MARCOM in Northwood hosts maritime exercise planners
NATO exercise planning experts worked together as part of the Maritime Exercise Working Group (MEWG) during a two-day meeting at Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) headquarters in Northwood to review, coordinate and synchronise maritime exercises.
NATO SNMG1 task group prepares for Exercise Dynamic Guard
Standing NATO Maritime Group ONE (SNMG1), under the command of US Rear Adm. Edward Cashman, is in Bergen for a scheduled port visit to finalise planning for Allied Maritime Command led exercise Dynamic Guard 19-1, hosted by Norway.
HMS Queen Elizabeth receives first Phalanx self defence weapon
HMS Queen Elizabeth has started having her Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS) fitted.
No, RFA Mounts Bay isn’t about to invade Venezuela
Newspaper 'The Morning Star' has astonishingly suggested that RFA Mounts Bay is in the Caribbean to take part in an invasion of Venezuela.
RFA Mounts Bay in £4m drugs find
The US Coast Guard team deployed to the auxiliary were reportedly conducting a training exercise when the helicopter’s crew spotted a bale of drugs bobbing in the water.
Two US naval vessels in ‘minor collision’
No personnel were injured when a US Navy guided-missile cruiser and dry cargo ship made contact during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast of the United States, the US Navy has revealed.
US Navy awards $14.9bn contract for construction of two new Aircraft Carriers
The US Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of CVN 80 and CVN 81 to Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS).
Royal Marines train for Arctic war games
Royal Marines of 1 Assault Group Royal Marines (1AGRM) will soon be "storming through the fjords of Norway", say the Ministry of Defence.
Babcock awarded Royal Navy equipment and information configuration contract
Babcock International has been awarded a configuration management contract by the Ministry of Defence for the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary surface ship fleet.
US, UK to spend $560m on Trident missile production and support
Lockheed Martin will continue to manufacture submarine-launched ballistic missiles for the US Navy and the Royal Navy under a four-year, $559.6M contract modification.