U.S. Navy’s biggest destroyer to date, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), is ready to depart Naval Station Norfolk October 7 and complete a one-day transit to Baltimore, Md., where it will be commissioned into active service on October 15. This means that the sailors and engineers have carried out repairs to t
U.S. Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group joined two guided-missile destroyers from the Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) for a series of interoperability drills in international waters of the South China Sea on October 3 and 4. The BHR ESG employed the capabilities of USS Spruanc
Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth, currently conducting counter-terrorism operations in the Indian Ocean region, visited Seychelles and the island’s National Drug Enforcement Agency. During Perth’s visit to the islands, two Royal Australian Navy officers, Lieutenants Tim Russell
The U.S. Navy is deploying aircraft carrier USS George Washington to Haiti in response to the hurricane Mathew which hit the Caribbean country’s coast on Tuesday. U.S. officials said two more vessels, an amphibious landing ship and a hospital ship, would be deployed later in the week, USNI News repo
Electric Boat Corp., a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a not-to-exceed $101,295,930 contract modification for the manufacturing of 22 tactical missile tubes in support of the Ohio-class replacement. More specifically, Electric Boat is to deliver tactical missile tubes to support the manu
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) returned to Norfolk after completing tailored ship’s training availability/final evaluation problem (TSTA/FEP), October 3. TSTA/FEP is designed to train the crew in preparation for deployment, as well as integrate ship’s company with Carrier
The U.S. Navy has sent three warships off the coast of Yemen after a UAE Navy-operated vessel was hit by missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi fighters in the Bab al-Mandab strait on Saturday. According to a report by Fox News, guided-missile destroyers USS Mason and USS Nitze were dispatched together wi
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado arrived in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) October 3 while on its maiden deployment to Southeast Asia. The ship departed Hawaii for a 16-month rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet in September after spending a month in port for repairs on the
U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, October 2 for a scheduled port visit. Frank Cable is visiting as part of Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam, as both nations recently celebrated the 21st anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations
Canadian engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin announced that it has been awarded a two-year extension to its existing contract, valued up to $180 million, to continue providing in-service-support (ISS) to the Royal Canadian Navy’s minor warships and auxiliary vessels. The contract awarded
The Mexican Navy has received the first of ten AS565 MBe Panther helicopters it purchased from Airbus in 2014. Airbus said three other units would be delivered before the end of the year and the remaining six by early 2018. The helicopters will be operated by the naval aviation in the Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 30, following a port call which included participation in the Secretary of Defense’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference. While moored in Pearl Harbor, Fort Worth participated in
The Panama-hosted international exercise UNITAS 2016 concluded in Panama City with over 1000 naval and security forces from 11 nations attending the closing ceremony on September 28. This year’s exercise was joined by the United States, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Sal
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) was assisted by the Sri Lanka navy in an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) September 30 to help a sailor in need of medical attention. According to the U.S. Navy, Hopper notified Commander, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 15 that a sailor aboard
