BAE Systems has delivered its 20,000th warning sensor for U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and allied aircraft missile warning systems, an achievement made possible by teaming with the Navy NAVAIR program office, and prime contractor ATK BAE Systems has been a key supplier to ATK since 1998, providing sen
A U.S. Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) participated in training exercises with the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), May 30. The Coast Guard unit, embarked aboard Mason since May, regularly takes part in the ship’s VBSS trai
First serial corvette Soobrazitelny will lead the “squadron” of ships displayed at 5th International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS) in St. Petersburg. According to IMDS press service, the Project 20380 corvette was developed by Almaz Design Bureau and built by Severnaya Verf shipyard (St. Petersburg)
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to sea, departing her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka to commence Sea Trials, June 5. “Sea trials are where we put the past six months of maintenance to the test,” said the ship’s Commanding Officer, Capt. Da
Portsmouth-based warship HMS St Albans yesterday (Sunday) set sail for a six-month operational deployment of the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. The 4,900 tonne Type-23 frigate will be taking over duties from HMS Iron Duke and will be patrolling busy shipping lanes and providing security for the regi
The crew of the USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) rendered honors to the fallen in the Battle of Midway during a ceremony June 3, in the waters near Midway Atoll. The ceremony, commemorated the U.S. Navy’s victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy in the three-day battle June 4-7, 1942. “Today we are here to re
HMAS Ballarat (Commander Guy Blackburn, RAN) and HMAS Parramatta (Commander Heath Robertson, RAN) recently arrived in Sattahip, Thailand to conduct a port visit for the start of AUSTHAI 2011. A combined squad of fifty Ballarat and Parramatta personnel were officially greeted at the opening ceremony
Nine Officers including four women Officers, two Coast Guard Officers and one Officer from Sri Lankan Navy graduated as Observers from the portals of Observer School, at Naval Base Kochi. Amongst the Passing Out courses, the short service commission officers’ course this time was an all women course
More than 5,000 people gathered at the Port of Mobile on Saturday to bring to life the Navy’s newest warship… By Travis Griggs (citizen-times) [mappress] Source: citizen-times, June 6, 2011;
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments, LP, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $54,613,172 firm-fixed-price contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System mechanical modules and related equipment and services. The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants s
In accordance with official data exchange under START-3 treaty, the US State Department published information on numbers of nuclear warheads available to the Russian Federation and the US, as well as amount of deployed and non-deployed carriers. According to the promulgated data, as of Feb 5, 2011 R
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates toured the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a stopover on Oahu enroute to a summit in Singapore, May 31. Missouri’s historical significance during WWII, and the nation’s recent observance of Memorial were contributing factors for Gates’ visit to the memorial; how
Apache Attack Helicopters, flying from HMS Ocean, conducted their first operational sorties over Libya last night as part of NATO’s Operation Unified Protector to protect civilians under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. The mission was carefully coordinated with other allied air miss
The Russian-French delivery contract for 4 Mistral class assault landing ships will be signed till June 21, 2011 although in concise form, writes Vedomosti referring to a source in defense industry. The document will refer to further supplementary protocols wherever the issues are disputable. They w
