Mexico Becomes Latest User of Damen’s StanPatrol 4207 Patrol Boat
Mexico’s Navy – Armada de México – inducted the first two of what could be as many as 28 Damen …
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The U.S. Navy of 2030
Looking ahead is always daunting; crystal balls are not what they once were. If you were looking 20-odd years ahead …
Iraqi Navy 60-meter Offshore Support Vessel (OSV 401) Completes Underway Trials
The first of two RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames (RHFSF) Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) being built for the Iraqi navy completed …
Damage Control Training Makes Sailors Feel The Heat
For sailors on a fighting ship, fire is not a friend. But don’t be alarmed. Shipboard damage control training ensures …
Falklands War l Photos
June 14, 2012, marks the 30th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the Falklands War. Although June 20, 1982, …
Shipboard Firefighting Robots Being Developed
The new $17.2 million Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C., is …
Can the Indian Navy Get the New Warships It Wants, When It Wants Them?
The Indian Navy’s ongoing recapitalization program is guided by its 15-year Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) which calls for a …
Battle of Midway: Black Shoe Admirals in a Brown Shoe Battle
One of the great ironies of the Battle of Midway is that the most pivotal naval air battle in history …
Indian Navy Force Structure Development Is Driven by Blue Water Maritime Strategy
The 96,000 strong Indian Navy (IN) has a fleet of 134 or so commissioned ships – a figure that is …
Battle of Midway: Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea had barely concluded when Task Force 17 under the command of Rear Adm. Frank …