Vessels
US Navy orders Gerneral Dynamics’ radios for ships and submarines
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract modification to build and deliver more than 30 new AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR), along with related materials and equipment for new Navy surface vessels and submarines. According to GD, the software-defined radios are
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cardigan Bay joins NATO SNMG 2
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Cardigan Bay on May 18 joined NATO’s Standing Maritime Group (SNMG 2) sailing in Southern European waters. The Bay-class landing ship deck auxiliary is 176.6 m long and a displaces about 16,000 t. It has the capability to operate several types of helicopters and is equippe
US Navy trains with new Mark VI patrol boats
Coastal Riverine Squadron Four (CRS-4) conducted well deck operations with the Mark VI patrol boat for the first time aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) May 15. Two Mark VI boats demonstrated their capabilities by mooring and launching multiple times from the well deck of Bataan, acco
Forward-deployed USS Germantown changes command
U.S. Navy’s second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Germantown, held a change of command ceremony in Sasebo, Japan on May 10. Commander Severn Stevens relieved Commander Gary Harrington as commanding officer of the ship. Harrington, who assumed command of Germantown on October 27, 2014, l
Australian Navy’s hydrographic group acquires echo sounder survey systems
Royal Australian Navy’s Cairns-based hydrographic group has recently received several CEESCOPE™ 200 kHz single beam echo sounder survey systems. According to CEE HydroSystems, the waterproof single beam 200 kHz sonar systems were supplied with built in RTK GNSS receivers, UHF radio, and activated L-
ESPS Reina Sofia takes place of ESPS Numancia in Operation Sophia
Spanish Navy frigate Reina Sofía (F-84) departed Rota Naval Base yesterday, May 18, to relieve ESPS Numancia, another Spanish Navy frigate integrated into Operation Sophia since January 2016. Numancia has participated in multiple rescue operation during her deployment. Just recently, the frigate wor
Chinese fighter jets buzz US Navy reconnaissance plane
Two Chinese warplanes have forced a U.S. Navy maritime patrol airplane to descend a couple hundred feet to avoid collision on Tuesday, May 17, the Pentagon said. The J-11 jets performed “unsafe” maneuvers to intercept a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying over the contested South China Sea. The incident
US Navy to christen USS Portland amphibious transport dock
The U.S. Navy is set to christen its 11th amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland (LPD 27) on May 21. The ceremony will be held in Pascagoula, Mississippi at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding yard. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens, director of the U.S. Navy’s expedition
US Navy CVW commander achieves 1000th carrier-arrested landing
A U.S. Navy Commander responsible for the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 attached to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis recently completed completed his 1,000th career carrier-arrested landing, or trap, aboard the carrier. Capt. Rich “Snap” Brophy flew a F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to
US Coast Guard cutter completes patrol with $10.1M drugs seized
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia, following a 55-day counter-drug and migrant patrol through the Florida Straits and the Caribbean Sea. During this patrol, Dependable conducted three separate international and inter
Naval Submarine Support Command Pearl Harbor has new commander
Naval Submarine Support Command (NSSC) Pearl Harbor held a change of command and retirement ceremony at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 18. Commander Lawrence D. Ollice, commanding officer of NSSC, was relieved by Cmdr. Michael D. Eberlein. Guest speaker Capt. Steve G. Mac
NATO SNMG2 engages Royal Moroccan Navy
Ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two task unit 02 (SNMG2 TU.02) recently concluded a busy port visit in Casablanca, Morocco with a passing exercise and boarding exercise off the coast of Morocco. SNMG2 TU.02 led by Canadian Navy Commander Trevor MacLean included HMCS Fredericton (FFH 3
France begins naval tests of Dassault nEUROn
DGA, the French General Directorate for Armament, announced that it has started a new testing campaign for its unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), Dassault nEUROn. The aim of this round of testing, as DGA said, is to study the use of the UCAV in a naval context. DGA said the campaign would also i
Royal Navy upgrades vessels with Lockheed’s compass systems
The Royal Navy is to upgrade more than thirty ships and submarines with Lockheed Martin’s compass systems developed under a six year, £17 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence. The Navigation Compass Programme (NCP) contract will see Lockheed Martin replace the current systems in use on t