Vessels
Boxer ARG sailors leave 7th Fleet on way back home
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
Amphibious transport dock USS Somerset completes COMPTUEX
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
Naval Base Guam opens submarine firefighting training facility
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 shows off ASW skills at Annual Naval Technology Exercise
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
American fishing company to pay CAD$3.1M for ramming HMCS Winnipeg
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
WATCH: Iranian boats come dangerously close to US destroyer in high-speed intercept
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
Raytheon gets $45M for Phalanx logistics support
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
US Navy ships in astern replenishment maneuver
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
SPAWAR contracts ViaSat for UHF satcom work
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
German Navy frigate to return to war against Daesh
The German Navy will, once again, send the Bremen-class frigate Augsburg to support the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle in the fight against Daesh in Syria. FGS Augsburg will be part of the carrier’s strike group which is in charge of ensuring the carrier operations are not interrupted
French DCNS in Indian Scorpene submarine leak scandal
A massive leak of documents containing top-secret technical details of the Indian Navy’s Scorpene-class submarines has hit the French defense company DCNS which is set to build new Australian submarines. The documents, first revealed by The Australian, contain 22,400 pages and detail secret combat c
Canada continues search for former bomb vessel HMS Terror
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
New Zealand to build new littoral operations support vessel
New Zealand’s Navy will receive a new support vessel after Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee announced that the government approved a Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force recommendation to request tenders for a new naval ship to support littoral operations. The littoral operations support
US approves sale of Mk-V fast patrol boats to Qatar
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