The Navy’s first Joint High-Speed Vessel, USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), is scheduled to visit the Port of St. Petersburg beginning Sunday, Feb. 10. The ship will remain in port until its departure Tuesday afternoon. The port call is primarily a working visit and an opportunity for senior officials and mi
The Chief of Australian Navy announced Thursday how Navy will deliver its culture change program to deliver a positive and constructive culture that supports the country’s mission to fight and win at sea. The following is the Message from Chief of Navy about NGN: “New Generation Navy (NGN) is Navy’s
Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics – USSI, a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (ULE) announced the award of subcontracts valued at $17.9 million to their ERAPSCO joint venture, for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the United States Navy. ERAPSCO will provide production subcontracts
The most iconic section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Forward Island containing the bridge, has begun her delivery journey from the dock hall on HM Naval Base Portsmouth where the first steel was cut just 70 weeks ago. After leaving the dock hall’s basin and passing through a lock, the Forward Island
Military Sealift Command-chartered HSV Swift (HSV 2) completed a nearly 10-month deployment to the Europe and Africa areas of responsibility Jan. 31. During that time, Swift and her crew of contract mariners and a U.S. Navy detachment conducted 38 port visits to Africa and 15 to Europe, circumnaviga
Detyens Shipyards Inc. has received an $ 8.5 million contract for the regular overhaul and dry docking of dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5). The shipyard will undertake considerable amount of work including: inspecting the propeller shaft and stern tube; installing a reverse o
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) announced its Senior Sailor of the Quarter, Sailor of the Quarter, Junior Sailor of the Quarter and Blue Jacket of the Quarter awardees for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013. Air-Traffic Controller 1st Class (AW/SW) Joseph S. Foss, of San Francisco, S
His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias, accompanied by Minister of Defence, the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy and other military authorities attended on Wednesday the official farewell ceremony at Rota naval base to the aircraft carrier ‘Principe de Asturias’, which is to be decommissioned a
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) conducted visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. VBSS emerged after the initial Gulf War as a measure to support continued maritime interdiction operations impose
NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (WSS) awarded a $6.9 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to AAI Logistics & Technical Services Jan. 29. This Firm Fixed Price (FFP) competitive contract renewal delivers supply support for 112 line items of repairable and consumable hydraulic components f
Southern Research Institute on Monday announced it has finalized plans to demonstrate an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) generator at the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Mobile Utilities Support Equipment (MUSE) Division in Port Hueneme, Calif. which could potentially
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed its post-overhaul propulsion plant examination Feb. 1. Completing this exam is the one of many milestones in the current docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) and the next major step in getting the ship operational and back to sea.
Agusta Westland has selected Thales as the supplier of compact dipping sonars to equip its Lynx light helicopters for export markets. The latest in Thales’s FLASH range, the FLASH Compact is designed for smaller and lighter helicopters than those already using the FLASH sonar. The FLASH Compact sona
A flight deck crash and salvage team from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed refresher training at Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Feb. 2. “The week they were here we trained them how to fight flight deck fires, proper crash and salvage procedures and how to sa
