Miscellaneous

BAE Systems, Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $68.5 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to continue providing lifecycle sustainment, integration, and engineering services to US aircraft carriers.BAE Systems will leverage decades of program history to develop, produce, equip, test, evaluate,...

The French frigate FS Languedoc has made its second drug seizure in the Indian Ocean in less than a week, seizing more than 3.6 tons of illegal substances during a maritime counter-narcotics operation in the Indian Ocean on Monday.The...

Terma announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply third-party Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems integrated with C-Flex Patrol systems for six boats on August 31st, 2021, according to the company.A system from Terma will not only...

HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's second aircraft carrier was declared fully operational and ready for any kind of global missions on Oct.1.A fortnight-long international exercise off the coast of Scotland putting the final touches on two years of...

USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, recognized more than a decade of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on Sept.29Due to public health safety and restrictions of...

Last week, the HMA ships Paluma and Mermaid, two of the Royal Australian Navy's oldest vessels, were bid farewell to during a ceremony at HMAS Cairns.For more than 30 years, survey motor launches collected hydrographic data required for the...

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) units have entered the Black Sea for the third time this year to conduct routine operations and to pay a port visit to Batumi, Georgia, according to a press release.The Spanish flagship...

The A.R.A. Contraalmirante Cordero, the final of the four Offshore Patrol Vessel 87 (OPV 87) ordered by the Argentine Navy to Naval Group, was launched this Tuesday 21 September in Concarneau.This launch is part of the contract signed by...

Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 20, to participate in U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) first-ever Central Partnership Station (CPS) mission.The CPS mission in Lebanon is designed to build partner...

The military delegation of China and a Russian arms export company signed a contract for naval aviation armaments during last month's Russian Army 2021 Technology Forum.The Chinese side will import 36 Ka-52K Katran or Ka-52M heavy-armed helicopters from...