Pax ITF Performs First Night SRVL Aboard HMS Prince of Wales
An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09), the U.K.’s newest aircraft carrier, in Atlantic waters off…
Three Communist Chinese Ships Visit Abu Dhabi
The 44th Chinese naval escort taskforce arrived in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on October 30, for a five-day goodwill visit. Guided by an Emirati frigate,…
Launch of Indian Navy 25T Bollard Pull Tug Mahabali
25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug, ‘Mahabali’ was launched by Cmde Sunil Kaushik, NM, WPS(Mbi) on 28 Oct 2023 at M/s Shoft Shipyard Pvt Ltd, Bharuch, Gujarat. This Tug is proud…
Russia’s Growing List Of Naval Losses
Reprinted from Radio Free Europe 1 The Askold corvette undergoes sea trials in October 2022. On November 4, the Karakurt-class Askold corvette, which had yet to enter service with the…
Portuguese Navy Shadows Russian Ship Through EEZ
NRP Setúbal and NRP Viana do Castelo, through daily monitoring of the Navy’s Maritime Operations Center and the commitment of naval assets, carried out, from the 25th of October until…
U.S. Navy Fields RTX’s StormBreaker Smart Weapon
Raytheon, an RTX business, announced November 6th that the U.S. Navy has fielded the company’s StormBreaker® smart weapon on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The F/A-18 is the first approved U.S.…
Tactical Resupply UAS Ready for the Fleet
The Navy and Marine Corps announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the TRV-150C Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) Oct. 27 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The first six production…
European Exercise MILEX 23 Concludes
The amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre and the joint detachments it embarked are back in Toulon after their participation in the European exercise MILEX 23. crisis management scenario. An important…
SAGRE 2023: Anti-Submarine Warfare Operational Readiness
Three multi-mission frigates (FREMM) based in Brest, Normandie, Auvergne and Aquitaine, two Brest-based deep-sea patrol vessels (PHM), Commandant Blaison and Premiere-Matre L’Her, the Command and Supply Ship (BCR) Somme and…
Finnish Navy Adopts TP47 Torpedo
The Navy conducted reception firings for the new TP47 torpedo on 31.10. on the Archipelago Sea. The missile boats PGG Pori and PGG Hamina of the Hamina-class carried out the…