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Raytheon Completes Ship Self-Defense System Deliveries
Raytheon has delivered the final Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS MK 2) hardware ship set of its 2010 production contract, completing all system deliveries ahead of schedule. The system is slated for installation and integration onboard the John P. Murtha (LPD 26), providing the ship’s U.S. Navy-certified open-architecture combat management system. SSDS is an open, distributed [...]
Iran-US brinkmanship over oil strait of Hormuz worsens
A showdown between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers worsened on Thursday with warships from each side giving weight to an increasingly bellicose exchange of words. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards rejected a warning that the US military would “not tolerate” such a closure, saying [...]
Australian navy appoints first female admiral
The Australian navy on Friday appointed its first female admiral, just months after the defence force allowed women to serve in frontline combat for the first time in its history. Commodore Robyn Walker was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and will also be the first female sailor to take on the job of [...]
US navy still eclipses China’s expanded force
China’s navy has hundreds of vessels at its disposal, among them nuclear submarines and an aircraft carrier, but it still does not come close to the huge naval firepower wielded by the United States. Chinese President Hu Jintao called Tuesday for the country’s navy to “make extended preparations for military combat”, further fuelling fears over [...]
70 years after Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona still weeps
Seventy years after Pearl Harbor, the wreck of the Arizona, the giant battleship sunk by Japanese warplanes, still leaks oil, evoking for some the tears of the thousand sailors who went down with their ship on that day of “infamy.” On December 7, 1941 at dawn, Japan awakened the American “sleeping giant,” bombing the US [...]
Bluefin’s Advanced UUVs for Navy’s LCS Surface Mine Countermeasures
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) is being awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for engineering and manufacturing of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV). As a critical part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Warfare mission package, the SMCM [...]
First SIGMA-class Frigate Delivered to the Royal Moroccan Navy
After successful sea trials and finishing of outfitting details, SIGMA-class Frigate Tarik ben Ziyad, built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) in Vlissingen, today was transferred to Rear Admiral Mohamed Laghmari, Commander in Chief of the Royal Moroccan Navy. Once again DSNS has proven to be a highly reliable partner as the ship was delivered [...]
The Global Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants Market 2011-2021
This report offers detailed analysis of the global Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants market over the next ten years, and provides extensive market size forecasts by country and sub sector. It covers the key technological and market trends in the Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants market. It further lays out an analysis of the factors [...]
Vietnam boosts naval power with new frigate
Vietnam on Monday received the second of two Russian-made guided missile frigates, local media reported, boosting its naval firepower amid maritime tensions with China. The Gepard class frigate — which an analyst called Vietnam’s most modern warship — arrived at Cam Ranh port on the country’s south-central coast, reports said. The first frigate reached Vietnam [...]
