Miscellaneous

Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans escorted a Russian warship through the North Sea and areas of UK interest on Christmas Day.The Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate was called upon to sail on 23 December and keep watch on the...

The oceanographic research ship Admiral Vladimirsky, the Baltic Fleet, being on long-distance mission, has completed its passage through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea.In course of the mission, the crew will perform a great deal of...

The guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) returned to its Naval Station Norfolk homeport Dec. 23, completing a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.The ship departed May 23, to support anti-submarine...

While most couples share a home and a bed, Nova Scotia’s Chris and Victoria Devita also share a warship.The lieutenant-commanders made Canadian Naval history this year as the first couple to have commanded the same vessel, HMCS Glace Bay."It...

New German Type 125 frigate BADEN-WURTTEMBERG returned to builders at Blohm + Voss in Hamburg to fix numerous software and hardware problems - first time German Navy has rejected a ship that had already been delivered.

The Royal Australian Navy is set to become the first foreign force using Raytheon’s sensor-netting system that creates a real-time composite network picture for operators at sea.Raytheon’s Cooperative Engagement Capability system – a key enabler of the U.S. Navy’s...

Raytheon will provide Saudi Arabian military forces with 618 hard-target-penetrating and data-linked medium-range precision-guided missiles, AGM-154 Block III C Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), air-to-ground unitary-variant missiles under terms of a $302.4 million order announced last week.The AGM-154C JSOW uses...

The UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is leaking because of a faulty seal.The Royal Navy's future flagship, which was commissioned by the Queen earlier this month in Portsmouth, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts.The...

Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday (19 Dec) approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defense capabilities amid escalating threats from North Korea.The approval will allow the Defense Ministry to...

Huntington Ingalls has won $63 million modification contract for the execution of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) emergent repair and restoration.This effort shall provide for the initial collision ripout phase of an availability which will include a combination of maintenance,...