WASHINGTON, D.C. — The availability of raw materials and components was a topic of conversation at yesterday’s Submarine Industrial Base Council congressional breakfast in Washington, D.C. Attendees noted the pandemic’s impact on the supply chain has made just-in-time deliveries virtually…
University of Maine Manufactures World’s Largest 3D-Printed Boat for Military
ORONO, Maine — The world’s largest polymer additive manufacturing machine printed the world’s largest 3D printed vessel at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. In fact, it printed two of them. The prototype vessels…
Dahlgren Focuses Energy Weapons on Target
DAHLGREN, Va. — The U.S. Navy has been researching and perfecting directed energy weapons to include railguns, high-powered microwaves and lasers, along with hypervelocity projectiles — to make futuristic weapons a reality on ships today. The Naval Surface Warfare Center…
NATO ASW Exercise Under Way off Sicily
MEDITERRANEAN SEA — While the NATO maritime forces have had to navigate around the rocks and shoals of the global pandemic, it has not stopped them from exercising and raising their game in looking for adversary submarines in the Mediterranean….
Noble Fusion 2022 Prepares Maritime Forces for Distributed Maritime Operations in the Pacific
PACIFIC OCEAN — A multi-national and multi-strike group conducted a sweeping series of operations the Western Pacific earlier this month. Noble Fusion 2022 took place Feb. 3-7, involving two Amphibious Ready Groups with embarked Marine Expeditionary Units along with a…
U.S. Pacific Fleet Will Leverage Knowledge, Expertise of Naval Postgraduate School With New Nimitz Research Group
MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet are joining forces to harness educational and research knowledge and expertise specifically as it pertains to the Indo-Pacific region with a new effort, the Nimitz…
Philippines Acquires BrahMos Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles
The Philippines Department of National Defense has contracted for BrahMos shore-based anti-ship missile system. The $368 million contract is for three batteries, as well as launcher vehicles, command and control, training and support. “Equipping our navy with this vital asset is…
Indonesia’s New Fast-Attack Trimaran Combines Speed and Stealth
INDONESIA — The Indonesian navy commissioned its first stealth trimaran fast attack craft, KRI Golok (688), at Surabaya on the island of Java on Jan. 14. The ship was built by PT Lundin at Banyuwangi, on Java’s eastern tip, from composite…
Turkish frigate serving as flagship for NATO Operation Sea Guardian in Mediterranean
MEDITERRANEAN SEA — NATO is continuing its Operation Sea Guardian with its first focused patrol for 2022. Turkish frigate TCG Barbaros is currently deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and is serving as flagship for NATO’s current OSG focused patrol….
Canadian Patrol Ship Circumnavigates North America on First Voyage
The Royal Canadian Navy Arctic and offshore patrol ship HMCS Harry DeWolf (AOPV 430) recently called at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, as the final stop on its historic circumnavigation of North America. Commissioned in June, Harry DeWolf is the Royal Canadian Navy’s…
