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March 9, 2020 – The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) project team celebrated the achievement of a major milestone in the fiscal year 2020 selected restricted availability Feb. 6 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. In honor of reaching the 50 percent point in the availability, leadership hosted a barbecue for…
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March 10, 2020 – Apparently learning nothing from history, the New Zealand Public Advisory Committee for Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC) is holding a Parliamentary Symposium on Tuesday to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) hosted by PACDAC Chair and Under-Secretary for Disarmament and Arms Control Fletcher Tabuteau. Having been ousted from…
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March 9, 2020 – Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly announced today he is commissioning a Blue-Ribbon Future Carrier 2030 (FC-2030) Task Force to conduct a six-month study to reimagine the future of the aircraft carrier and carrier-based naval aviation (manned and unmanned) for 2030 and beyond. FC-2030 will be complementary to, and informed by, a broad review…
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March 6, 2020 – Austal Limited is pleased to announce the on-time delivery of the sixth Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel, the RFNS Savenaca, was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of Fiji during a handover ceremony at Austal Australia’s Henderson shipyard – attended by the Fijian Prime Minister,…
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March 6, 2020 – In the latest milestone for the Pacific Maritime Security Program, Australia has handed over the newest Guardian-class Patrol Boat to Fiji at a ceremony today at Austal Shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces’ RFNS Savenaca was received by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji the Honourable Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama;…
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March 6, 2020 – A new National Electronic Warfare Centre will be established as part of a $5 million initiative to grow the Electronic Warfare (EW) defense workforce. Jointly funded by Defence and Flinders University, the center will use training programs and research to develop and sustain EW related skills in defense. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds…
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March 6, 2020 (Google Translation) – For the first time since the start of mission Agenor, the Dutch and the French ships lie side by side in the Gulf of Oman. Air defense and command frigate HNLMS De Ruyter and air defense frigate Forbin together contribute to the European-led maritime presence in the Strait of Hormuz. Crew members are introduced…
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March 6, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Colombian Navy, through the Pacific Naval Force, maintains its units deployed to find the location of a transporter that was illegally held on February 28 at the time it was mobilized in a vessel through the sector known as Ijuá in the Bajó Baudó – Chocó, apparently by members of the ELN Organized…
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March 5, 2020 – USS Carney (DDG 64) returned to U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations (AOO) when it arrived in the Port Victoria, Seychelles, for a scheduled port visit, March 5, 2020. This visit serves to continue U.S. Naval Forces Africa’s effort to build global maritime partnerships with African nations in order to improve maritime safety and security in…
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March 5, 2020 – Sea-Air-Space 2020 is scheduled to proceed as planned. The conference organizer, the Navy League of the United States, is aware of concerns regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We encourage all attendees to adhere to the normal precautionary measures they would take during flu season and practice good hygiene. Please use the Centers for Disease Control and…
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