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June 11, 2020 – USS Preble (DDG 88) with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized 100 bales of suspected cocaine worth over $40 million, June 2. After a U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 26 first spotted the low profile go fast vessel (LPGFV), Preble was vectored in…
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June 8, 2020 – USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and elements of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG), deployed from San Diego, June 8, in support of global maritime security operations. Prior to deploying, the strike group completed a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), designed to fully integrate units of a carrier strike group, while testing a strike group’s ability as…
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June 9, 2020 – HMAS Anzac has joined HMAS Arunta as the second Anzac Class Frigate to undergo the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Anzac recently sailed to her homeport of Fleet Base West, Garden Island, Western Australia, where she was joined by her sister ship Arunta who completed the program, known as AMCAP, in 2019. Frigate Group Capability…
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June 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Directorate of Program Management of the Navy (DGePM) makes the disclosure of the document Request for Proposal (RFP) , until June 30, as transcribed in the Official Gazette (DOU) of May 20, 2020. The objective of the RFP is to communicate to the market and establish requirements and conditions to select the best…
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June 8, 2020 – McKean Defense Group, LLC announced today that it was awarded a five-year contract to support Submarine Program Management, Engineering, Technical, and Logistics Support. This is a single award contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD). Specific tasking includes program management, engineering and technical support, logistics, financial management and associated efforts. This customer supports…
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June 11, 2020 – The Royal Navy’s task group in the Caribbean has come together once more as hurricane season preparations continue in earnest. RFA Argus and HMS Medway are in the region to support British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean during hurricane season and to carry out counter-narcotics operations. The two ships met up in the seas near the…
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June 10, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, the German Navy put “Nordrhein-Westfalen”, the second of a total of four frigates in class F125, into service. The ship will belong to the 4th Frigate Squadron, one of the units in Operation Flotilla 2, and will be based at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. “We are delighted to be commissioning the second unit…
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June 11, 2020 – The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters with a total lifetime maximum value of $955 million. The initial contract was awarded in February with $24 million funded, followed by contract modifications of $99 million and $43 million received in March and May respectively. Options…
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June 11, 2020 (Google Translation) – The waters of the Bay of Cartagena were the natural setting that adorned the departure ceremony of the ARC School Ship “Gloria” to start the Grumetes Training Cruise of the ARC Naval School of Noncommissioned Officers “Barranquilla”. In compliance with the Biosafety protocols established for the containment of the pandemic, the military act of…
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June 11, 2020 (Google Translation) – On June 8, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre departed from Toulon to participate in Operation Corymbe in the Gulf of Guinea. At 8:00 am the building leaves the quay. An hour later, he embarked on two material transport barges (CTM), and at 10:30 a.m. a Caïman Marine helicopter from Flotilla 31F landed on…
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