In the aftermath of the recent mishaps that have caused various safety concerns, the Indian Navy has decided to suspend the commanding officers of INS Talwar and INS Betwa. Over the recent period, the Indian Navy has been in the center of media attention, due to a number of accidents that marred i
The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) is preparing to depart Norfolk, Va. on 31 January and head to her new homeport, the WVEC.com informed. The destroyer with about 340 sailors, 23 officers, 24 chief pretty officers and 291 enlisted, will be stationed at Spanish- based N
The U.S. Navy’s second oldest deployable ship, USS Denver (LPD 9), left its homeport of Sasebo, Japan on Monday bound for the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. While deployed, the 45-year old Denver will team up with the Royal Navy of Thailand in annual exercise Cobra Gold, swapping decks and
The Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) fast fleet tanker Wave Knight and the US Coast Guard have seized 45 balls of cocaine south of the Dominican Republic, worth up to USD 99.4 million. The US Coast Guard patrol aircraft, RFA Wave Knight and a Coast Guard helicopter began the operation on 2
The US Navy ship USS Independence stopped in Humbolt Bay Harbor for refueling today, the Times Standard reported. Captain John Powell, Humboldt Bay Harbor District Bar Pilot, said that the littoral combat ship (LCS) arrived to Schneider Dock and Intermodal Facility on Waterfont Drive in Eureka and
The US Navy’s newest littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Coronado, left the Austal USA Shipyard and headed to her commissioning site in Coronado, Calif. LCS Program Manager, Capt. Tom Anderson, said that it was exciting to see the ship exiting the new construction yard en route to her homep
Mississippi based company, L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, has received a USD 13.7 million modification to a previously awarded aircraft maintenance contract. L-3 will exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate and limited depot level maintenance for F-16, F-18, H-60 and
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine HMS Talent returned to her base-port of HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Monday, January 27th after a five-month deployment. The submarine’s deployment began with training and exercises in the Mediterranean aimed at building up the fighting capabili
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction has delivered a new indigenously-built destroyer, the 13th of the PKG-class (guided-missile patrol killer), to the South Korean Navy, the Yonhap News reports. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that the 450-ton destroyer will join the South K
EU Naval Force Ships ESPS Tornado, FS Siroco, and FGS Hessen met at sea with the US Navy ship USNS Joshua Humphreys for a joint replenishment at sea (RAS) on January 21st, 2014. Four ships with more than 600 crewmembers took part in the RAS, which was carried out successfully and quickly. EU Naval
Royal Navy type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has achieved another milestone in her navigational history by maneuvering her way thorough the the Panama Canal for the first time. Bound for maritime security patrols in the Caribbean, with this passage HMS Richmond joined numerous other Royal Navy warships
The Ukrainian Navy’s Frigate Hetman Sahaydachnyi started the second patrolling through the Gulf of Aden within the EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta on January 19th, 2014. The frigate recently finished the first patrolling of the area, which took place from January 5 to 15, after which it headed t
The Royal Australian Navy’s NUSQN 725 squadron took delivery of the first MH-60R Seahawk Romeo maritime combat helicopter duo at an ‘In Service Date’ ceremony on Friday, January 24th at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. The delivery of Sea Hawk Romeo helicopters, which are replacing the Nav
The German Navy frigate, FGS Schleswig-Holstein arrived in London on Friday, January 24th where it will stay until early this week. The visit comes in anticipation of the Schleswig-Holstein’s deployment on Cougar 2014 later in the year with the Royal Navy’s Response Force Task Group (RFTG). Cougar
