Tag: Navy
UK to order four new RFA tankers
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will buy four new 37 000-tonne tankers for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) to support future...
Southern Africa is safe – SA Navy chief
The chief of the South African Navy says that southern Africa is safe from the threat of piracy, but that Southern African...
U.S. Navy fears small Iranian boats
Nerves were strained as an Iranian patrol boat approached the USS Abraham Lincoln at speed.
A helicopter escort hovered above the vessel in...
Iranian Navy repulses pirate attack
Iranian Navy warships have foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian oil tanker near the Gulf of Aden.
"The Iranian oil tanker was...
Kenya sinks al Shabaab boats
Kenya's navy has sunk two boats carrying suspected al Shabaab militants off the coast of Somalia as it continues its fight against...
Nigerian Navy makes illegal oil trade arrests
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two people for their role in the illegal oil trade, days after several ships were detained for...
IMT logs more submarine work
The Institute for Maritime Technology, a business unit of the Armscor Defence Institutes (Pty) Ltd, has been tasked to develop a speed...
Chinese naval escort returns from pirate patrol
China's eighth naval escort flotilla has returned home after a 189-day mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. The flotilla...
More light on OP Copper?
More light may be thrown Thursday on Operation Copper, the South African National Defence Force's secretive counterpiracy patrol along the Mozambican coast....
US Navy purchases Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs)
The US Navy has ordered more Long Range Acoustic Devices from LRAD Corporation. The units can be used for long distance communication...
Dozens of ships fleeing Benin waters due to piracy-navy
A spike in pirate attacks off Benin has forced dozens of ships to steer clear of the West African state's waters, the...
Dozens of ships fleeing Benin waters due to piracy-navy
A spike in pirate attacks off Benin has forced dozens of ships to steer clear of the West African state's waters, the...
Three Pakistan navy officers face trial after base raid inquiry
Three senior Pakistan Navy officers are facing court martial in connection with the attack on a naval air base in Karachi in...
Navy does more business with Oto Melera
The South African Navy has placed a R628 996,42 order with Oto Melara SpA of La Spezia, Italy, for the procurement of...
Diesel generators for SAS Protea
Cape company Electrowave (Pty) Ltd has been awarded a R6.1 million contract to supply, fit and commission two diesel driven generator sets...
Japan wary of rise in China’s maritime activities
China's naval forces are likely to step up their activities in waters around Japan, Tokyo's annual defence report said the latest expression...
More work on SAS Drakensberg
The South African Navy has contracted Savcio Holdings (t/a Electrowave Cape) to supply, fit and commissioning a helicopter power unit interface on-board...
Address by LN Sisulu, MP, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans...
Chief of Defence in SADC
Directors-General of State Security in SADC
Ladies and Gentlemen
On behalf of the Department of Defence and myself, I would...
Sisulu to talk counter-piracy tonight
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu will this evening deliver a keynote address at the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
Patrols reduce piracy, battle far from over – UK navy
Efforts to combat piracy off the Somali coast have reduced the number of successful attacks on merchant ships, though the battle is...
More needs to be done to combat piracy: Denmark
Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen says more needs to be done to combat piracy. She was speaking after a meeting...
Navy stocks up on submarine optronics depot spares
The South African Navy has ordered further stocks of "depot spares" from Carl Zeiss Optronics for its fleet of three Heroine-class...
Vital sealanes off Yemen secure – US navy chief
Vital shipping lanes off Yemen's coast will remain secure despite turmoil in the country and naval forces can be rapidly deployed if...
Navy contracts for new frigate optical radar trackers
The South African Navy has awarded Reutech Radar Systems a R8.417 million contract to research and development a replacement optical radar tracker...
SAS Isandlwana making heavy weather in South Atlantic rescue
The South African Navy Valour-class frigate, SAS Isandlwana, is encountering heavy weather – rain and strong wind – in the South Atlantic....
Navy cranking up for Biro?
The South African Navy has issued the Institute for Maritime Technology (IMT) in Simon's Town a request for quotation (RFQ) for "strategic...
Navy demonstrates its World Cup capabilities
The South African Navy has hosted a Maritime Capability Demonstration to demonstrate its capability and readiness for June's soccer World Cup.
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Fact file: Classifying armed forces
Classifying armed forces is inherently dangerous and controversial. Retired Rear Admiral (and now consultant) Rolf Hauter says he is "rather sceptical of...
Fact file: Chiefs of the South African Navy
The head of the SA Navy is called the Chief of the SA Navy. Below follows a list of all incumbents in...
Fact file: Ranking African Navies
The ranking of navies is highly controversial. Retired Rear Admiral (and now consultant) Rolf Hauter says he is "rather sceptical of ranking...
African navies declining
African navies are – a few exceptions aside - in a state of decline. That's the view of a colloquium of naval...
Navy needs survey ship, PVs by 2015
The SA Navy will need a replacement hydrographic survey vessel as well as new offshore as well as inshore patrol vessels (PV)...
