Vessels
US aircraft carrier group arrives in South Korea for exercises
Having completed their South China Sea patrol, sailors and ships from the U.S. Navy’s John C. Stennis Strike Group arrived in the Republic of Korea (ROK) for a scheduled port visit March 13. USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS Chung-Hoon (DD
Royal Navy to take charge of Combined Task Force 150
Royal Navy personnel from HMS Excellent, a shore establishment of the Navy, will head to the Arabian Gulf where they will assume command of the Combined Task Force 150 next month. Part of Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 150 is policing more than two million square miles of sea on the l
Irish Navy floats out LÉ William Butler Yeats
Float out of L.É. William Butler Yeats time lapse video Float out of L.É. William Butler Yeats time lapse video Posted by Irish Naval Service on Friday, March 11, 2016 Appledore Shipbuilders, a subsidiary of Babcock Marine, on March 10 floated out the third and last patrol vessel it is building for
VIDEO: Boeing reveals new autonomous unmanned submarine
Image, Video: Boeing American multinational aerospace company Boeing has introduced their latest unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV), the Echo Voyager. The company said the drone submarine is able to operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to a hybrid rechargeable power system and modular payl
Indian Navy launches sixth LCU ship
The Indian Navy has launched the sixth ship of the LCU MK IV project during a March 12 ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, Kolkata. LCU L-56, as the ship was named, is the sixth vessel of the series of eight Landing Craft Utility Ships being designed and built by the Indian ship
NATO submarine exercise Dynamic Manta concludes
Ships and submarines participating in the NATO Submarine Command-led exercise Dynamic Manta have their drills on March 4. Spanish F-80 frigate Santa María arrived at her homeport in Rota Naval Base on March 10 after participating in the multinational exercise along with the French replenishment ship
HMS Iron Duke stops in Oslo after exercise Cold Response
On its way back from the Norwegian-hosted exercise Cold Response, Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke visited Oslo, Norway. The Portsmouth-based ship hosted the British ambassador and was welcoming the public on board during the weekend. HMS Iron Duke was berthed outboard of ESPS Cantabria fo
CACI wins $809m IT contract with US Navy
Information solutions company CACI International announced March 10 that it has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Naval Supply Systems Command Business Systems Center (NAVSUP BSC). The five-year contract which, if all options are exercised, could amount to $809 million, represents n
Gallery: French frigate Primauguet docks in Zeebrugge, Belgium
Images: Belgian Navy French Navy frigate Primauguet (D 644) docked in Zeebrugge, Belgium for a routine port visit on March 10 and is set to stay until March 13. The frigate was on its way back from the international exercise Cold Response 2016, which took place in Norwegian waters and hosted 20 wars
French Navy, Cyprus conduct joint SAR exercise
French Navy frigate FS Aconit (F713) has sailed to the Republic of Cyprus for a joint exercise that is taking place March 11 off the coast of Cyprus. The search and rescue (SAR) Exercise, titled CYPFRA-01/16, will involve search and rescue (SAR) units and personnel from the Republic of Cyprus and Fr
Russian Navy commissions first-of-the-class frigate
The Russian Navy is set to commission its newest frigate ‘Admiral Grigorovich’ at a ceremony at the Baltic Shipyard Yantar in Kaliningrad on March 11. The ceremony of raising the St. Andrew’s flag is preceded by successful builder’s and state trials. Admiral Grigorovich, the lead ship in the class,
HMAS Parramatta to complete anti-ship missile defence upgrade by April
Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Parramatta, the sixth ship to enter the Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade programme, is preparing to undock in mid April. The ship has been undergoing a range of modifications at the BAE Systems shipyard in Henderson, Australia over the past 12 months
Russian warship interferes with Lithuanian shipping routes
An unidentified Russian Navy ship ordered Atlantic Voyager, a commercial container ship which was sailing in Lithuanian waters, to change route because the Russian Navy was conducting exercises in the area. According to Lithuanian Navy, the container ship was sailing roughly 36 nautical miles off Kl
VIDEO: USS Porter aces first SeaRAM live fire test
U.S. Navy Video USS Porter (DDG 78), an Aegis-upgraded guided-missile destroyer, completed on March 4 a live-fire test from a SeaRAM missile system and became the first U.S. Navy destroyer to do so. SeaRAM, which replaced Porter’s Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) mount, is a self-contained dete