Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 24 after completing a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) region. Cmdr. David Adams, Santa Fe’s commanding officer, commented that there is nothing like a succes
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $161,030,943 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5427) for MK15 Mod 31 SeaRAM systems in support of LCS 6 and 8 and Japan’s DDH 2405 helicopter destroyer, as well as Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) Block 1B clas
After 74 days at sea and logging more than 25,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific, the Navy’s only full-time, forward-deployed, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to its forward-operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 25. While underway, George Washing
ONE of the navy’s troubled Collins-class submarines suffered an engine failure while submerged off Western Australia late at night and was… (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, August 25, 2011;
HMS Somerset honed the skills of her boarding teams when HMS Sabre turned ‘bad guys’ off Gibraltar. The frigate was forced to board the fast patrol craft when she played the part of an awkward merchant ship. Somerset is heading east of Suez to conduct maritime security operations – clamping down on
The Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11) mission team, embarked aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), is scheduled to return to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24 to resume medical, dental, veterinary and engineering operations. The ship weighed anchor and got underway the evening of Aug. 21 in anticipation of the a
USS New Orleans (LPD 18) returned to its homeport in San Diego Aug. 22 following a two week predeployment exercise off the coast of Southern California. New Orleans, along with embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), completed Amphibious Squadron-MEU Integrated Trainin
It might be the height of summer in the UK but half a world away its the depths of the austral winter – as HMS Edinburgh found on a visit to the wildlife paradise of South Georgia. The Portsmouth-based destroyer is on a six-month stint in the southern ocean to provide reassurance to the […]
Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet ordered all U.S. Navy ships in the Hampton Roads, Va., area to set Sortie Condition Bravo Aug. 23, in order to maintain fleet readiness as a precaution due to the approach of Hurricane Irene. Sortie Condition Bravo requires that ships make necessary preparations to get unde
LRAD Corporation ,the world’s leading provider of acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), today announced approximately $1.5 million in new LRAD orders from the U.S. Navy. The orders, which consist primarily of LRAD 1000X(tm) systems and support equipment, are scheduled to ship this quarter. “This is the l
BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, announces that two of its naval experts have secured prominent roles within the Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carrier project. As part of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) platform design team, Rob Weedon has assumed the role of Chief Nav
Rohde & Schwarz UK Ltd are pleased to announce the contract award from the Aircraft Carrier Alliance ( ACA ) for the production phase of the… (prsync) [mappress] Source: prsync, August 24, 2011;
The UK’s largest independent safety supplier, Ocean Safety, has concluded a contract to supply its Jonbuoy man overboard recovery systems to the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Jonbuoy, an automatically inflating recovery device which is designed to make simple work of hoisting a person back on board a
Through two and half months UAH 144,000 have been donated for construction of a corvette – new warship for Ukrainian Navy, reported Capt 1 rank Vadim Makhno at the press conference in Kiev. “We managed to gather UAH 144,000 donations in Sevastopol during two and half months…Ukrainian defense ministe
