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Friday, April 25, 2014
Australian Navy Seizes Heroin Worth $268 Million From Dhow Off Kenya
Defense

Australian Navy Seizes Heroin Worth $268 Million From Dhow Off Kenya

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, April 25 (Reuters) – An Australian warship patrolling the Indian Ocean has seized more than a tonne of heroin worth A$289

April 25, 2014
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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Defense

General Dynamics Will Continue to Operate Military Sealift Command’s LMSRs

General Dynamics’ American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) business unit won a major contract extension today from the U.S. Navy to continue to operate and

April 22, 2014
Total Views: 35

Monday, April 21, 2014
Portuguese Navy’s New Drone Demonstration Ends With Hilariously Epic FAIL
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Portuguese Navy’s New Drone Demonstration Ends With Hilariously Epic FAIL

The Portuguese navy unveiled a new state-of-the-art surveillance drone this week in front of assembled media and Portugal’s defence minister, José Pedro

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 170

Friday, April 18, 2014
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Defense

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Charged In Bribery Investigation

The fourth U.S. Navy official charged in the widening corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor made his first court appearance on

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 103

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Fire Incidents

Fire On Board USS Hue City

The U.S. Navy reports a fire broke out on board the guided missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66).  The incident occurred late Monday as the ship was transiting

April 15, 2014
Total Views: 91

Monday, April 14, 2014
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Navy

ThyssenKrupp In Talks To Sell Swedish Shipyard Business To Saab

STOCKHOLM, April 14 (Reuters) – ThyssenKrupp has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its shipyard business in Sweden to defence firm Saab after

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 32

Sunday, April 13, 2014
U.S. Navy Christens New High-Tech Warship
Navy

U.S. Navy Christens New High-Tech Warship

The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened its newest warship, the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), during a ceremony at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine where

April 13, 2014
Total Views: 24

Wednesday, April 9, 2014
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Navy

U.S. Navy LCS – Fit For Service Or ‘Incredible Failure’?

by Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) U.S. Navy officers in the Pacific fleet say the service’s Littoral Combat Ship may lack the speed, range and electronic warfare

April 9, 2014
Total Views: 27

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Navy

U.S. Navy JHSV to Get Electromagnetic Rail Gun

Railguns and the electrical theory that allows them to work has been understood for almost 100 years, but in order to hurl a projectile at hypersonic speeds, a

April 9, 2014
Total Views: 91

Monday, April 7, 2014
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Incidents

Submarine Hunters Lead Search For Malaysian Airliner

By David Stringer (Bloomberg) – Leaning on a window ledge of a Boeing Co. (BA) P-8A Poseidon, U.S. Navy aircrewman David Everly peered over the Indian

April 7, 2014
Total Views: 7

U.S. Navy Ready to Deploy Laser Weapon Prototype
Navy

U.S. Navy Ready to Deploy Laser Weapon Prototype

The U.S. Navy is getting ready to deploy a prototype laser weapon technology reminiscent of something you would expect to see in a Star Wars movie. The

April 7, 2014
Total Views: 133

Friday, March 28, 2014
U.S. Navy Decommissions USS Miami Attack Sub
Navy

U.S. Navy Decommissions USS Miami Attack Sub

The U.S. Navy formally decommissioned the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) on Friday during an indoor ceremony at Portsmouth Naval

March 28, 2014
Total Views: 62

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Naval Station Norfolk Shooting Suspect Had Valid TWIC
Navy

Naval Station Norfolk Shooting Suspect Had Valid TWIC

The suspect identified today by the U.S. Navy as the shooter in Monday night's killing of a Navy sailor at Naval Station Norfolk had a valid Transportation

March 27, 2014
Total Views: 19

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Singapore Manager Pleads Guilty in U.S. Navy Fraud Scheme
Navy

Singapore Manager Pleads Guilty in U.S. Navy Fraud Scheme

March 18 (Bloomberg) — A former manager for a defense contractor who admitted overbilling the U.S. Navy more than $20 million became the second person to

March 18, 2014
Total Views: 30

Friday, March 14, 2014
British Warship Accidentally Fires Dummy Torpedo Into Nuclear Naval Base
Navy

British Warship Accidentally Fires Dummy Torpedo Into Nuclear Naval Base

A British warship accidentally launched an inert torpedo during a training exercise on Wednesday, sending a dummy weapon crashing into a wharf at a naval base

March 14, 2014
Total Views: 51

Friday, March 7, 2014
USS Taylor Heads for Repairs Following Grounding
Maritime News

USS Taylor Heads for Repairs Following Grounding

The USS Taylor on Friday departed the Turkish port of Samsun for the first time since the February 12 grounding that left the ship with a damaged

March 7, 2014
Total Views: 19

HMCS Protecteur Arrives in Pearl Harbor After Fire [PHOTOS]
Interesting

HMCS Protecteur Arrives in Pearl Harbor After Fire [PHOTOS]

The HMCS Protecteur has arrived safely in Pearly Harbor following recovery efforts led by the U.S. Navy after a major fire aboard the Canadian ship last

March 7, 2014
Total Views: 47

Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Defense

SPOTD: U.S. Navy Destroyer Departs for the Black Sea

In this 6 March 2014 image, the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) departs the Marathi NATO pier facility following a scheduled

March 6, 2014
Total Views: 26

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Prep Work Continues On Second Ford-class Supercarrier
Navy

Prep Work Continues On Second Ford-class Supercarrier

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $1.295 billion extension to a previously awarded construction preparation

March 4, 2014
Total Views: 15

Sunday, March 2, 2014
USS Somerset – Meet the U.S. Navy’s Newest Warship
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USS Somerset – Meet the U.S. Navy’s Newest Warship

The Navy's newest amphibious transport dock ship, USS Somerset (LPD 25), was commissioned during a ceremony Saturday at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia,

March 2, 2014
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