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On Monday February 7, 2022, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Bretagne returned to its home port, after four months of deployment in the North Atlantic. Under the operational control of the Commander in Chief for the Atlantic (CECLANT), the two crews A and B took turns in Reykjavik (Iceland), from 4 to 7 December. It was the first change of crews…
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In response to a media report that “the country-made engine of a submarine seems to be purchasing a diesel engine for a truck produced in a European country”, the Naval Command said today (21) that the content of the report is by no means factual. All are in line with the concept of defense operations and the scope of the…
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U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces will participate in Resilient Shield 2022 from Feb. 21- 25, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region. Resilient Shield is an annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise focused on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), designed to test U.S. Naval tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) against potential regional threats…
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The Chinese PLA naval vessel maintained safe, normative and professional operations all along in the whole process when encountering the aircraft attached to the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which conforms to the International Law and related international practices, said Spokesperson Senior Colonel Tan Kefei of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Monday. The spokesperson made the remarks in…
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A&P Group UK and A&P Australia has simultaneously carried out the refits of two Bay Class vessels; RFA Cardigan Bay in the UK and HMAS Choules in Australia. RFA Cardigan Bay has recently completed her refit at A&P Falmouth and resumed her MoD ‘Fleet Time’ schedule, whilst HMAS Choules continues a significant refit period at A&P Australia’s facility in Sydney.…
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This past summer, after nearly two years of planning, budgeting, and extensive collaboration, a team of Gibbs & Cox engineers traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, and Jacksonville (JAX) Range Complex for several months to support the Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the nuclear aircraft carrier, CVN 78 USS Gerald R. Ford (GRF) in support of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia…
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison on February 18 announced the release of a tender for an industry partner to head a new Navy regional maintenance center in Darwin. The announcement was made during Morrison’s visit to HMAS Coonawarra. The regional maintenance center will support new capabilities, including the evolved Cape-class patrol boats and Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels expected to arrive in…
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The Navy wants to develop and procure three types of large unmanned vehicles (UVs) called Specialist in Naval Affairs Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs), Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs), and Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs). The Navy’s proposed FY2022 budget requests $434.1 million in research and development funding for these large UVs and their enabling technologies.
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USS Chafee (DDG 90) returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, completing an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 to U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleets, Feb. 19. Chafee departed Pearl Harbor en route to U.S. 7th Fleet June 28, 2021. The destroyer served as an escort for the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS…
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Veterans of the Falklands campaign have until the end of April to register their interest in one of this year’s key 40th anniversary events. Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a ‘liberation day’ commemorative event, organized by the Royal…
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