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HMAS Melbourne gets timely reminder of piracy dangersHMAS Melbourne near MV Albedo,…

HMAS Melbourne gets timely reminder of piracy dangers

HMAS Melbourne near MV Albedo, a sunken merchant vessel, off the coast of Somalia.
Fresh from their successful interdiction of suspected Somali pirates in October, the crew of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Melbourne has experienced a sombre reminder of the consequences of piracy when the ship came across the wreckage of the merchant vessel MV Albedo, almost three years to the day since its violent capture and subsequent sinking. 

http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Nov2013/Operations/658

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Posted: 11/28/2013

By: Paul Armstrong
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, East China Sea (CNN) — The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Barely a week on and the 90,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is now patrolling waters off the island of Okinawa as part a huge naval exercise — AnnualEx 2013 — involving dozens of warships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. Navy's 7th fleet and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The aim? To provide a stern test of their ability to

Posted: 11/28/2013

By: Paul Armstrong
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, East China Sea (CNN) — The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Barely a week on and the 90,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is now patrolling waters off the island of Okinawa as part a huge naval exercise — AnnualEx 2013 — involving dozens of warships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. Navy's 7th fleet and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The aim? To provide a stern test of their ability to

Cutting edge technology made at the Devonport Naval Base has been sold to the US…

Cutting edge technology made at the Devonport Naval Base has been sold to the US Navy.

MILITARY MINDS: DTA director Brian Young, left, with trials officer Garry Armstrong who has been developing the diver training system in a workshop at the Devonport Naval Base.

The Defence Technology Agency, the science and technology arm of the New Zealand Defence Force, employs 80 civilian staff to cater to the needs of the army, navy and air force.

A move to commercialise intellectual property generated by the DTA, that began in November last year, has already borne fruit.

The US Navy bought six diver training systems and further inquiries have been made into new avionics technology.

The diver training systems, also known as METRES (Maritime EOD