Previously announced in media, first sortie of the first serial Project 955 Borei SSBN Alexander Nevsky was postponed due to bad weather, told a source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Lead sub of the project SSBN Yury Dolgoruky will not conduct another test launch of Borei‘s main weapon
The U.S. Navy announced the launch of the first Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft (FMC) from VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard, Oct. 20, marking a key milestone in the ship’s construction process. The primary mission of the FMC is to conduct independent and joint operations, primarily ag
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) pulled into her homeport of Everett, Wash., for the last time, Oct. 18. Lincoln will depart Everett in December for a change-of-homeport deployment that will take the ship to its new homeport in Norfolk, Va. Lincoln is relocating to conduct a scheduled four-year refuelin
A group of six Marines from the Wounded Warrior Detachment Hawaii (WW DET HI) Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay visited the Virginia-class submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) to get a first-hand look at basic submarine operations, Oct 18 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The visit included a tour of
Interagency working group convened in Oct 13-14 at Sevmash shipyard to discuss the course of state defense order execution, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. The main subject was progress in construction of Borei– and Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarines. Deputy chairman of mil
Pilot Lt Ralphie Lorenz safely guides his Lynx helicopter back to ‘mother’ as HMS Argyll conducts an intensive training package in the Mediterranean on her way to the Gulf. In the coming weeks, the Devonport-based frigate will take over from HMS St Albans on the key maritime security mission in the
Baltic Fleet (BF) Commander Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov and group of staff officers visited Stockholm on invitation of Swedish Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Jan Thörnqvist. During the visit both commanders discussed issues of cooperation between Swedish Navy and Baltic Fleet. Briefings and talks
Coming two test launches of Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Bulava will be carried out by SSBN Yury Dolgoruky on Oct 20 and 22, reports 3P (Polemos, Pater, Panton) of French Institute of International Relations and Strategies (Insitut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques)
Crews of Russian and American warships acted out about ten real episodes of the Pacific Eagle 2011 anti-terror exercise held off Mariana Islands, reports RIA Novosti referring to Pacific Fleet (PF) Commander’s press secretary Capt 1 rank Roman Martov. The exercise was carried out in Oct 13-15. Russi
Guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) pulled into HMNB Clyde Oct. 14, officially ending two weeks of multinational, multi-warfare training exercises known as Joint Warrior 11-2. During Joint Warrior, the crew of Burke worked alongside servicemembers from more than a dozen countries com
Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk) has completed preparation of the first serial Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky for sea trials, reports Interfax referring to Navy Main HQ. In the next few days the sub will take the White Sea for the first time. The
Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems & Sensors, Mitchel Field, N.Y., is being awarded a $39,977,957 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013 U.S. and U.K. TRIDENT II (D5) Navigation Subsystem Engineering Support Services requirements. Spe
The US guided missile cruiser Philippine Sea arrived in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on October 17. (news) [mappress] Source: news, October 17, 2011
Raytheon Company has completed the shipboard installation of the Cobra Judy Replacement program’s X- and S-band antennas onto the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25). These massive active phased-array antennas, each weighing more than 500,000 pounds, were installed onto the ship at Kiewit Offshore Se
