Miscellaneous

The Australian Defence Force has announced that a Royal Australian Navy Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo Seahawk helicopter ditched in the Philippine Sea overnight on October 13/14.Three aircrews to the MH-60R helicopter has been safely rescued after ditching their helicopter....

Following the delivery of the 60-meter NNS Lana hydrographic survey vessel from Ocea earlier this year, the Nigerian Navy has placed an order for a 35-meter hydrographic survey vessel from the French shipyard.On October 12, Ocea announced a deal...

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2), comprised of the Spanish flagship ESPS Rayo, the Bulgarian minesweeper BGS Shkval, the Italian ship ITS Viareggio, the Romanian ship ROS Lt Lupu Dinescu, and the Turkish ship TCG Edincik, visited Batumi,...

OPV 87 A.R.A. Storni, the third of four Argentine Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPV) built by Naval Group, was delivered on October 13 in the presence of Captain Santiago Villemur, the Argentine Navy's representative in France.A.R.A. Storni has been...

According to African defense media outlet DefenceWeb, Spain's Grup Aresa Internacional has supplied four Aresa 1700 inshore patrol boats to the Nigerian Navy.Last month, the business announced that the boats had been dispatched, signalling the end of sea trials,...

According to court documents, a US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were charged with repeatedly attempting to pass secrets about US nuclear submarines to a foreign government in an alleged espionage scheme found by the FBI.The investigation...

The U.S. Navy's Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct. 2, while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, the US Pacific Fleet stated on Oct.7. The...

Two SEMA anti-submarine warfare training targets were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Navy by the acoustic solutions vendor RTsys by the end of September 2021. At the beginning of 2021, the Royal Netherlands Navy placed an order for seven...

The Estonian Defense Forces are due to receive the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)-made Blue Spear land-to-sea missile system, IAI said in a statement on 6 October.According to the statement, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) signed a contract...

The United States Navy has granted Austal USA its first steel vessel building contract, worth US$145 million, for the construction of two Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ships (T-ATS 11 and 12).The contract update includes options for up to three...