DefenceTalkNATO Defence Ministers on Tuesday (3 June) decided to extend NATO’s counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield until the end of 2016. Since August 2009, NATO ships have patrolled the waters off the Horn of Africa as part of Operation Ocean Shield. Their mission is to contribute to international efforts to fight maritime piracy and to help […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-to-extend-natos-counter-piracy-mission-until-2016-59784/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin delivered a P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is the seventh CBP P-3 the team has delivered ahead of or on schedule from its facility in Greenville, S.C., since July 2010. “This delivery continues to underscore our unique modification, maintenance, repair and overhaul […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-customs-and-border-protection-receives-seventh-upgraded-p-3-orion-47113/

DefenceTalkA Russian Udaloy class destroyer is escorting a second convoy of commercial ships since its arrival on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, the spokesman for Russia’s Northern Fleet, Capt. 1st rank Vadim Serga said on Monday. “The convoy escorted by the Severomorsk destroyer comprises the Arizona and the St. Paul bulk freighters, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-warship-escorts-second-convoy-off-somali-coast-47122/