Spain's newest submarine was handed over to its element for the first time on 7 May at Navantia in Cartagena, Spain. The boat with the hull number S-81 has been named Isaac Peral since its christening a few days ago. It is the first submarine to be built entirely in the country. Although the design is based...
The Greek Navy has taken delivery of the first refurbished S-70B helicopter. The US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, Chief of Staff Konstantinos Floros and Chief of Naval Staff Stylianos Petrakis travelled to Greece for the small ceremony. The eleven aircraft of this type are undergoing extensive maintenance and modernisation work at Aeroservices....
If anything, it's on a grand scale: The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding on 6 May to undergo its scheduled RCOH. This Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is scheduled about halfway through an aircraft carrier's intended service life to...
The Minister responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard, Bernadette Jordan, has announced that her country will acquire two new icebreakers as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. They will replace the largest icebreaker currently in service, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, when it is retired as planned in 2030....
GA-ASI participates with SeaGuardian in U.S. Navy Manned-Unmanned Teaming Exercise General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) participated in the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP 21) exercise from 21 to 26 April 2021. This exercise integrated manned and unmanned capabilities in challenging...
In a few days, the Russian Navy will have one more submarine. The Kazan will be put into service at an official ceremony on 7 May. This was preceded by extensive tests of the new nuclear submarine, which were apparently completed successfully. On 5 May, the CEO of the Sevmash shipyard, Mikhail Budnichenko, and the...
A further dispute is brewing between the UK and France after Brexit. French fishermen do not want to adhere to the British government's stipulation that only vessels that have a proven history of fishing in the waters around Jersey are allowed to do so. In order to fulfil their...
Different rules obviously apply at sea: The Berlin boarding team has had positive experiences with corona. However, it was not the omnipresent virus, but a merchant ship with the contemporary name Corona J. The initially suspicious container ship was on its way from Port Said to Misurata in Libya,...
After around two and a half months, the Turkish frigate Kemalreis has left Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). According to NATO information, only the Spanish destroyer Méndez Núñez is now part of this group. SNMG 2 is commanded by Spanish Flotilla Admiral Manuel Aguirre Aldereguía. For German eyes, the...
The Chinese navy decommissioned its frigate Zhaotong (555) on 26 April. It was one of the last Jianghu II class (type 053 H1) ships still in service. These purely Chinese products were designed and produced in the 1980s. With a length of 103 metres, the approximately 10-metre-wide ships displaced...
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