June 16 at the training ground in Ustka amphibious warfare within maneuvers BALTOPS 2016. Unfortunately the weather made it impossible to meet all the planned elements. However, the first visit to the training ground in Ustce I very successful. Even despite the lack of emphasis air and better weather conditions. BALTOPS is the premier maritime […]

Within the framework of the agreement between the Italian and Qatari governments for the Qatar Navy modernisation plan,Leonardo-Finmeccanica will supply Fincantieri with the latest generation of naval systems and sensors for the 7 new ships to be supplied to the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces. The 7 units – including 4 corvettes, 1 Landing Platform Deck […]

USS Jackson (LCS-6) littoral combat ship successfully completed the first of three scheduled full ship shock trials June 10, that reported by U.S. Navy. The shock trials are designed to demonstrate the ship’s ability to withstand the effects of nearby underwater explosion and retain required capability. Jackson is currently ported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, for required […]

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has reviewed a newly-constructed second degree border guard ship (OPV-62) and a newly commissioned state-of –the –art high speed boats at the Shipyard and Repair Center of the Coast Guard of the State Border Service. That reported by azeridefence.com. Chairman of the State Border Service, commander of the […]

Polish «Slazak» Offshore Patrol Vessel  has received a 76/62 SUPER RAPID rapid-fire naval gun. The ORP Slazak (pendant 241) will be an Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Polish Navy, formerly known as Gawron-class corvette. The ship is named Slazak. It is a licence variant of the MEKO A-100 project developed by Blohm + Voss. On 2 […]

The biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise that begins at the end of June will boast participation from 27 nations and 25,000 service members, 45 ships, five submarines and more than 200 aircraft, Defense Department Press Operations Director Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told Pentagon reporters today. Known as RIMPAC, the exercise is slated to operate June 30 […]

Yaroslav Mudry guard ship of the Russia’s Baltic Fleet finished business visit to La-Valletta port (Malta) and charted a course toward assigned district of the Mediterranean Sea. During the mooring, the guard ship replenished the storages with fuel, water and provision and crew had an opportunity to have a rest on coast in the foreign […]

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko said the around 3:30 a.m., June 15th (Wednesday), a P-3C patrol aircraft of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) observed a Dongdiao-class intelligence collection vessel of the Chinese Navy sailing down Japanese territorial waters at the west of Kuchinoerabu Island (Kagoshima Prefecture) southeastward. Subsequently, around 5:00 a.m., the MSDF observed the […]

At JSC “Admiralteiskie Verfi” (it is a part of United Shipbuilding Company or USC) a launching ceremony of «Ilya Muromets» diesel-and electric-powered icebreaker for the Russian Federation Navy took place. The Ilya Muromets is a icebreaker, the lead ship of project 21180 for the Russian Navy. The first auxiliary ship of that type  built for […]

Chinese and Thai Marines ended the bilateral Exercise Blue Strike at Royal Thai Navy Tactical Training Center Ban Chan Krem, Chantaburi, Thailand on Jun. 7. Wang Hai, head of the Chinese delegation and deputy commander of the Chinese Navy, and Naris Prathumsuwan, head of the Thai delegation and Royal Thai Navy Fleet Commander, attended and […]