On the eve of Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi’s (SSN 782) christening, the submarine achieved another milestone, a 2011 Navy Community Service/Project Good Neighbor community service award, Dec. 1. “I’m so proud of the crew of PCU Mississippi for this important achievement,” said Capt. John
French frigate Commandant Birot arrived in Novorossiysk, Russia with a 5-day visit. The ship moored downtown Novorossiysk at the city sea port where the solemn meeting ceremony took place. Right after arrival in the Russian port, French officers visited Novorossiysk city administration and met with
USS North Carolina (SSN 777) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled western Pacific deployment Dec. 1. “We have gone through an intense pre-deployment preparation period allowing us to deploy with some of the finest trained Sailors our nation has ever put to sea on board one of the
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an advance procurement contract for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The contract is valued at $46 million, with the majority of the work taking place at the comp
International Submarine Engineering Ltd. announces that the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has placed an order for an Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will be used for marine search and recovery as well as survey operations. The JCG Explorer will also be supplied with a light-weigh
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) held a change of command ceremony Dec. 2, while the ship was underway. Capt. Kent D. Whalen relieved Capt. Bruce H. Lindsey as commanding officer. The ceremony’s guest speaker and Vinson’s second commanding officer, retired Rear Adm. Thomas
From the 21th to 26th of November HMA Ships Warramunga (Commander Michael Turner) and Sirius (Commander David McDonald) participated in Exercise New Horizon 11 with Indonesian warships KRI Frans Kaisiepo and KRI Halim Perdanakususma. The exercise consisted of a Harbour Phase and a Sea Phase, conduct
Russia will start construction of serial strategic nuclear-powered submarines SSBN Borei-A class in 2012, Sevmash and Rubin Design Bureau said. Sevmash is currently building three SSBN Borei class submarines of Project 955 (designed by Rubin Design Bureau): Yuri Dolgoruky, Alexander Nevsky and Vladi
In order to meet for underwater navigation capability requirements for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) the MCDSPO is procuring 34 Underwater Navigation and Integrated Sonar (UNIS) systems, which will allow the RAN to conduct mission planning, accurate navigation and automated hydrographical data rec
Test launch of Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully held in the Baltic Sea by Indian frigate INS Teg (Project 11356), reports ITAR-TASS referring to a source involved in the tests. According to him, the test launch was carried out in order to check compatibility of the s
A diverse group of 67 Australians graduated as officers in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at RAN College, HMAS Creswell. For the 15 women and 52 men taking part in the graduation parade, the completion of New Entry Officer Course (NEOC) 45 marked the end of 22 weeks of initial training at RAN Colle
BAE Systems and AVX Aircraft Company have combined expertise in system and subsystem integration and rotorcraft design to compete for the U.S. Navy’s Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS). The MRMUAS will provide a multi-intelligence, reconfigurable platform for operation from all ai
One of the oldest commissioned warships in the world, HMS Victory, is about to undergo an extensive restoration at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as part of a £16 million contract with BAE Systems. Helping to preserve the vessel for the next 10 years and beyond, this new contract will see the iconic
France begins construction of the first Mistral-class assault landing ship for Russian Navy, advance has been obtained, reported RIA Novosti referring to a spokesman for the French state-led defense company DCNS. The EUR 1.2-bln contract for construction of two French Mistral-class helicopter carrie
