Under the loud cheers of navy officer-candidates, the new patrol vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the “Holland”, on April 6th entered its future home port of Den Helder. The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Vice Admiral Matthieu Borsboom, was there to welcome the Ocean Going Patrol Vess
BAE Systems Ship Repair has been awarded a multi-ship, multi-option (MSMO) dry dock contract by the U.S. Navy to maintain six Ticonderoga class (CG 47) guided missile cruisers, either home-ported in or visiting the Norfolk, Virginia area. Included in the five-year contract is the execution planning,
The U.S. Navy is approaching its 60-month construction goal for its Virginia-class submarines, despite a recent redesign of the bow to accom… By Michael Fabey (aviationweek) [mappress] Source: aviationweek, April 8, 2011;
Ocean Systems Engineering Corp., Oceanside, Calif., is being awarded $12,179,394 for task order #0087 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-02-A-9020) for engineering and scientific support for networking and satellite communications. The scope of this statement of work is to pr
China is set to launch its first aircraft carrier on its maiden voyage soon, according to Beijing media reports… By Huang Chi-kuang & Bear Lee (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan,April 7, 2011;
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF), announced the 2010 U.S. Fleet Forces Command Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY) April 1. Adm. J.C. Harvey, Jr., announced the winners during a ceremony at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Va. “It is our Sailors who are the heart and soul of our
On March, 31st SKRUNDA, the Delivery of the first SWATH-type Patrol Boat worldwide, was celebrated by Abeking & Rasmussen. High ranking Latvian and German officials, led by the Latvian Defence Minister, Dr. Artis Pabriks and the German Parliamentary State Secretary of Defence, Christian Schmidt, par
In early March it was declared that the world leading NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) has now achieved full operating capability. This is great news and the culmination of a 20 year project in which Northumberland-based IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has played a pivotal role with the design
Ukraine’s Kostiantyn Olshansky large amphibious ship which is carrying evacuees from Libya, has brought 79 citizens from 13 countries to the… The ship left Sevastopol in the early hours of March 23 on a humanitarian mission to evacuate Ukrainians from Libya. (interfax) [mappress] Source: interfax,Ap
AUSTRALIA is to buy a near-new surplus British navy amphibious landing ship at what appears a bargain $100 million pricetag… (whitsundaytimes) [mappress] Source: whitsundaytimes,April 6, 2011;
With the Navy halfway through its first year of buying two submarines a year, the Government Accountability Office recently published an ass… By Mara Lee (courant) [mappress] Source: courant, April 6, 2011;
USS Doyle (FFG 39) returned from a six-month deployment April 5, after successfully conducting Counter Illicit Trafficking (CIT) operations in the U.S. Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility. Doyle conducted CIT operations in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South’s (JIATF-S
Ukraine’s Navy large amphibious ship Kostiantyn Olshansky, currently anchored at Libya’s port of Tripoli, has started to embark citizens for… (ukrinform) [mappress] Source: ukrinform , April 5, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel HMS Scott is hoping for a warm welcome on her return to Devonport on Sunday 10 April 2011, after travelling over 22,500 miles (36,000km) through one of the most austere maritime environments on the planet. The ship left her home port last November and has now com
