The official qualification trials of the sonars for the FREMM frigate programme took place over a six-week period in June and July 2012 on the FREMM frigate Aquitaine in the Bay of Biscay. The successful trials are the culmination of nine months of testing with the UMS 4110 CL bow-mounted sonar and
First launch of submarine-based Russian-Indian cruise missile BrahMos will be carried out by the end of the current year… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 24, 2012
Raytheon Company signed a contract for 42.8 million pounds to deliver five Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence starting in 2013. Installation and in-service support will be provided by Babcock Marine. “Phalanx provides unparalleled ship self-defense t
ST Engineering will introduce two new variants of its FEARLESS Patrol Vessels at Euronaval 2012, a well established international naval defence and maritime exhibition which is held from 22 to 26 October 2012 at the Paris – Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, France. The ST Engineering booth at E43 will p
Pacific Fleet (PF) Calmar-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine K-433 Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets performed successful… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 22, 2012; Image: narod
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth left Plymouth on a seven-month maritime security deployment to the Gulf. The ship has two main missions: to protect the trade routes the UK economy depends on and to maintain security on the high seas, which will be achieved through surveillance and deterring and
First test launches of air-based BrahMos cruise missile are scheduled in 2013, deputy director general of… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 15,2012
Exercise Joint Warrior 12-2 concluded off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 11. Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 took part in the exercise with guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) fleet replenishment ship USNS Leroy Grumman (TAO 195), Helicopter Mari
India has carried out tests of upgraded BrahMos supersonic antiship cruise missile, writes Izvestiya… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 11,2012; Image: belfecenter
Indian Navy successfully tested supersonic cruise missile BrahMos launched by the newest frigate INS Teg; the missile is capable to… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 09, 2012; Image: Indian Navy
Sixteen Sailors and Marines from USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with a few Coast Guardsmen from the high endurance cutter Sherman (WHEC 720), visited the children’s ward at San Francisco General Hospital, Oct. 5, as part of the 31st annual San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) celebration. The group, sha
Sailors and Royal Marines aboard new destroyer HMS Dauntless recreated a historic ship’s company photograph from nearly a century ago. One hundred and 74 of the 200 men and women aboard lined up on the forecastle of the Type 45 – just as their forebears did 91 years ago under solemn circumstances in
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky has successfully passed another round of shipyard’s sea trials in… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 02, 2012
Northern Fleet (NF) flagship, nuclear-powered missile cruiser Petr Veliky is on her way home to Severomorsk… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 01, 2012
