Tag: USN
USMC deploys EOD capability to US-led North African maritime security exercise for first time
A US Marine Corps (USMC) explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) detachment has participated for the first time in a US Navy (USN) maritime security exercise...
USS Oscar Austin Rota arrival steps up USN forward-based European presence
The US Navy (USN) DDG 51 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin arrived in its new homeport at Naval Station Rota,...
US, UK carrier strike groups demonstrate NATO presence in North Sea deployments
Two NATO carrier strike groups (CSGs) are currently conducting operations in the North Sea.
The deployments demonstrate a level of integrated, multi-national, high-end capability and...
US Navy conducts first port visit to Finland following country’s NATO membership
The US Navy (USN) has conducted its first visit to Finland since the Northern European country became a member of the NATO alliance.
In late...
UUV Offence and Defence
Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter.
In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
Which Kind of Intensity?
Western navies are seeking the right balance in training types between simulated, synthetic training that can deliver intensity in terms of asset or firepower...
USN Mediterranean training activity demonstrates amphibious and special forces integration with submarine ops
The US Navy (USN) has conducted integrated training, involving a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine (SSGN) and marine reconnaissance personnel and naval special operations forces (SOF),...
US Navy Overhauls Pilot Training
The United States Navy (USN) was short of almost 100 fighter pilots in mid-July 2022 and the problem is not expected to improve anytime...
RAN conducts successful NSM firing at RIMPAC
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has successfully test-fired a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the US Navy (USN)-hosted ‘RIMPAC’ exercise off Hawaii.
The NSM anti-ship...
Silent Running
The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion.
If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...
