Defense

Out of the ashes of the once financially troubled Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Huntington Ingalls Industries charges ahead with the award of a $504M contract

This Warning Notice, published by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), is intended for Yacht Skippers considering a passage through the Gulf of Aden,

BEIJING—China’s Defense Ministry said its first aircraft carrier would be used for “research, experiments and training” and would not

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. investigators are delaying the release of a much-anticipated report on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing the need for

image (c) Liam Beswick This is the South Atlantic (almost) at its most unforgiving as the “Fortress of the Sea” ploughed west for the Falklands

Submersible ROV manufacturer, VideoRay, has been awarded a $2.2 million dollar contract by the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) of the US

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Six waivers have been approved to allow some buyers of crude oil in the government’s emergency sale to use foreign-flag

The British Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee, chaired by Tim Yeo MP, launched an inquiry last week to investigate the potential for

At a recent news conference Monday, Gen. Chen Bingde, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, questioned the purpose of U.S.

The Coast Guard Cutter Haddock transits to the starting location for the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights, Sunday, Dec. 20, the event at which the fatal

Two yachtsmen owe their lives to the fliers of 771 Naval Air Squadron after a dramatic rescue in a gale 100 miles off Cornwall. Aircrewman Sgt Tony Russell RM

USS Iowa fires a full broadside, July 1984, US Navy Image By Gordon England,  GEN James L. Jones, USMC (ret), and ADM Vern Clark, USN (ret) All our citizens,

By Jeremy Page, The Wall Street Journal BEIJING—Tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea threaten to distract Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of

U.S. Coast Guard photos This week’s incident photos are of the 89-foot passenger ferry Royal Miss Belmar grounded in the U.S. Virgin Islands on July 4,

Support ship Fort Victoria helped thwart an attack as pirates fired rockets at a merchant ship off Oman. 04 July 2011 Ten pirates in a couple of skiffs made

Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran Offers Resolution, Expresses Appreciation to Coast Guard Leader WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved a

Figures the Coast Guard would drop this news right before the holiday weekend.  Thanks to our friends on watch in the Gulf of Mexico who gave us the

WASHINGTON – To complement its existing safety inspection regime for foreign-flagged vessels operating in U.S. waters, the U.S. Coast Guard Friday

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has been awarded a long-term time charter of an ice-strengthened tanker to support the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command

Rescue 21 coverage map courtesy USCG General Dynamics C4 Systems announces that the U.S. Coast Guard completed the 25,000th Rescue 21 search and rescue mission