Queen Elizabeth to Launch UK’s Biggest Warship Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will launch the Royal Navy’s USD 5.1 billion (£3.1billion) aircraft carrier, named after her, during her visit to Scotland in summer this year, the Daily Record reported. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest ship ever built for the
USS Virginia (SSN 774), the first in a fleet of the US Navy’s next-generation attack submarines, was welcomed home yesterday in Groton, Conn., after a six-month overseas deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. This was the second deployment for Virginia, which headed out to her ma
India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced on Friday during the Def-Expo exhibition taking place in New Delhi, that the commissioning of the country’s first indigenously-developed nuclear-power submarine INS Arihant and its first intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transits the Atlantic Ocean en route to Rota, Spain as the first of four Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers to be stationed in Rota. She departed Norfolk, Va. on January 31 bound for her new homeport where three o
The first of four US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), arrived on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, which will be its new permanent homeport. With the arrival, the destroyer kick started her forward deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operati
The safety of the third convoy of Syrian chemical weapons will be ensured by the Russian Navy’s missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, the Voice of Russia reports. The operation of securing the convoy will include ships from the Chinese, Danish and Norwegian navies as well. The shipment of the weapons left
South Korea has ordered additional AGM-65G-2 Maverick missiles worth $31 million from Raytheon Company. Maverick is a versatile precision-guided missile that can engage a myriad of fixed, stationary, moving and maneuvering targets both on land and sea. The contract was awarded via the Korean Defen
Alewijnse Marine Systems has received a contract for the complete electrical installation package for the second Indonesian naval frigate. During the contract, Alewijnse will provide complete electrical installation packages including platform automation and integrated bridge systems on twin guide
The Royal Moroccan Navy teamed up with its U.S. counterpart in a passing exercise in the Mediterranean sea last week, February 6, aimed at boosting interoperability and tactical proficiency. The U.S. Navy was represented by the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55), w
On 7 February 2014, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigate HMAS Melbourne conducted a second drug bust during a boarding operation on a vessel suspected of transporting illicit cargo off the coast of Tanzania. During the operation the frigate’s crew seized 190 kilograms of heroin of around $AU380 m
The Chinese Navy is gearing up to send two Jin-class submarines, carrying nuclear missiles, to patrol through the northern Pacific Ocean, according to USNI News. The submarines will come within range of at least two US states. Their missiles are capable to fly no less than 14,000 kilometers with a
HMAS Melbourne has intercepted a shipment of 353 kilograms of what is believed to be heroin during a boarding operation on a suspected drug smuggling dhow off the coast of Tanzania on Wednesday, 5 February 2014. The drugs are said to be worth $706 million Australian dollars, circa USD 626 million.
The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) docked in Tomakomai, Japan, on February 4 for a taste of Japanese culture. Namely, the ships’ staff, accompanied by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and local citizens will tak
Electric Boat Corp, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has secured a USD 520 million worth contract action under the existing contract for future U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarines to be built under block IV. The contract provides for additional long lead time material associated with the two fi
