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Exercise Malabar 2015 Launched

Oct 18, 2015

Naval forces and liaisons from India, Japan and United States begin Exercise Malabar 2015, Oct. 16, through air defense collaboration.The featured cooperation consists of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Airwing (CVW) 1…

CNO, MCPON Visit Sailors Aboard USS Ronald Reagan

Oct 16, 2015

Press release - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens visited Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY)…

USN Cites Modern Threats to (again) Start Teaching Celestial Navigation

Oct 16, 2015

Picture this: A naval vessel is navigating the high seas thousands of nautical miles from land. Suddenly all navigation systems become inoperable. What happens next? What does this mean? The Navy looks to its past to chart its future. With today's technology rapidly advancing…

IRClass Academy Delivers Training for Naval Shipbuilding

Oct 15, 2015

IRClass Academy, the training arm of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has delivered a six-day training program on naval shipbuilding for the officers and members of the Warship Overseeing Team of the Indian Navy and managers from India’s leading naval shipyards…

IMO Welcomes UN Resolution on Migrant Smuggling

Oct 15, 2015

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a UN Security Council resolution which authorizes Member States to intercept vessels suspected of migrant smuggling off the Libyan coast…

Women in Defence Conference Address Gender Diversity

Oct 14, 2015

The 3rd annual Chief of Defence Force Women in Defence conference in Canberra has reaffirmed Defence's ongoing commitment to improve gender diversity across the organisation. Themed ‘Our People and Capability’, the two day conference…

SBI Hire Aims to Boost Foreign Military Sales

Oct 13, 2015

Joseph Abeyta, President of Allwater Marine Group, LLC, has joined SAFE Boats International (SBI) as Foreign Military Sales Business Development Consultant to help increase foreign military sales business development growth efforts, SBI announced…

India, US, Japan Naval Drills Begins, Irks China

Oct 13, 2015

India, Japan and the United States kicked off the first joint naval exercises  in the Bay of Bengal in eight years and such drills will occur each year, Indian government sources said. The Japanese Maritime-Self Defense Force (JMSF) confimed…

Groundwork Begins on Successor Subs in UK

Oct 13, 2015

Groundwork has started on the renovation of a central shipyard complex that be used for outfitting future Royal Navy Successor submarines, British Forces News said. BAE Systems had announced last year a $459 million modernization of the entire shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness…

20 Nations Reinforce their Commitment to Fight Piracy

Oct 12, 2015

Senior officers from Australia and 19 other nations attended the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) meeting in Sydney this week to reinforce the importance of a regional approach to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea…

Naval War College Contributions Recognized

Oct 11, 2015

U.S. Naval War College (NWC) leaders and alumni received a warm welcome on Capitol Hill, Oct. 7 during a congressional breakfast organized by Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed.The event offered a chance for members of Congress and their staff…

China Completes lighthouses construction in disputed South China Sea

Oct 10, 2015

China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing's maritime ambitions.A completion ceremony was held for the…

HMS Protector Deployed to Antarctic

Oct 10, 2015

Ice ship HMS Protector is heading for waters no Royal Navy vessel has visited in 80 years as she begins a marathon deployment to Antarctica.The Plymouth-based icebreaker and survey vessel will ensure the world’s fishermen are not stripping…

China to Build Submarines in Pakistan

Oct 08, 2015

China will build in Karachi four of eight submarines that it is selling to Pakistan, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said, reports Dawn. The remaining four will be built in China. China will transfer the technology…

Search for El Faro Crew Continues, Hopes Fading

Oct 07, 2015

Responders continue the hunt for possible survivors from the missing cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sunk during Hurricane Joaquin. As of Tuesday night, crews have searched some 172,257 square nautical miles while scanning…

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