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NATO's focus on persuading its wider membership to adopt expeditionary warfare capabilities is beginning to be reflected in the choices member nations are making concerning...
24-Apr-2008
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ASC facility offers support to Collins-class submarines
Shipbuilder ASC has opened a submarine maintenance facility adjacent to the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) Common User Facility (CUF) in Henderson, Western Australia. Costing...
08-May-2008
Hurricane-hit San Antonio achieves IOC
The first of the US Navy's nine San Antonio-class amphibious transport ships has achieved its initial operating capability (IOC) after lengthy delays. USS ...
08-May-2008
*USCG accepts Bertholf in boost for Deepwater programme
The US Coast Guard (USCG) accepted its first National Security Cutter, the flagship vessel in the agency's USD24 billion Deepwater programme, in a ceremony on...
08-May-2008
Lockheed Martin launches protest against BAMS award
Lockheed Martin has filed a protest contesting the US Navy's award of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system (UAS) contract to ...
07-May-2008
Aegis systems could cost Australia $450m
The US Congress has been notified of the possible sale to Australia of Aegis combat system components and associated equipment. If all options are ...
07-May-2008
*Royal Navy-led MCM task group clears the way for Iraqi maritime trade
A mine countermeasures task group involving 22 naval vessels and 640 personnel from four countries is nearing the end of a seven-week operation to survey...
07-May-2008
Virginia-class submarine commissions as USN prepares report on welding glitch
The fourth of an expected 30 Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, USS North Carolina (SSN 777), was commissioned into the US Navy (USN) on 3 May....
06-May-2008
Wind River software to power Astute masts
Thales UK has selected the real-time operating system VxWorks to power the non-hull penetrating electro-optic mast system in the UK Royal Navy's Astute-class submarines. ...
06-May-2008
Former DoD official pours cold water on Taiwan's submarine deal with US
Taiwan's long-delayed purchase of eight diesel-electric attack submarines from the United States is unlikely to go ahead, according to a former Department of Defense official....
06-May-2008
Bangladesh prepares to test fire C-802
The Bangladesh Navy is to test fire the Chinese-built C-802 (YJ-2/YJ-82) surface-to-surface medium-range anti-ship missile for the first time on 4 May, a local ...
02-May-2008
*USN's RIVRON 3 makes first Iraq deployment
The US Navy's (USN's) Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 has deployed to Iraq for the first time having left Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia, on ...
30-Apr-2008
Heavy fuel-powered ScanEagle UAVs become operational
US Navy Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) powered with a heavy fuel engine (HFE) have flown operationally for the first time, Insitu announced ...
30-Apr-2008
*LCS 2 clears build milestone
The US Navy's (USN's) second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 2), Independence , was rolled out at Austal's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on 26 April....
30-Apr-2008
UK's 'Phoenix' exercise tests Sonar 2087, Merlin pairing
Deployed assets from the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) 'Orion 08' Task Group have completed an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise to test and prove the ...
30-Apr-2008
US revives Fourth Fleet
The US Navy has re-established its Fourth Fleet in the Caribbean and South American seas. It is expected to become operational on 1 July. ...
30-Apr-2008
Japan relieves two ships on refuelling mission
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) has sent two ships to relieve vessels currently carrying out the country's controversial Indian Ocean refuelling mission. ...
28-Apr-2008
Denmark's Absalon downs aerial drone in ESSM test-fire
An aerial drone has been destroyed by an Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) test-fired for the first time by one of the Royal Danish Navy's ...
28-Apr-2008
Telephonics awards GE, Fanuc venture for Fire Scout radar components
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms - a joint venture of United States-based General Electric and Fanuc Ltd of Japan - is to provide a set ...
28-Apr-2008
Japan selects Curtiss-Wright for destroyer helicopter landing system
Engineering component producer Curtiss-Wright is to supply its Recovery, Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) Mk IV system for helicopter deck landings in Japan's planned ...
28-Apr-2008
Electric Boat receives Block III Virginia-class contract
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) has been awarded a USD324.9 million contract to provide long-lead materials for the US Navy's first and third Block ...
28-Apr-2008
Daring trials reach combat system stage
Sea trials for the first of the UK Royal Navy's Daring-class (Type 45) destroyers are reaching the combat system stage, according to shipbuilder BAE ...
25-Apr-2008
*All systems go as electric solutions power future ships
In the 1990s, respected figures in the UK marine propulsion engineering community were advocating a segregated 'mixed mode' electric warship configuration employing alternating current ...
24-Apr-2008
*Shooting match: Navies face gun-calibre multiple choice
NATO's focus on persuading its wider membership to adopt expeditionary warfare capabilities is beginning to be reflected in the choices member nations are making ...
24-Apr-2008
Canada deploys Aurora to shore up Arctic claims
A CP-140 Aurora long-range maritime patrol aircraft deployed to the Canadian Arctic for 10 days in April to collect information to substantiate Canada's sovereignty ...
24-Apr-2008
Northrop Grumman wins Platform Management System fit for Royal Navy's Audacious
The Platform Management System (PMS) for the UK Royal Navy's fourth Astute-class submarine, Audacious , will be provided by Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine after...
24-Apr-2008
*JNI cover image
Fire for effect: priorities in naval gunnery
24-Apr-2008
*Simulation systems take the strain as sailors train ashore
In March, US Navy (USN) Secretary Donald Winter filed a petition with the US Supreme Court requesting it reverse a ruling that would increase ...
23-Apr-2008
*Northrop Grumman wins US global maritime surveillance race
Northrop Grumman has secured a USD1.164 billion system development and demonstration (SDD) contract for the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme, the navy ...
23-Apr-2008
Canada awards contracts to refit Halifax-class frigates
Halifax Shipyards and Victoria Shipyards have been awarded contracts totalling CAD900 million (USD887.9 million), including options to refit and upgrade Canada's 12 Halifax-class frigates. ...
23-Apr-2008
*Austal lays bare Trinidad and Tobago fast patrol craft design
Aluminium shipbuilder Austal has released design specifications for the six fast patrol craft it will build for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. Powered...
23-Apr-2008
Greece receives Laskos patrol craft after systems upgrade
The Hellenic Navy (HN) took delivery of its first upgraded Laskos-class (La Combattante III) fast patrol craft on 21 April after a major overhaul ...
23-Apr-2008
US rivals join forces for LPD 24 build
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGS) and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works (BIW) are co-operating in the construction of the US Navy's eighth San Antonio-class amphibious ...
23-Apr-2008
DCNS finalises first export order for FREMM programme
DCNS has finalised a USD676 million accord to sell a multimission frigate based on the Franco-Italian FREMM design to the Royal Moroccan Navy. The...
22-Apr-2008
*Blackbeard's ghost: Nigeria faces uphill struggle as piracy 'spirals out of control'
When a bulk carrier was boarded by knife-wielding robbers off Lagos in the early hours of 14 April, it was just the latest in ...
22-Apr-2008
*Interview: Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir, Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy
Pakistan's highest-ranking naval officer pulls few punches when expressing his unease at India's naval procurement programme, branding it "beyond legitimate defence requirements". It is,...
22-Apr-2008
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