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HMAS Coonawarra Changes Command
COMMAND HAND-OVER CEREMONY A new Commanding Officer took the helm of HMAS Coonawarra during a formal handover-takeover ceremony in Darwin in December. As a former Commanding Officer of Fremantle and...
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Saab’s Sea Giraffe Gets Official Designation from US Navy
SAAB’S SEA GIRAFFE Saab’s Sea Giraffe AMB Radar has received its official designation from the U.S. Navy, its official nomenclature now being the AN/SPS-77 (V)1, Saab Defense and Security USA (SDAS)...
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USA: Raytheon, L-3 Test New Ship Protection System
RAYTHEON’S TALON LASER-GUIDED ROCKET Raytheon Company and L-3 Communications have tested a new ship protection system. They launched Raytheon TALON laser-guided rockets from an L-3 remote weapon...
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VIDEO: Lockheed Martin’s LRASM Launchable from any MK41 VLS
LONG RANGE ANTI-SHIP MISSILE Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) proved in a recently conducted test that it can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) by only...
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ANZAC Rendezvous in Arabian Sea
HMNZS TE MANA, HMAS MELBOURNE AT SEA New Zealand and Australian Anzac-class frigates HMNZS TE MANA and HMAS MELBOURNE met up recently in the Arabian Sea. Both being assigned to Combined Maritime...
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Ukrainian Frigate Wraps Up First Patrol within Operation Atalanta
UKRAINIAN FRIGATE HETMAN SAHAYDACHNYI Hetman Sahaydachnyi, the Ukrainian Navy frigate, finished the first patrolling as part of European Naval Force Operation Atalanta from 5 to15th of January. The...
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Damen, PT PAL Hold Steel Cutting Ceremony for Indonesian Frigate
NEW INDONESIAN FRIGATE Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) and PT PAL (Persero) Shipyard in Surabaya, Indonesia held the steel cutting ceremony on 15 January 2014 for the first SIGMA 10514 PKR...
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Irish Naval Ship Assists Stricken Vessel
IRISH NAVAL SHIP LE AISLING The Irish Naval Service vessel, LE Aisling, provided assistance to a stricken vessel, MV Hellesport Charger, off the Irish west coast on January 14. MV Hellespot lost main...
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General Dynamics Nabs Major Submarine Support Gig
The U.S.Navy has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems two contracts worth circa $226.7 million for continuing efforts to modernize and repair the training and support equipment for...
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New Year, New Challenges for HMAS Sirius
HMAS SIRIOUS REFUELS ANOTHER SHIP AT SEA Another busy year is ahead of the Royal Australian Navy’s replenishment oiler HMAS Sirius. Nevertheless, before she sets sail to support this year’s operations,...
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USNS Fall River Launched at Austal USA
AUSTAL USA USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) hit the water successfully at Austal USA on January 16, 2014. The high-speed catamaran, which is part of a 10-ship program worth over USD 1.6 billion, was recently...
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USNS John Glenn Passes Builder’s Trials with Flying Colors
COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGE OF A MLP The US Navy’s second ship of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class USNS John Glenn (MLP 2) wrapped up Builder’s Sea Trials on Jan. 13 passing all tests with flying...
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HMS Somerset Calls at Gibraltar for Replenishment
HMS SOMERSET CREW The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset dropped her anchor in Gibraltar on the way to beginning a deployment East of Suez. The deployment comes in the aftermath of HMS Somerset’s...
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NATO Counter-Piracy Task Force Hosts Commander of South Korean Task Group
COMMANDER SOUTH KOREAN TASK GROUP ABOARD ESPS ALVARO DE BAZAN Commander of South Korean Expeditionary Task Group, Captain Sung-Mok Choi, paid a visit to Commander of Combined Task Force 508, Rear...
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Top News of the Week Jan 13 – Jan 19, 2014
TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK GDEB, US Navy Ink Ohio Replacement Submarine Contract General Dynamics Electric Boat has signed a contract with the US Navy under which General Dynamics will continue development...
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HMAS Darwin Deploys on Slipper
Adelaide class guided-missile frigate of the Australian Navy, HMAS Darwin, set sail on a seven-month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) on January 19th. Darwin will undertake...
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GDEB Nets Second Submarine Deal in One Week
VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE Electric Boat, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has received a $29.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the development of advanced submarine...
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Indonesian Frigate to Boost Vigilance of Its Territorial Waters
INDONESIAN NAVAL VESSELS Jakarta will dispatch a frigate to strengthen its southern defenses after Australian ships repeatedly violated territorial waters of Indonesia, Illawarra Mercury reported on 17...
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USS Spruance Sailors Rescue Overboard Mariner
USS SPRUANCE CREW ONBOARD ITS RHIB The U.S. Navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) and its crew proved vital in a rescue mission of a Filipino mariner, who had fallen overboard from his...
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MU90 Torpedo Acquired by Two More Navies
The MU90 lightweight torpedo developed by the European Economic Interest Group EUROTORP formed by DCNS, THALES and the Italian company WASS, is attracting growing interest among world navies. Two...
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