Final FREMM Delivered to French Navy
On November 16, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) received the Lorraine, the second multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defense capability (FREMM-DA). This is the eighth and final FREMM.…
Five Allied Carrier Strike Groups Patrol NATO Waters
Five Allied aircraft carriers will be operating in the Atlantic Ocean and the North and Mediterranean Seas in November, as part of their regularly scheduled activities. This occurrence presents an…
Operation IRINI Seizes Illegal Cargo
On 11 October, Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI conducted an inspection of the merchant vessel MV MEERDIJK off the coast of Libya. The ship was found to be transporting vehicles modified…
Royal Navy Begins World Cup Security Mission in Gulf
Royal Navy warships have begun their World Cup security mission, spending the next two months safeguarding the waters around host nation Qatar. Three minehunters, plus their mothership, have been tasked…
FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Returns From NATO Mission
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 9.30 a.m., the frigate “Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” returned to Wilhelmshaven from a NATO mission. With our return to Wilhelmshaven, our second mission this year comes to…
Admiralty Shipyard to Launch Project 636.3 Mozhaisk in 2023
JSC Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) plans to launch the Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine Mozhaisk, which is being built for the Pacific Fleet, in the spring…
Radiant Logic to Create Naval Identity Service
Radiant Logic, the enterprise Identity Data Fabric company, today announced that the Department of Navy (DON) has selected the RadiantOne Intelligent Identity Data Platform to modernize its identity data systems,…
Keel Laid for SSN 800 Arkansas at Newport News
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division hosted a keel authentication ceremony November 19th for Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800). The ship’s sponsors are the six women of the historic group…
HMS Queen Elizabeth FLIGHTOPS in Northern Waters
Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth today bound for operations in northern European waters with F-35 Lightning jets. The aircraft carrier recently returned from the United States where…
HMS Diamond Assists Yacht in Trouble
HMS Diamond rescued four people from a yacht that was taking on water and at risk of sinking. Last night, the Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer answered a Mayday call in…