Guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) arrived in Bulgaria for a port visit, March 13. Truxtun’s stay in the Black Sea will allow the ship to host an exercise planning conference with NATO allies March 15. The conference will focus on a multilateral naval exercise in the spirit of reassuri
Though drug interdiction looms large among U.S. Southern Command’s responsibilities, it isn’t the only national security role filled by the command, the Southcom commander of the US Navy told media representatives at the Pentagon. Engagement with the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean an
An exciting milestone was realised yesterday when the first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship currently being built for Australian Defence, entered Sydney Harbour for the first time. NUSHIP Canberra, the first of two LHDs being built for the Australian Defence Force entered Sydney after her first
Interstate Electronics Corp. has won a USD 8.9 million modification under previously awarded contract aimed at providing technical support to flight test instrumentation systems intended for Trident II flight tests. Under the modification, the contractor will exercise option line items for a new t
HMS Sutherland is surrounded by a mass of scaffolding and sheeting as she’s part-way through a massive revamp in her home base of Devonport. Her paintwork has been stripped off, bow sonar removed and interior gutted during an 11-month refit in the imposing frigate shed. This gift-wrapped beauty is
Following Singapore Minister of Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen’s offer of additional assistance to his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Hussein on March 9, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have deployed additional assets to assist in the search-and-locate (SAL) operation for the missing Beijing-
Defence and security company Saab is expanding its activities in the naval arena. Saab is therefore recruiting new employees to strengthen and develop its naval capabilities. Today, Saab is one of the leading companies within the naval arena. It is a provider to the Swedish Navy, the major contrac
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a £20 million contract to buy parts for the Royal Navy’s 3 new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). It was announced in November last year that MOD would purchase the ships which will be built, subject to approval, by BAE Systems. Yesterday, 12 March, durin
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO) has received a USD 128.5 million contract modification to previously awarded contract to accomplish detail design and construction of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) 3 Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). NASSCO laid the keel for MLP-3 on
The FREMM Normandie returned to port on Saturday 8 March on the DCNS site in Lorient, at the end of its third series of sea trials. This frigate is the second of the series ordered by the French DGA (General Directorate for Armament) for the French Navy. OCCAR is the contracting agency for the [&h
The crew of the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) wrapped up a five-day port visit March 10 to New Orleans, the first ship in five years to make a visit there during Mardi Gras. While in port, the crew participated in a number of events, including marching in both the
Cmdr. Cory Blaser, commanding officer of USS Nicholas (FFG 47), decommissioned the ship during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk March 10; 30 years ago to the date in which it was placed into commission in 1984. Nicholas’ commissioning commanding officer, retired Vice Adm. James F. Amerualt, was
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless is returning to Glasgow, the city in which she was built, today, March 13. Going alongside at King George V Dock, the ship will be just down the river from Govan where she was launched, and across the water from Scotstoun where she was fitted out. [
Royal Navy warship HMS Portland pulled out all the stops to impress the President of Sierra Leone His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma during a brief visit to Freetown over the weekend. The President was accompanied by his Minister of Justice, the Honourable Frank B Kargbo, the Minister for Foreign
