The Advanced Naval Technology Exercise – Coastal Trident 2021 Open House is taking place this week at the NavalX Fathomwerx Laboratory at the Port of Hueneme to examine innovative solutions for port and maritime security. Fathomwerx is a partner-run facility…
Naval Postgraduate School Examines Hybrid Force 2045
The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is conducting its annual Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) scenario this week on a critical naval priority: the future hybrid force. Led by the NPS Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI), WIC 2021 is addressing a…
Foundation Honors Sen. John Warner, Premieres Film About Elvis’s Contribution to USS Arizona Memorial
The World War II Foundation held a world premiere for its newest production, “Elvis and the USS Arizona,” and honored the late Sen. John Warner at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. this past week. Warner received the foundation’s Senator…
International Partners Collaborate to End Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
The 2021 Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Exchange was conducted virtually from Hawaii, with a focus on the global problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The event took place Sept. 8-9, and was moderated by retired Navy Capt. Larry Osborn,…
Marines Evaluate New Unmanned Maritime Technologies at BALTOPS
Sailors and Marines worked together with unmanned technologies, never used before to conduct expeditionary mine countermeasures operations, during the recent Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2021 exercise in Germany. Tony Brescia, a systems engineer with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division…
Kitchener Says Surface Force is Sharpening its Competitive Edge
Navy Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, commander, Naval Surface Force, said readiness, training, manpower and new technology, such as simulators, are sharpening the surface fleet’s competitive edge. The “SWO Boss” spoke Aug. 26 on the closing day of the Surface Navy…
Naval Academy Extending Service Life for Yard Patrol Craft
The Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of two shipyards executing a service life extension program (SLEP) for the U.S. Naval Academy’s (USNA) fleet of yard patrol craft (YPs) used to train midshipmen in navigation…
General Dynamics Mission Systems Introduces Badger Software-Defined Radio for Voice, Data Communications
General Dynamics Mission Systems recently introduced its new Badger software-defined radio at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Symposium in National Harbor, Maryland. The Badger is based on the company’s established AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR) providing secure communications aboard U.S. Navy…
Strike Groups with Fifth-Generation Fighters Demonstrate Interoperability, Interchangeability
A multinational task force is operating together as part of Large Scale Global Exercise 2021 (LSGE 21) in the Pacific. The U.K. Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG 21) and U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (ESG 7) are conducting multinational advanced…
General Dynamics Moves Knifefish Production to New UUV Center of Excellence
General Dynamics Mission Systems cut the ribbon to open a new and expanded production line for its Knifefish medium-class surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle (SMCM UUV) systems at the company’s UUV Center of Excellence (COE) in Taunton, Massachusetts. Up…
