NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The top leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps sought to justify their force structure decisions, arguing April 4 that it was necessary to cut some current platforms and systems to be able to buy the…
Collins Aerospace Awarded Risk Reduction Contract for Navy’s E-XX Program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Collins Aerospace (Booth 701) has been awarded development of a very-low-frequency communication system for the E-6B Recapitalization Program (E-XX) as part of the Navy’s Take Charge and Move Out Weapons System, the company said April 4. …
Admiral on EMALS and AAG Programs: ‘It Works’
A Navy admiral says that despite reports to the contrary, the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear systems aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are working just fine. Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan, program executive officer for…
Bell Offers Manned, Unmanned Tiltrotors for Navy’s Next Rotorcraft
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Bell, a Textron company, is marketing its manned and unmanned tiltrotor aircraft to be the eventual replacements for the Navy’s MH-60R/S helicopters. Carl Forsling, Bell’s senior manager for military sales and strategy, told Seapower April 4…
Navy’s CVM-22B Aircraft Adds Medevac Speed to Carrier Strike Group
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s new CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor carrier-onboard delivery aircraft’s capabilities have been a game-changer for medical evacuation from a carrier strike group, the Navy’s V-22 program official said. The CMV-22B, which is replacing the catapult-launched…
CMS Outlook: What’s in a Name? Understanding the Indo-Pacific and Its Challenges for the U.S.
NATIONAL HARBOR — We have often seen the rise and fall of new terminology to express renewed, or sometimes diminished, value placed upon different regions of the globe as the geography of national interests waxes and wanes. Until recently, the…
Navy’s Flight I/II DDGs Get UAS Capability with Textron’s Aerosonde
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Aerosonde unmanned aerial system has been deployed on a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer serving in the U.S. 7th Fleet, giving the Flight I/II DDG — which does not have the organic helicopter facilities of…
President, First Lady Celebrate Commissioning of USS Delaware
WILMINGTON, Delaware — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, celebrated the commissioning of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) Saturday, April 2, in a ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden previously represented the…
Kid-Friendly Expo Showcases STEM to Kick Off Sea-Air-Space 2022
The 2022 STEM Expo, which kicked off Sea-Air-Space 2022 April 3, marked the largest crowd yet for the science- and fun-focused event, geared to students in the fifth to 12th grades. The popular expo featured hands-on “mad science” demonstrations with…
Free Service Helps Vets Launch Civilian Careers
In 2004, Deb Kloeppel left her executive job at American Airlines to make an overseas permanent change of station with her husband, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dan Kloeppel. She hoped to further her career in her new location but discovered…
