Exercise Sea Dragon 2023 Concludes in Guam
The U.S. Navy and four allied and partner nations concluded operations for the annual, multi-national exercise Sea Dragon 2023, March 29. Sea Dragon is a U.S.-led, multinational exercise designed to…
Route 66: Initiative for More Battle-Ready Ships
Two-thirds of the ships and boats in the fleet must be available for training and operations. In order to improve the situation, the Navy is increasingly working towards the basics…
Upgrade of the French Navy’s Schiebel S100 Drone Fleet
Since 2016, two examples of S100 drones to the “v1” standard were deployed from land or from the Amphibious Helicopter Carriers (PHA) within the Navy by CEPA/10S. After an initial…
USS Porter Visits Kalundborg, Denmark
USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Kalundborg, Denmark, April 2, 2023 for a scheduled port visit and mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR). The ship’s presence in the Baltic Sea is a…
Keel Laid for Future Type 26 HMS Birmingham
On the fourth day of the fourth month the fourth Type 26 frigate – and the fourth ship to bear the name Birmingham – began to take shape on the…
NRP Arpão Begins Longest Ever Portuguese Submarine Deployment
The NRP Arpão left Lisbon Naval Base April 4th to participate in the Open Sea Initiative, in the South Atlantic, until the beginning of August. During the 120 days of…
Finland Joins NATO as 31st Ally
Finland became NATO’s newest member April 4, 2023 upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the United States at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. NATO Allies…
USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Commissions in Port Hueneme
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) commissioned at Port Hueneme aboard Naval Base Ventura County, April 1. “Littoral Combat Ships are versatile platforms. A successor in heritage…
HMNZS Te Kaha in Operation Enduring Freedom
On 11 November 2002 the NZ Government announced that frigate HMNZS Te Kaha, as well as a P-3 Orion, would be deployed to the international operations campaign against the Taliban…
Thirty-year Labor of Love Gifted to Navy
More than a quarter of a century after HMNZS Monowai decommissioned from the RNZN fleet, a meticulously-constructed model has made its return to Devonport Naval Base. A model of the…