MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage Tuesday, 25 May 2021 10:12
According to a press release published by Northrop Grumman on May 25, 2021, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter program, passes the initial fit check aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) at Naval Base San Diego demonstrating the aircraft suitability for the U.S. Marine Corps’ amphibious warfare mission.
MQ-8C Fire Scout aboard USS Anchorage (Picture source: Northrop Grumman)
MQ-8C Fire Scout, which has integrated the AN/ZPY-8 radar, is expected to reach Initial Operating Capability in this new configuration this summer and begin.
HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group starts its maiden operational deployment on May 22, 2021, which will include visiting more than one-fifth of the world’s nations.
Finnish company, WE Tech Solutions has been awarded an order for its WE Drives to control the RENK Advanced Electric Drive (AED) onboard the Pohjanmaa-class Corvettes for the Finnish Defence Forces.
IRGC Navy equipped with 340 new speedboats IRGC Navy equipped with 340 new speedboats Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:41
According to a news published by Fars News Agency on February 11, 2021, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy in a ceremony at Bandar Abbas port in Southern Iran on Monday received 340 new speedboats with the capability to fire different missiles and rockets and support diving operations.
IRGC Navy in a ceremony at Bandar Abbas with the new speedboats (Picture source: Twitter)
The ceremony was attended by Chief of Staff of Iran s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, Governor of Hormozgan province and other government and military officials.
Egypt becomes member nation of the Combined Maritime Forces Egypt becomes member nation of the Combined Maritime Forces Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:15
According to information published on April 14, 2021, Egypt has become the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) which is an enduring multinational coalition committed to upholding the International Rules Based Order by countering illicit non-state actors on the high seas and promoting security, stability and prosperity.
(Picture source: CMF)
Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. 5th Fleet and CMF, welcomes Egypt’s membership while visiting Alexandria.
CMF’s area of operations encompasses some of the world’s most important shipping lanes with more than 3 million square miles of international waters, including the key chokepoints of the Suez Canal, Bab al Mandeb and Straits of Hormuz.