A Canadian Navy official said the Canadian government would receive CAD$3.1 million in an out-of-court settlement with an American company after one of its vessels rammed HMCS Winnipeg in 2013. The American Dynasty, a fishing vessel belonging American Seafoods Co., lost electrical power while it was
Four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boats came within 300 yards of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze on August 23 in the latest run-in between U.S. and Iran in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian boats carried out a high-speed intercept of the U.S. destroyer which was described as “unsafe and unprofess
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $45.39 million contract to provide logistics support for the Phalanx Close-In-Weapon System. Under the latest contract, Raytheon is to manage the systems by furnishing repaired and new units for 1041 line items under prescribed performance metrics
The U.S. Navy said its Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Richard E. Byrd and Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer conducted an ‘out-of-the-ordinary’ astern replenishment-at-sea in waters south of Japan, Aug. 24. Unfortunately, the service did not share pictures of the maneuver
The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), awarded ViaSat, a global broadband services and technology company, a $48.2 million contract for engineering, technical services and hardware/software products in support of the U.S. Navy’s joint Ultra High Frequency (UHF) military satellite
The Canadian government said Tuesday it would continue the search for HMS Terror and revisit the already discovered HMS Erebus. Both ships sank in 1845, after explorer John Franklin set sail from England with the two ships in search of a Northwest Passage across what is now Canada’s Arctic. The ship
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale of Mk-V fast patrol boats and related equipment, training, and support to Qatar. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the estimated cost of the sale is $124.02 million. The government of Qatar has also requested
The U.S. Coast Guard received the 19th fast response cutter, Rollin Fritch, in Key West, Florida, on August 23. The Coast Guard said USCGC Rollin Fritch would be based in Cape May, New Jersey as the first FRC stationed outside Florida or Puerto Rico. The 19th FRC is named after Seaman First Class Ro
Japan’s defense minister visited together with the country’s navy chiefs the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at the American Navy outpost in Yokosuka on August 23. Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada, Adm. Tomohisa Takei, Vice Adm. Yasuhiro Shigeoka and Vic
U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) recently qualified the first female master helmsman in the past decade. Seaman Gabrielle Connelly, a junior Sailor in Deck department, accomplished her goal after setting sail aboard USS Boxer on February 12. “I think it is pretty awesome, I defi
Spanish Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Arnomendi (P-63) has set sail from Ferrol, Spain towards Newfoundland waters, Canada to participate in the 2016 protection campaign of NAFO (North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization) fishing grounds. The Spanish Navy participates in this seasonal campaign
A team of scientists aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus are conducting a mission to visit the sunk U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence which sits at a depth of 800 meters off the coast of San Francisco. The Corps of Exploration on E/V Nautilus and scientists on shore participating via te
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has received a $67.9 million contract to develop combat management systems for the frigate version of the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS). The contract will see the company perform hardware and software development and integration. LM will also pro
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding a $52 million contract for nuclear propulsion and complex modernization work on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as part of its planned incremental availability. The contract cove
