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Davie: Canada should reconsider need for second AOR
Quebec-based shipbuilder Davie Shipbuilding has urged Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to reevaluate the government's decision not to order a second supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy. Speaking in Quebec last Friday, ...
Fincatieri launches FREMM frigate Spartaco Schergat
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri launched the navy's ninth FREMM frigate РІР‚' the future ITS Spartaco Schergat РІР‚' at its Riva Trigoso, Genoa, shipyard on January 26. Godmother of the ceremony was Mrs. Anna Rosa Aonzo Grillo, daughter of the Golden Medal for Military Value, Giuseppe Aonzo. ...
Singapore launches final Littoral Mission Vessel
ST Engineering's Benoi Shipyard launched theР’В Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s eighth and final Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV),Р’В Fearless, in a ceremony on January 26. The launch ceremony was officiated by senior minister of state for defence Heng Chee How whose wife launched the LMV. ...
Royal Navy remembers crew of submarine sunk on sea trials
Royal Navy veterans and serving submariners recently marked the loss of submarine K13 which sank during sea trials on the Gareloch on January 29, 1917. The sinking resultedР’В in the tragic death of 32 people on board. Over the weekend of January 26, ...
US destroyer exits Black Sea after drills in Georgia
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) exited the Black Sea after nine days of operations in the region. The destroyer transited the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Mediterranean Sea on January 28 after a port visit to Batumi, Georgia, ...
Boeing gets $2,4b to build Poseidon MPAs for US, UK, Norway
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Boeing a $2.45 billion contract modification to start construction on a number of Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft for the US Navy, the UK and Norway. Under the latest contract modification, Boeing is to deliver 10 P-8As to the US Navy, ...
USS McFaul deploys on maritime security operations
US Navy destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk on January 25 to start a regularly-scheduled deployment to conduct maritime security operations. The ship, and its roughly 300 sailors, is trained and ready to conduct a wide range of tasks, to include ballistic missile defense. ...
Russia commissions third Aleksandrit-class minesweeper
The Russian Navy commissioned its third Aleksandrit-class minesweeper Ivan Antonov in a ceremony on January 26. The flag raising ceremony for Ivan Antonov was held in Baltiysk and the ship will be homeported in Sevastopol as part of the Russian Navy's Baltic Sea fleet. ...
US destroyer seizes almost 5 tons of hashish in Gulf of Aden
US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) seized close to 5 tons of narcotics from a stateless vessel in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden on January 24. Chung-Hoon's visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team conducted a flag verification boarding and seized 4, ...
USS Abraham Lincoln starts pre-deployment exercise
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and ships from its carrier strike group (ABECSG) departed Naval Station Norfolk for the final pre-deployment exercise on January 25. ...
HHIC contracts eMarine for further ROK Navy PKX-B deliveries
South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) has awarded communications systems manufacturer eMARINE Global a second contract for the delivery of its warship electronic chart display & information system (WECDIS) for new Republic of Korea Navy patrol ships. In 2018, ...
Cutlass Express 2019 kicks off in Djibouti
TheР’В eighth iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express taking place in the vicinity of Djibouti, Mozambique and Seychelles began on January 28. Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, and the United States, ...
USS Anchorage stops in Singapore
US Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Singapore for a scheduled port visit, Jan. 26. Prior to arriving in Singapore, ...