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Image of the Day: USNS Cesar Chavez during Nighttime Underway Replenisment
The US Navy’s Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship, USNS Cesar Chavez, hull number (T-AKE 14) delivers fuel to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) at night during an...
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Image of the Day: Artist Rendering of Electromagnetic Railgun aboard USNS...
The Office of Naval Research-founded electromagnetic railgun, which is installed aboard the joint high-speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3), shown by an artist rendering. A long range weapon,...
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USA: Lockheed Martin Signs Aegis Ballistic Missile Contract Modification
Moorestown-based Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has signed a USD 13.6 million modification to Aegis Ballistic Missile contract. Following this deal, the contractor will support...
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Image of the Day: Royal Navy’s Swimmer in MH370 Search Mission
During the search for missing Malaysian airliner MH370, AB Joshua Ruff, HMS Echo’s swimmer of the watch, is recovered after recovering some debris from the water. No objects recovered by the survey...
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VIDEO: HII to Deliver USS America to US Navy
USS AMERICA (LHA 6) The U.S. Navy will take delivery of its new Amphibious Assault Ship America (LHA 6) at a ceremony scheduled for today at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding...
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Image of the Day: US Navy EODMU Members Take a Dive from the Sky
Members of the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 conduct a paradrop training exercise with Spanish Special Forces on March 26th. These operations, which were held in...
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Image of the Day: USS Vinson’s Bullets Light Up the Sea
USS Carl Vinson’s sailors fire a 50-caliber machine gun during a gun shoot on the ship’s fantail on April 8th. The ship, which is the third US Navy’s Nimitz class super carrier, is underway off the...
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USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Christened
The christening ceremony of the first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), took place at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard located in Bath, Maine on 12 April, 2014. Secretary...
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Raytheon Lands CEC Contract Modification
Raytheon Company received an USD 8.34 mln. contract modification from the U.S. Navy for Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) for two AN/USG-2B Shipboard Systems, one DDG Mod Kit, and one DDG Mod...
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Image of the Day: USS Carl Vinson Steams Her Way through Sea Mist
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif on April 10th. Carl Vinson returned from an underway conducting unit-level...
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N-Kom, NDSQ Host Visit from Qatar Emiri Naval Forces
N-KOM and NDSQ hosted a visit from top navy officials from the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces a week prior to the start of Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition, DIMDEX. During the meeting,...
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USCG to Offload about USD 110 Million of Cocaine
Crewmembers from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Legare are going to offload approximately 3,300 kilograms of cocaine today at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. The cocaine haul is a result...
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US Navy Sends Ship to Assist Sunken Korean Ferry Victims
The U.S. Navy has sent its amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, which was conducting maritime operations in the Yellow Sea, to provide assistance to people from a sunken ferry in the South...
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Canadian Navy Ships Complete Deployment on Operation CARIBBE
HMCS GLACE BAY Royal Canadian navy ships HMCS Glace Bay and HMCS Kingston returned to the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia yesterday. The ships, which are both Kingston-class vessels, successfully...
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Lockheed Martin to Repair U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Parts
Lockheed Martin, a US-based global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company, has received a USD 7.2 million contract to repair 12 items of the common cockpit for the U.S. Navy’s...
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Image of the Day: Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Directs Super Hornet
The U.S. Navy’s Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Christopher O’neil directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Gunslingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 onto a catapult on the...
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Top News of the Week Apr 14-20, 2014
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Christened The christening ceremony of the first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), took place at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard located in Bath,...
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Russian Navy Ship Heads to Mediterranean Sea
A Russian Navy’s ship is steaming its way to the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Daily Sabah. The ship, with hull number PM-56, passed the Dardanelles strait on Sunday, April 20th accompanied by...
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About 60 Ukrainian Ships Remain in Crimea
About 60 Ukrainian warships remain stationed in Crimea, while 13 were pulled out by Russian tugboats to neutral waters where Ukraine took command of them, according to the RIA Novosti. Russian and...
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VIDEO: Dutch Navy Submarine Visits Port of Tyne
The Royal Netherlands Navy’s submarine, HNLMS Walrus, paid a visit to the Port of Tyne over the Easter weekend, according to the Shields Gazette. This is the first time in 10 years that a submarine...
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