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USA: L-3 Communications Bags USD 13.7 Million Aircraft Contract
NAVY HH-60H SEAHAWK Mississippi based company, L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, has received a USD 13.7 million modification to a previously awarded aircraft maintenance contract. L-3 will...
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MV Cape Ray Heads to Italy
MV CAPE RAY The 648-foot U.S. container ship MV Cape Ray departed Portsmouth Naval shipyard yesterday to destroy Syrian chemical weapons, the Associated Press reports. The mission, delayed due to the...
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Norwegian Commodore Takes the Helm of SNMG1
COMMAND HAND OVER CEREMONY Norwegian Navy Commodore Nils Andreas Stensønes assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) during a ceremony that took place aboard the new fleet flagship...
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Future USS Coronado Leaves Austal Shipyard
USS CORONADO The US Navy’s newest littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Coronado, left the Austal USA Shipyard and headed to her commissioning site in Coronado, Calif. LCS Program Manager, Capt....
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Russian Shipping Register Certifies Saltwater Engineering
SALTWATER ENGINEERING Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified Saltwater Engineering B.V. on 26th of November 2013, enabling it to complete any kind of naval architecture works for Russian...
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USS Independence LCS 2 Stops in Humboldt Bay
USS INDEPENDENCE LCS 2 The US Navy ship USS Independence stopped in Humbolt Bay Harbor for refueling today, the Times Standard reported. Captain John Powell, Humboldt Bay Harbor District Bar Pilot,...
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USNS Spearhead Anchors in Rota, Spain
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the U.S. Navy’s first of ten joint, high-speed vessels (JHSV) docked in Rota, Spain on Monday, January 27 for its first port call on its maiden deployment, aimed at building...
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Royal Navy Seizes USD 99.4 Million of Cocaine near Dominican Republic
SEIZED BALES OF COCAINE ON BOARD RFA WAVE KNIGHT The Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) fast fleet tanker Wave Knight and the US Coast Guard have seized 45 balls of cocaine south of the Dominican...
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USS Denver Heads Out for US 7th Fleet AOR
USS DENVER IN SASEBO, JAPAN The U.S. Navy’s second oldest deployable ship, USS Denver (LPD 9), left its homeport of Sasebo, Japan on Monday bound for the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. While...
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USS Donald Cook Prepares for New Homeport
USS DONALD COOK The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) is preparing to depart Norfolk, Va. on 31 January and head to her new homeport, the WVEC.com informed. The destroyer...
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Japanese Navy Loses Submarine
TSUGARU PENINSULA, JAPAN The Japanese Navy lost a USD 5.7 million worth unmanned submarine last year, according to AFP. The submarine was being used in the Tsugaru Strait, a channel located between...
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Two Indian Navy Commanders Relieved of Duty
INS BETWA DOCKED IN MUMBAI In the aftermath of the recent mishaps that have caused various safety concerns, the Indian Navy has decided to suspend the commanding officers of INS Talwar and INS Betwa....
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FGS Hessen Talks Piracy Challenges with Iranian Seafarers
FGS HESSEN Crewmembers of the German Navy ship FGS Hessen, attached to EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta, boarded three Iranian flagged dhows in the Gulf of Aden last week. FGS Hessen detected the...
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Detyens Shipyards to Revamp USNS Leroy Grumman
USNS LEROY GRUMMAN Detyens Shipyards, Inc., a naval facility specializing in emergency ship repair, ship conversion, and dry docking, has won a USD $9.6 million contract for a 55-calendar day regular...
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Salvage of INS Sindhurakshak Set to Begin
INS SINDURAKSHAK S63 The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is about to launch the salvage of the Navy’s Kilo-class submarine named INS Sindurakshak. Namely, the Mumbai-based Western Naval Command is...
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US Navy Hires Vigor Marine for USNS Yukon’s Overhaul
USNS YUKON AT SEA The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) Norfolk has awarded a contract worth USD 6.6 million to Vigor Marine LLC, seated in Portland, Ore, for regular overhaul and dry docking...
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Malaysia: Boustead Naval Shipyard Awards USD 9.6 Mln Job to Boustead Atlas
Malaysian-based Boustead Atlas Hall has signed a RM26.6m (about USD 9.6 million) contract with Boustead Naval Shipyard, under which Boustead Atlas Hall will construct a hangar and consolidate two...
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HMAS Childers Pays Historic Visit to Bangladesh
HMAS CHILDERS ACPB 93 The Royal Australian Navy’s Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Childers docked in Chittagong, Bangladesh on January 27th, marking the Navy’s first visit to the country in decades....
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Damen to Deliver Five Tugs to Dutch and Swedish Navies
DAMEN TUGS Damen Shipyards Group has been contracted by the Defence Material Organisation of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) and by the Swedish Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV) for the delivery of five...
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Sri Lankan Navy Commander Hosts Ugandan Defence Minister
UGANDAN DEFENCE MINISTER IN SRI LANKA Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage, welcomed Ugandan Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Gen (retd) Odongo Jeje, at the Naval...
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