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Elements under the Lantamal V Patrol Vessel Unit, KRI Salawaku – 842 carried out the Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) 1 x 24 hours in the waters around the waters of the Java Sea, Friday (08/04). On this occasion, the Commander of Lantamal V, First Admiral of the TNI, Yoos Suryono Hadi, was present to directly review the suitability and feasibility…
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At 5 p.m. on April 4, local time, three Chinese fishing vessels arrived at the terminal of their escorted journey in the west of the Gulf of Aden under the escort of the guided-missile frigate Yueyang (Hull 575) attached to the 40th Chinese naval escort task force. This merchant ship escort mission lasted more than 56 hours with a voyage…
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India’s Navy will deploy a P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to Darwin from 11-15 April to conduct coordinated exercises with a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft. This is the first time an Indian Navy P-8I aircraft has deployed to Australia outside of a routine military exercise and reflects the strength of the India-Australia defense and security partnership. Acting Chief…
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Col. Victor Argobright, Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program office (PMA-263) program manager, shared a new vision for small UAS procurement and employment during the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Symposium, April 4. During his presentation, Argobright highlighted the program’s vision ─ rapidly deploy systems that are modular, have open architecture, advanced sensors and payloads, and improve…
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) departed from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division April 8th. Frank E. Petersen Jr. will be commissioned next month in Charleston, South Carolina, before sailing to its homeport at Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. “I’m very grateful for the resilient and dedicated shipbuilders on our team, each is world class,” said Kari…
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KRI Teluk Bintuni-520 anchored at the port of Jayapura port, Papua April 10th in order to carry out re-supply of logistical needs to support the military naval transport support operations task of the Border Security Task Force shift. While waiting for the logistical needs to be met, KRI Teluk Bintuni-520 carried out an open ship to provide an opportunity for…
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Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) arrived March 28 at Naval Base Guam from Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California, shifting its homeport as part of the U.S. Navy strategic laydown plan for naval forces in the Indo-Pacific region. “My crew is proud to join the submarine force team in Guam,” said Cmdr. James Tuthill, Annapolis’s commanding…
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The Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement between Norway and the US has now been submitted to the Storting for consideration. ‘This Agreement provides a framework for further developing our crucial cooperation with the US in this area. Our primary focus is on safeguarding Norwegian security and Norwegian interests, but this cooperation is also important for the security of Europe as a…
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On Saturday, February 9, 2022 at 10 a.m., the minehunter “Bad Bevensen” arrived in her homeport of Kiel. The boat, which belongs to the 3rd minesweeper squadron, took part in the multinational exercise Cold Response, where around 30,000 soldiers from 27 nations with 50 ships and boats and 200 aircraft practiced the defense and military reinforcement of Norway until the…
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NAVSEA honored and remembered the crew members of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) during the 59th remembrance ceremony in the Humphreys’ building at the Washington Navy Yard. “Thresher was the lead ship of a new class of submarines, a modern marvel of the technology of the time,” Rear Adm. Edward Anderson, deputy commander for Undersea Warfare (SEA 07), said during the…
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