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France Caught in “Crossfire” over Delivery of Mistrals to Russia
A considerable load has been put on France due to its intention to continue with the construction and sale of Mistral-class ships to Russia. France said that the delivery of two warships to the...
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USA: Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Gets USD 23.64 Million SWFTS Contract...
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command have signed a USD 23.64 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract for systems engineering and integration...
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HMS Queen Elizabeth Step Closer to Naming Ceremony (UK)
The scaffolding around the bow of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth has been removed, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance said on its Twitter account. The scaffolding was mounted so as to give the next...
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US Navy Moves Ship to the Med amid Libyan Unrest
USS BATAAN The US Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), carrying 1,000 marines, has sailed into the Mediterranean Sea and could be used for evacuation of American personnel...
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Russian Submarine Assists Small Boat
Russian submarine K-119 Voronezh assisted a small boat during a storm in the White Sea on June 8th, reports RT.com. When the crew of the small vessel realised that it was running low on fuel, the...
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INS Kamorta to Join the Indian Navy in July
INS Kamorta, the first indigenous anti-submarine corvette as well as the first indigenous stealth corvette built by India, is expected to join the Indian Navy late next month. The vessel, which was...
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Indian Navy’s INS Kuthar Damaged in Accident
INS Kuthar, Indian Navy’s Khukri class corvette, was damaged while operating in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. According to Zee News, the accident happened when the corvette tried to...
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Colombian Navy Seizes 196 Kilograms of Cocaine
Units of the Colombian Navy seized 196 kilograms of cocaine aboard a ”Corvina” type vessel which was moored in Buenaventura – Valle del Cauca. With the help of the Pacific Coast Guard, they managed...
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Boustead to Build Malaysian Navy’s SGPV LCSs
Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) has received an order to construct six Second Generation Patrol Vessels with Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) capability for the Royal Malaysian Navy. According to...
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Chinese Sailors Take Part in RIMPAC Search Exercise
The Republic of China Navy, along with the US Navy, has conduced a search exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on Wednesday. Chinese sailors boarded vessels in search for mock pirates and...
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Colombian Navy Rescues Four Fishermen
The Colombian Navy rescued four fishermen whose craft went adrift while they were fishing in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 11 kilometers from the coast of Puerto Colombia. Their...
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Fire at HMAS Bundaberg Contained
A fire that broke out on the Australian Navy’s patrol vessel HMAS Bundaberg was contained. The Armidale class patrol boat caught on fire at around noon while undergoing maintenance repairs in...
View ArticleRaytheon Bags LPD 17 Engineering Deal
San Diego’s Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems is being awarded a $26 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract for life cycle engineering and support services for LPD 17 class integrated shipboard...
View ArticleTen Dead, More than a Thousand Rescued off Italy
Ten people died and more than a thousand have been rescued off Italy’s coast, official said. Starting on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard, navy and cargo ships saved more than a thousand migrants in...
View ArticleAircraft Carrier USS Ranger Sails to Scrap Yard
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Ranger, once used for scenes in the movies “Top Gun” and “Star Trek IV”, is starting a 16,000-mile trip from Puget Sound, to a scrap yard in Texas. International...
View ArticleSpanish Navy’s Canarias Saves Four Castaways
Spanish Navy’s frigate SPS Canarias (F86) saved four North African castaways after their boat capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar. The Navy vessel deployed to the scene of the incident after midnight,...
View ArticleZumwalt Destroyers to Join the Fleet a Year Later
The US Navy’s two new Zumwalt-class destroyers will arrive to the fleet a year later due to complications with new technology. Reuters writes that the issues arose because of the challenges with the...
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Five Navy Officers Arrested After MACC Investigation
Five Royal Malaysian Navy staff, including a female officer, were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in and around the naval base in Lumut, on Monday evening, Malay Mail...
View ArticleLE James Joyce Joins Irish Naval Service Fleet
LE James Joyce, a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), joined Irish Naval Service fleet during a Commissioning Ceremony, on Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire, on September 1st, 2015. This is...
View ArticleUS Navy to Cancel Third Zumwalt?
Pentagon is considering the cancellation of the third next-generation stealth destroyer USS Lyndon B. Johnson. According to a Defense Department briefing document reported by Bloomberg Business the...
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