Vessels
US aircraft carrier Carl Winson completes in-port phase of TSTA
Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completed the in-port phase of Carl Vinson’s Tailored Ship’s Training Availability on June 24. TSTA is the first combined training event of the inter-deployment training cycle. During TSTA, training drills and real-world sce
Fincantieri to provide designs for new US Navy rescue ship, landing craft
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Fincantieri Marine Group, the U.S. division of the Italian shipbuilder, two contracts to provide design studies and analyses services in support of the landing craft-utility (LCU), and in support of a new class of towing, salvage and rescue ship, T-ATS(
U.S., Russian Navy ships come dangerously close to each other in the Mediterranean Sea
In what is supposedly the first standoff between Russian and U.S. Navy ships in the Mediterranean Sea, U.S. destroyer Gravely came dangerously close to the Russian Navy ship Yaroslav Mudry in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, news agency RT reported the Russian ministry of defense sayin
US Navy’s unmanned helicopter deploys with improved radar capabilities
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter recently deployed with the USS Coronado (LCS-4) to begin flight operations using its new maritime surveillance radar. According to the Naval Air Systems Command, the AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar, built by Telephonics Corporation, will be used to improve the
Canadian submarine takes part in NATO exercise despite earlier engine breakdown
Even though Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Windsor had to return to port after its engine supercharger broke down on June 3, the submarine still made it to the NATO anti-submarine exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2016. While the submarine may have been a bit late to arrive, Rear-Adm. John Newton,
Singapore Navy frigate first non-US ship to lead a group sail to RIMPAC
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)’s Formidable-class frigate RSS Steadfast became the first non-United States Navy (USN) ship to lead a multinational group sail to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. The frigate led two oth
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strikes ISIL from the Med
The U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and the assigned Carrier Strike Group conducted strike missions in Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on June 28, the U.S. Navy said. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group entered the Mediterranean S
US Navy lays keel for USS Charleston littoral combat ship
The U.S. Navy laid the keel for the nation’s 18th littoral combat ship, the USS Charleston (LCS 18), at Austal’s shipyard in Alabama, USA. Congressman Bradley Byrne, a member of the House Committee on Armed Services, welded his initials onto a steel plate during a ceremony held on June 28. Austal’s
US Coast Guard picks ScanEagle for airborne drone surveillance
The U.S. Coast Guard informed that it would test Insitu’s ScanEagle small unmanned aircraft system by deploying the system from the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stationed in Alameda, California. Should all go well, the service plans to deploy the system in 2017. The Coast Guard procured this contract
Magic Carpet makes landing aircraft aboard aircraft carriers easier
The U.S. Navy recently spent time testing a technology innovation that makes landing fixed-wing aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier easier. The Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies, or Magic Carpet, was tested by the S
U.S. Navy destroyers reunite in South China Sea
Participating ships of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) reunited while on routine patrol increasing U.S. Navy presence in the South China Sea ahead of the international ruling on the South China Sea dispute. The ships met on June 27 after conducting nearly three months of thea
No construction start in sight for UK’s Type 26 frigate
While the construction start of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigate was set for 2016, the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems still do not have a set price and date for the frigates. British media recently reported about leaked emails showing that BAE offered a £275 million reduction in price along wit
Royal Navy ready for Yeovilton Air Day
Everything is ready for the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day 2016 to take to the skies on Saturday, July 2. In its seventieth anniversary (the first event was staged in 1947), Air Day is one of the Royal Navy’s premier annual events and among the South West’s key single-day sh
Three bidders spar for German Navy’s €4B MKS 180 contract
Three teams of shipbuilders are competing for the contract to build the German Navy’s new Multi-role Combat Ship 180 (Mehrzweckkampfschiff – MKS 180) – previously designated as ‘Korvette 131’. German Naval Yards Kiel has teamed up with British BAE Systems to submit a construction offer thereby joini