With destroyer NUSHIP Hobart set to commence contractor sea trials next month before being delivered to the Royal Australian Navy next year, many of the growing number of the ship’s company have already undertaken AEGIS combat system training in the United States. Some of them were able to hone thes
German Navy’s K130 Braunschweig corvette FGS Ludwigshafen am Rhein is set to leave the Warnemünde navy base on August 31 to join the NATO Standing Maritime Group 1. The 63 sailors that form the ship’s complement will set sail under the command of corvette captain Marco Köster. During their time with
@HMCS_NCSM_TOR is removed from the dry dock in August 2016 as part of its mid-life refit. pic.twitter.com/BKEq4sK0Kq — HMCS / NCSM Toronto (@HMCS_NCSM_TOR) August 25, 2016 The Royal Canadian Navy has shared a video of HMCS Toronto, a Halifax-class frigate, being removed from Irving Shipbuilding’s dr
Two stranded mariners were located on an uninhabited island in the Federated States of Micronesia after a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft joined a Coast Guard rescue mission. The U.S. Navy shared photos on August 25 of a man and a woman standing on the island beach where the
Just a day after four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boats charged a U.S. Navy destroyer near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Navy coastal patrol boat was forced to fire warning shots to fend off fast approaching Iranian vessels in the North Persian Gulf. USS Squall and USS Tempest, both Cyclone-cla
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a $126.2 million contract modification to provide further engineering services and support of the Integrated Submarine Imaging Systems (ISIS) program. ISIS captures and distributes high-definition video and photographic data into submari
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $37.7 million contract for the procurement of MK 54 lightweight torpedo support parts. Under the contract, Raytheon will provide lightweight torpedo common parts kits and MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo kits. Additionally, the company will provide MK 54 exercise
The U.S. Navy’s Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team is returning to the U.S. following a deployment that saw their forces operate in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet AOOs in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, theater security cooperation, and marine interdict
The U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock USS Somerset has completed COMPTUEX, a series of simulations, exercises and drills designed to prepare a ship’s crew for deployment. Somerset, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, is preparing for its upcoming maiden deployment. “COMPTUEX afforde
The U.S. Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific (NSTCP) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Mobile Trainer (MT) 1000 submarine firefighting trainer on Polaris Point, Guam, August 26. According to U.S. Navy, the MT-1000 is the hottest firefighting trainer it has. It can run until temperatures
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently demonstrated new cross domain approaches for autonomous undersea, surface and air vehicles to advance the Anti-Submarine Warfare mission during this year’s Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport. The demonstrat
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
