A team of researchers led by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered two significant vessels from World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-boat 576 and the freighter… [[ This...

Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship Donuzlav completed its operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel’s month long oceanographic expedition included studies of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...

The Canadian Coast Guard expanded its fleet of Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels (MSPVs) by accepting the delivery of CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M. on October 15. CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M.is the last of nine… [[ This...

The US Coast Guard hoisted three people, a cat and a dog from a sailboat Wednesday in the Chesapeake Bay near Cape Charles. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads in Portsmouth received a…...

EID will once again participate in the 2014 edition of INDODEFENCE, the International Tri-Service Defence Expo & Forum, that will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 5 – 8 November 2014. …read more Source::...

US Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christopher Sewell, from Cincinnati, Ohio, stands by for the landing of an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365… [[ This is a content...

Sailors from HMS Argyll have completed a four-day clear-up operation in Bermuda to help the island recover from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Gonzalo. They have left the tiny British territory… [[ This is...

Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $612,758,634 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Monroeville,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

DCNS, a company with an interest in naval defence and energy, is attending this year’s EURONAVAL show. During the 24th edition of the exhibition, to be held from 27 to 31 October 2014 at...

A US Navy civilian engineer and two of his Marine Austere Patrolling System (MAPS) colleagues received a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a New York ceremony, the Naval Surface Warfare Center… [[ This is...

SEA, a Cohort plc company, has been awarded an initial contract by BAE Systems to provide its innovative External Communications System (ECS) for the whole of the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet…. [[ This is...

Clearance Divers demonstrated the discipline and precision required to serve in the Royal Australian Navy on 14 October in a display on Sydney Harbour for the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal… [[ This is a...

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 17, known as the Desert Battalion, decommissioned Sept. 28, after seven decades of service. The decommissioning of NMCB 17 marked the final Naval… [[ This is a content summary...

A Sea King Mk4 from 845 Naval Air Squadron of the Commando Helicopter Force seized a rare opportunity to visit and train with the French Naval Ship, FS Dixmude. This provided an excellent opening...

The crew of US Navy’s Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) participated in Peru’s annual Navy Day celebration, Oct. 8. Navy Day occurs every year on the Peruvian naval… [[ This is...

Exercise Bersama Lima 2014 (BL14) concluded on 22 October with Australian Defence Force personnel joining Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) partners at a closing ceremony at Changi Naval Base in… [[ This is a...

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SAS Manthatisi (S 101), the first of three Type 209 submarines acquired by the South African Navy as part of the 1999 Strategic Defence Procurement Package, has re-entered service after a major refit and...

South African defence acquisition agency ARMSCOR has revealed in its annual report that there were outstanding Defence Industrial Participation (DIP) obligations valued at ZAR1 billion (USD97 million) as of 31 March 2014. The figure...

Boeing Defence Australia and partner Thales Australia have been formally confirmed as preferred tenderer to provide a new joint helicopter aircrew training system (HATS) for Australian Army (AA) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) personnel....