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USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to her homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, October 4th, after successfully completing a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. Halsey departed Pearl Harbor, May 14, and joined the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group to conduct multiple strait transits and presence operations in the Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indian…
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The fifth edition of India – Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, JIMEX, between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), will be held in Arabian Sea from 06 to 08 October 2021. JIMEX series of exercises commenced in January 2012 with special focus on maritime security cooperation. The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in September 2020.…
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They searched for mines north of Öland, led the Swedish ships to the port of Västervik, repelled attacks by high-speed motor boats – these are only part of the tasks of the ORP “Kormoran” crew during the “Northern Coasts 2021”. These were the first foreign exercises for the unit. Poland was also represented during the maneuvers by the minesweeper ORP…
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On September 30th, the Navy announced a $475 million modification to the Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) contract to continue to advance the construction of the Columbia-class of submarines, the nation’s next-generation sea-based strategic deterrent. The modification provides funding for shipyard execution work, planning, engineering, design efforts, test and evaluation support, and material procurement. This contract modification also provides…
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HMS Trent is bound for the waters of the Gulf of Guinea as she heads for security patrols and a mission to support allies in West Africa. The River-class Batch 2 patrol ship is on an enduring deployment to the Mediterranean that has seen her operate as far east as the Black Sea since she left the UK six months…
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The maintenance of the Royal Australian Navy’s advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo will continue in WA after the Morrison Government awarded the $20 million contract to Thales Australia. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the contract to sustain the MU90 Light Weight Torpedo reflected the Government’s continued support for Australia’s defense industry. “This is yet another demonstration of the Morrison…
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Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft recently released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies (JTAs) during the F-35A’s first Full Weapon System Demonstration, completing the final flight test exercise of the nuclear design certification process. The 422d and 59th Test and Evaluation Squadrons led Air Combat Command’s portion of the test effort, with Airmen from the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 926th Aircraft Maintenance…
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The crew of the Severodvinsk nuclear-powered missile submarine successfully completed the second test launch of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile The second test firing of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile was made by the crew of the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine missile cruiser for the first time from a submerged position, from a depth of 40 meters, in the White Sea…
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As part of the development of the service system for surface ships, support vessels and submarines of the Russian Navy, service and all types of dock and factory repair of a series of diesel-electric submarines of project 636.3, built for the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet (PF) at the Admiralty Shipyards enterprise , will be produced on the basis…
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) crews conducted a joint exercise off the coast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Sept. 23, 2021. The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew and an RCN crew, aboard the military vessel Harry DeWolf, operated alongside one another to exchange radio communications after both crews lined their respective ship’s port railings to…
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