The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted Amec Foster Wheeler to support its Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme (NNPP) with research and technology (R&T) services. The work is worth approximately £35m over five years and will sustain about 70 jobs at Amec Foster Wheeler’s offices and laboratories in
The UK defence ministry has awarded Lockheed Martin a £269 million contract to deliver the Royal Navy’s new airborne surveillance and control system that will protect the nation’s future Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Named Crowsnest, the new system will see the Royal Navy’s Merlin MK2 hel
U.S. Navy personnel deployed to Rota, Spain, recently took time to practice ordnance loading in what were described as “non-traditional locations”. The U.S. 6th Fleet shared photos from the exercise showing MK 48 inert training torpedoes being loaded onto a submarine. U.S. 6th Fleet, together with t
Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown returned to her home port of Halifax on January 13, concluding a six-month deployment to Eastern and Central Europe. The frigate deployed within operation Reassurance which is Canada’s contribution to NATO efforts in the region. HMCS Charlottetown acted
Thailand’s Bangkok Dock selected British Servowatch to deliver their integrated platform management system (IPMS) for the second River-class design patrol boat currently under construction for the Royal Thai Navy. The yet unnamed second Krabi-class offshore patrol vessel is being built in Thailand u
Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland recently spent three days patrolling the remote island chain of South Georgia within her nine-month deployment. The British overseas territory lies about 850 miles from the Falklands and just 900 miles from the northernmost tip of Antarctica and receives regular visit
The commander of Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring transferred command of the ship and went ashore to ride off along a Bahrain beach on the back of a camel. After spending almost three years at the helm of HMS Daring, the ship’s company of the Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer decided a sen
The commander of Spanish Navy’s offshore patrol vessel ESPS Relampago welcomed EU member state ambassadors aboard during a port call in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Ambassadors from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands were welcomed by Lieutenant Commander Francisco Garcia Flores on Januar
Polish navy’s newest warship, the multitask logistical support ship ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki, docked in Portsmouth recently on a scheduled port visit. According to the Royal Navy, this is the first time a Polish naval ship has stopped at a British port in more than three years. The Czernick
The Armed Forces of Malta awarded the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri a contract for upgrade works on their offshore patrol vessel P61. The P61 was built by Fincantieri ten years ago based on the design of Italian Coast Guard’s Diciotti-class patrol boat. The contract was signed by Brigadier Jeffrey
The Lithuanian Navy commissioned and named the new patrol ship LNS Sėlis (P15) during a January 11 ceremony in Klaipėda. LNS Sėlis is a former Danish Navy Flyvefisken-class vessel that Lithuania bought earlier from Denmark. The new ship is replacing 50 years old Storm-class LNS Sėlis (P32) that was
Royal Marines recently got an opportunity to train with the Indian Navy during a joint maritime security exercise. Named Konkan, the exercise is an annual military drill conducted between the Royal Navy and Indian Navy. This year, the week-long exercise focused on maritime security and, in particula
Two ships deployed to NATO standing mine counter measure group one (SNMCMG1) docked at the German naval base Warnemünde on January 11. Royal Navy’s Sandown-class minehunter HMS Ramsey and Estonian ENS Admiral Cowan will spend 7 days at the port and sail out into the Baltic Sea on January 18 They wil
The BAE Systems-developed Artisan 3D radar system has passed its acceptance trials after three years of integration on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates. Artisan 3D has also been fitted on the new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth which is due into Portsmouth later this year. According to BAE Sy
