HMS Spey Makes First Visit to Port Blair
You wait 16 years for the Royal Navy to visit your island chain… and then two ships call inside ten months. 2023 began with HMS Tamar calling on the Andaman…
DGA Orders First Seven Ships of the Offshore Patrol Vessel Program
On November 17, 2023, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) ordered seven offshore patrol vessels intended for the French Navy. This order is the subject of three contracts for a…
Japan/US/Australia ISR Implementation
From November 19th to 20th, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s “P-1” jointly gathered information and conducted surveillance with the U.S. Navy’s “P-8A” and the Royal Australian Air Force’s “P-8A” in…
Thales and Local Partners Receive Garden Island Contract
Thales welcomes today’s announcement by The Hon Pat Conroy MP, Minister for Defence Industry, confirming Thales as the Australian Defence Force’s partner of choice for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN)…
Danish Frigate Participates in Major NATO Activity
The Danish crew stands on the ship and looks towards the coast, where shells are landing banging against the sandy soil. Together with 19 allied nations and one partner nation,…
Estonian Navy Celebrates 105th Anniversary
The destroyer Lennuk, one of two destroyers seized from the collapsing Russian Navy in 1919, was sold to the Peruvian Navy in 1933. estonianworld.com photograph On Tuesday, November 21, the…
Estonian Navy Ships Practiced Cooperation With Allies
On November 21st, the patrol vessel EML General Kurvits, the minehunter EML Ugandi and the military defense boat EML Risto in the Baltic Sea practiced cooperation with the Italian frigate…
First Franco-Cypriot Cooperative Amphibious Exercise
From 8 to 10 November, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre and its detachments took part in a sequence in cooperation with the Cypriot Armed Forces in the south of…
Indonesian Navy Holds Combat Skills Competition
n order to continue to hone the professionalism of the Indonesian Navy’s Jalasena soldiers in operational aspects, as well as improving the elements’ abilities in implementing anti-surface ship and anti-air…
Germany Develops New Work Week Model for Ship Crews
Since October 1st, two pilot projects have been running at the 3rd Minesweeper Squadron in Kiel. During a six-month test phase, crew members can regularly expect shortened working weeks in…