The Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) program, AN/SPY-6(V), successfully completed its System Critical Design Review (CDR) April 29 the US Navy reported May 15. The review assessed the complete radar system design baseline including its readiness for incorporation into Flight III of the Arleigh B
General Dynamics NASSCO is being awarded a $36,4 million firm-fixed-price with award fee contract for execution of USS Mitscher (DDG 57) extended selected restricted availability with docking (ESRA(d)). The availability will include a combination of maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS Mits
The crew of an Alameda-based US Coast Guard cutter returned to its homeport Friday after the cutter and its crew seized more than $188 million worth of illegal narcotics during four and a half months of counter-drug operations. The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf was deployed to the Eastern Pacific in s
French Navy’s offshore patrol vessel L’Adroit (P725) moored in Cape Town, South Africa, for a port call on Monday, 11 May. OPV L’Adroit came alongside after being at sea for three months, and stayed in town until yesterday, May 17, when it continued its deployment. The vessel was commissioned on 19
At the entrance to the Grand Harbour of Valletta, Malta, the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Anzac was joined by STS Young Endeavour for a formation entry, kicking off a few days of engagement between the Australian Navy and the people of the Republic of Malta. The Centenary of Anzac, a major foc
The U.S. Navy, along with its allies from the Hellenic and Israeli navies, concluded Exercise Noble Dina in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, May 14, 2015. Noble Dina is an annual trilateral naval exercise designed to increase interoperability by developing the individual and collective maritime profic
Maritime forces from North Africa, Europe, and the United States kicked off Exercise Phoenix Express 2015 with opening ceremonies in Tunisia. The at sea portion of the exercise begins today, Monday, and will test North African, European, and U.S. forces’ abilities to combat illegal migration, piracy
Royal Navy’s ships Dauntless and Kent returned from their missions on Friday when they both sailed into Portsmouth within minutes of each other. Dauntless left home at the turn of the year and spent the bulk of her four and a half months away in the Gulf, chiefly supporting US carrier operations in
A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to USS Farragut (DDG 99) died Saturday, May 16, after falling from a hotel balcony while on liberty in Manama, Bahrain. The death occurred at 8:00 p.m. (GMT). Bahrain authorities and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service responded to the scene where the Sailor was pron
US Navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) held a change of command ceremony while pierside at Naval Base San Diego, May 15. With the traditional exchange of salutes, Cmdr. Daniel Cobian turned over command of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to Cmdr. Manuel Hernandez. The ceremony m
The US Navy conducted the first-ever, shipboard, full-speed catapult shots using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Naval Sea Systems Command announced May 15. EMALS is a carrier-based launch system des
US, UK Plan Future Joint Carrier Operations One of the highest-ranking women in the US Armed Forces has met with her Royal Navy counterparts to plan future joint carrier operations. HMS Scott Returns to Sea After a refit at HM Naval Base, Devonport, the Royal Navy’s fourth largest warship, has saile
Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, after undergoing preparations for repairs, entered into dock repair in north Russia. The vessel started its move to the repair dock in Severomorsk on May 13. The scope of the work will be decided after the repair workers inspect the vessel, ac
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed its Selective Reserve Availability (SRA) period and pre-patrol preparations, May 15. Prior to departing Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan for its 2015 patrol, George Washington underwent a six-month SRA period and completed do
