The U.S. Navy is upgrading its MK 132 Guided Missile Launching Systems for the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 Work has commenced on the refurbishment and modification of the NATO Seasparrow Missile System (NSSMS) platform and MK 132 Guided Missile Launching System located at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD). The …
HMCS Toronto lost power on Monday (Oct. 29) night off the coast of the United Kingdom. For the second time in days, a Canadian frigate has encountered trouble at sea. On Monday night just before midnight, HMCS Toronto was conducting operations off the coast of the United Kingdom when the ship lost power. A spokesperson …
Indian MOD signs contract with GRSE for supply of four survey vessels for Indian Navy Indian Ministry of Defence has awarded contract for design, construction and supply of four Survey Vessels for Indian Navy to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited, Kolkata after it became successful bidder in the competitive bidding. The contract was …
The construction of the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127) is officially underway at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard. The milestone was marked with a ceremony held in the shipyard’s fabrication shop during which U.S. Senator Susan Collins made the initial cut to the first plate of steel for the ship. The ceremony …
Twenty-four ships from 14 nations assemble in formation for a photo exercise at the conclusion of exercise Trident Juncture-2018 today (Nov.7)
On Nov. 5, 2018, a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 conducting a high speed pass directly in front of the mission aircraft, putting at risk the pilots and crew. The intercepting …
Norwegian navy frigate KNM Helge Ingstad almost completely submerged on Tuesday (Nov 13) despite efforts to salvage the sinking vessel. The Norwegian military has been working since Thursday to salvage the ship by tethering it with several cables to the shore. Some of these had broken. “The ship sunk a meter further and, as a …
After millions of pounds of funding from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) under the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, British scientists have constructed what they claim to be humanity’s first quantum ‘compass,’ a navigational device independent of the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS). The instrument, built by scientists at the Imperial College in London, …
The future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of destroyers, departed General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Bath, Maine on Nov. 9. The guided missile destroyer is en route to California where she is so scheduled to be commissioned in Coronado on Jan. 26, 2019, prior to commencing …
USS Donald Cook transited the Turkish Straits and entered the Black Sea Jan. 19, 2019 to conduct maritime security operations in support of regional allies and partners.