienne intercepted 570 kilos of heroine from a dhow in the Arabian Sea, achieving its second successful drug interception on its deployment as part of the Combined Maritime Forces. The operation took place on March 25 in international waters of the Arabian Sea. Jean
US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) is on a visit to Hong Kong as part of its Indo-Pacific deployment. The destroyer arrived in Hong Kong on March 27 for a port visit following a period of operations. Of the range of activities planned, Sterett will visit a nursery school and a
US Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departed Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton on March 24 for another round of trials ahead of its scheduled deployment. The carrier returned to sea after completing flight operations, damage control and seamanship training in January this year. John C. S
French shipbuilder Naval Group recently announced the selection of first equipment suppliers for the five future intermediate-size frigates (FTI) to be built for the Marine Nationale. As part of the framework construction contract awarded to Naval Group by the French Defence Procurement Agency in Ap
India and Myanmar have kicked off their first bilateral naval exercise IMNEX-18 which will be held odd the east coast of India. Two Union of Myanmar Navy ships – frigate UMS King Sin Phyu Shin and offshore patrol vessel UMS Inlay – arrived in Visakhapatnam on March 25 ahead of the start of the exerc
US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed fleet carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C Lightning II program over a five-day period in the Atlantic Ocean. The US Navy said the milestone was achieved while the carrier was underway between March 17-21. Pilots ass
Construction of a new naval testing facility at the Portsdown Technology Park (PTP) in Portsmouth, UK, is set to begin soon, UK defense technology company Qinetiq announced as it unveiled the facility’s design. Together with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Qinetiq is investing £23m in
