On March 5, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was a ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the sixth Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date among European industries in the Naval [...]
Boeing delivered the sixth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy Jan. 31, successfully completing the first group of low-rate initial production aircraft that are dramatically improving the service’s maritime patrol capabilities. The delivery is the final aircraft from a contract awarded in January 2011. Boeing is on schedule to build 24 P-8A maritime [...]
The sixth and last Type 45 destroyer has successfully completed her second spell of sea trials, paving the way for her handover to the Navy in the spring. HMS Duncan has returned to Scotstoun on the Clyde after three weeks of tests and trials off the west coast of Scotland which concentrated on her combat [...]
The Sixth vessel of Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project undertaken by ANADOLU Shipyard for Turkish Navy, namely TCG Ç-156, will be delievered to on June 15th 2012 Friday. A ceremony will be organized in the Shipyard for the delivery of TCG Ç-156. Naval Today Staff, June 11, 2012; Image: ADIK
ANADOLU Shipyard (ADIK) has started on May 28th 2012 Monday Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT) of the Sixth Vessel of Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project undertaken for Turkish Navy. ANADOLU Shiphard has already delivered the first four vessel of the LCT project back in March and April of this year and the Fifth Vessel is ready [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on Friday, March 30th, that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $76 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for a sixth National Security Cutter (NSC). Construction and delivery of the yet-to-be-named WMSL 755 will be performed at the company’s Pascagoula facility. A second phase [...]
![Israel, Germany Sign Contract for Sixth Dolphin Class Submarine]()
According to Israel National News on Wednesday Israel and Germany signed a contract purchasing the sixth Israeli Navy submarine. Among the attendants to the signing of the contact were Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Defense Ministry CEO, Major General (res.) Udi Shani and Secretary of State of the German Federal Defense Ministry, Wolf Rudiger. “Strategically, [...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries today delivered the company’s sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), to the U.S. Navy. The ship was delivered in a brief ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding. “This delivery exemplifies the unique skill and craftsmanship of our shipbuilders,” said Doug Lounsberry, Ingalls Shipbuilding’s vice president and program manager, LPD 17 program. “What [...]
![Pacific Fleet Task Unit Escorts Sixth Convoy of Commercial Vessels in Red Sea]()
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev taking part in the international anti-piracy campaign has formed the sixth convoy of commercial vessels and is escorting it from the Red Sea through the Gulf of Aden. According to the head of PF Information Support Department Capt 1 rank Roman Martov, the [...]
The Navy formally delivered the sixth 35-meter patrol boat (P-305) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility in Iraq Nov. 3, after the ship successfully completed reactivation in Bahrain, Oct. 23. The seamless reactivation enabled delivery to an Iraqi naval base one week ahead of schedule. “The team has once again succeeded [...]
