BASEL, Switzerland — UMS Skeldar’s V-200 unmanned helicopter has successfully completed five-day long surveillance flight trial demonstrations aboard the OPV Turva as part of the Valvonta2 project led by the Finnish Border Guard and funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the company…
Bell Completes First AH-1Z Viper for Bahrain
AMARILLO, Texas — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain Sept. 30, the company said in a release. Bell delivered the first of 12 production aircraft to…
NAVSEA Awards SAFE Boats $90 Million Contract for Six Mk VI Patrol Boats
BREMERTON, Wash. — SAFE Boats International has been awarded a $90 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for design, construction, outfitting, reactivation, and training for six Mk VI Patrol Boats with an option for two additional vessels, the…
MQ-4C Tritons Complete First Deployment to Japan
MISAWA, Japan — Two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems returned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, following a deployment to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa,NAF Misawa public affairs said Oct. 19. The deployment of an Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19)…
USTRANSCOM Commander ‘Laser-Focused’ on ‘Buy-Used’ Strategy for Sealift
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In her first major keynote address since taking command, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), discussed priorities and challenges ahead for the transportation enterprise today at the National Defense Transportation…
Indian Navy Accepts Delivery of 11th P-8I from Boeing
NEW DELHI — Boeing is continuing to expand the Indian navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities with the delivery of the country’s 11th P-8I, the company said Oct. 18. The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian…
Saildrone Closes $100 Million Funding to Advance Ocean Intelligence Products
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Saildrone, a market leader in ocean data, ocean mapping, and maritime intelligence solutions, announced Oct. 18 the close of its $100 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to $190 million. Led by BOND, the round includes…
Maritime Security Regimes Round Table Will Address Present Challenges, Future Opportunities
The Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE) is conducting a virtual Maritime Security Regimes round table (MSR RT) Nov. 3-4. With an international staff representing 13 nations, the CJOS COE is led by Vice Adm….
Wreck of Storied Revenue Cutter Found
One of the America’s most iconic ships, which sailed the high seas in the Revenue Cutter Service, Coast Guard and Navy from the Arctic to Antarctica, has been found on the bottom of the ocean. The U.S. Revenue Cutter (USRC) Bear…
Three RAN Aircrew Safe after MH-60R Helicopter Ditched in the Philippine Sea
CANBERRA — Three crewmembers of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) MH-60R Seahawk helicopter are safe after ditching their helicopter in the Philippine Sea during a routine flight overnight, the Australian Department of Defence said in an Oct. 14 release. The aircraft was operating from…
