Jack H Lucas (DDG 125) Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) successfully completed acceptance trials, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division May 18. DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer…
ROKS Cheonan Commissioned to Honor Ship Sunk by North Korea
The navy conducted the inauguration ceremony of the new frigate Cheonan (FFG-826) at Jinhae military port on the afternoon of May 19th. Cheonan ship began construction June 17, 2020, honoring…
US Naval Observatory: Providing Precision Time & Location Data
The U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), the historic origin of METOC, today performs some of the American Military’s most technical, far-reaching, and critically-important work. While not directly involved in meteorological and…
Tromp Fires Missiles During Formidable Shield
HNLMS Tromp has launched 2 missiles in the Norwegian Sea. Here, and in the Atlantic Ocean, the large-scale maritime exercise Formidable Shield takes place. On behalf of the Netherlands, HNLMS…
SQUALE 2023: Preparation for High-Intensity Combat Under the Sea
From 2 to 12 May 2023, the SQUALE anti-submarine warfare exercise took place between Toulon and Corsica. The multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defense capability (FREMM DA) Alsace held the…
Structural Upgrades Completed on Bremerton’s Dry Dock 4
Interim seismic mitigation efforts, which began Feb. 15 on Dry Dock 4, have been completed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton. The dry dock has…
Dutch Cabinet Investigates Protecting North Sea Infrastructure
Defense wants a permanent role in the protection of infrastructure in the North Sea. It’s about better detecting and deterring threats. The cabinet is investigating the possibilities. This is what…
NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense Exercise Formidable Shield
U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) kicked off exercise Formidable Shield 2023 in the High North and North Atlantic Ocean on May 8, 2023. The…
Nigerian Navy Joins Global Effort to Map Ocean Floors
The global initiative dedicated to achieving a complete map of the ocean floor – The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project – has announced a new partnership with the Nigerian Navy…
Germany Takes Part in Swedish Exercise Aurora 23
Sweden’s armed forces practiced from April 24 to May 11. Supporting NATO naval units were recruited by the German staff DEU MARFO Maritime Forces Staff guided. The Aurora 23 maneuver…