Navy News


Resolve Hosts 'Damage Control Olympics'

May 08, 2015

The Resolve Maritime Academy hosted a day of maritime safety training exercises and competitive activities as part of the 13th Damage Control Olympics. Teams consisting of sailors and damage control service men and women competed against…

FCC/C10F Releases Strategic Plan

May 08, 2015

U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F) released its updated strategic plan, May 6, during a media roundtable at the Pentagon. Vice Adm. Jan E. Tighe, commander, FCC/C10F, met with members of the media to discuss the plan and the Navy's way forward in the cyberspace domain…

SAM Electronics Bags Royal Malaysian Navy Order

May 08, 2015

L-3 SAM Electronics announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide the electrical distribution system for six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The ships will be built at the Boustead Naval Shipyard in Lumut…

Australia Welcomes Japan to Join Submarine Tender

May 07, 2015

Australian Defence Minister Kevin Andrews has requested Japan to participate in procedures to become Australia's partner in a project to jointly develop next-generation submarines. Andrews made the request in a telephone conversation with…

North Korea Conducts Third SLBM Test

May 07, 2015

North Korea recently conducted a third test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that is part of Pyongyang’s expanding nuclear arsenal, according to US defense officials cited by the Washington Free Beacon. The test took…

Professionals Gather for APS Annual Conference

May 06, 2015

Maritime professionals from Africa, Europe, and the U.S. began a 4-day conference aimed to enhance collaborative efforts to achieve maritime security in Africa, May 5.The Africa Partnership Station (APS) Annual Planning Conference aims…

NATO Begins 'Dynamic Mongoose' Sub-Hunt Exercise

May 05, 2015

Naval forces from 10 NATO nations and Sweden have launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea in Norway to practice detecting and hunting submarines in an annual exercise whose real-world relevance has grown in the past year…

Indian Navy To Limit Ship Buys to Domestic Yards

May 04, 2015

The Indian Ministry of Defence has directed future warship and submarine building orders be given only to domestic shipyards. The Navy has potential orders worth more than US $50 billion over the next 10 years for ship and submarine builds…

Asian Tanker Hijacked in Malacca Straits

May 04, 2015

The Singapore-flagged Ocean Energy was hijacked in the Straits of Malacca on Saturday and fuel siphoned from tanker. According to a report from the Southeast Asian piracy watchdog ReCAAP, the taker bound for Myanmar is the fifth to be targeted by robbers since the start of 2015…

USN Announces 2015 Young Investigators

May 01, 2015

It's a career-defining moment for 36 college and university faculty April 30, as the Department of the Navy announces the recipients of its 2015 Young Investigator Program, one of the oldest and most selective scientific research advancement programs in the country…

Guided Missile Destroyer John Finn to be Christened

May 01, 2015

The Navy will christen the newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS John Finn (DDG 113), Saturday, May 2, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.The new destroyer honors Lt. John Finn,…

China, Russia to Stage First-Ever Joint Naval Drills

May 01, 2015

As part of growing informal partnership between the two militaries, the navies of China and Russia plan to hold joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in mid-May, China's Defense Ministry stated. The 'Joint Sea 2015' exercises will feature nine surface ships…

Navy Sale Helps Hornbeck Earnings

May 01, 2015

Hornbeck Offshore Services completed the sale of three supply vessels to the U.S. Navy, helping boost profits in the first quarter even as low oil prices put pressure on revenues. In February, the Navy agreed to buy three supply boats from Hornbeck with an option to purchase a fourth…

Norway to Host NATO Submarine Hunt

May 01, 2015

Nearly 5,000 NATO troops would take part in anti-submarine warfare exercises off its coast in early May, amid growing regional unease over suspected submarine sightings, Norwegian military said. Submarines, surface ships and aircraft will operate in the exercise…

Rickmers Representative Boards Seized Containership

Apr 30, 2015

Rickmers Group reports that a representative of its company today has been allowed to board the seized container vessel Maersk Tigris, following an urgent request to Iranian authorities. The seized ship, managed by Rickmers Shipmanagement (Singapore)…

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