SAN DIEGO — Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) joined the Swedish Defense Research Agency and the Swedish Coast Guard in Lulea, Sweden, to test how ice effects sound in the underwater domain March 11-23. As part of an ongoing…
Navy Full Court Press on USS Gerald R. Ford Weapons Elevators
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is leveraging the talent of an independent team of government and outside experts to assist in advanced electromagnetic, production and software technology aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), said Research, Development and Acquisition Public…
Shipbuilding Apprentice School Celebrates 100 Years
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Apprentice School at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division celebrated its 100-year anniversary on Monday. The company held a ceremony to mark the day, July 1, 1919, when the school was established. During the…
U.S. 4th Fleet and Partner Nations Will Unite for Exercise Unitas
MAYPORT, Fla. — Chile will host maritime forces from 12 countries to participate in exercise Unitas LX (60) Pacific from June 24-July 3, the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command-U.S. 4th Fleet said in a July 1 release. Joining the U.S….
Littoral Combat Ship Deploys to WestPac, Ending 18-Month Gap
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has deployed a littoral combat ship to the Western Pacific for the first time in 18 months, the first of three LCSs the service plans to deploy this year. The first LCS deployment this year…
LCS Oakland Christened at Austal’s Mobile Shipyard
ARLINGTON, Va., and MOBILE, Ala.— The U.S. Navy christened its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Oakland (LCS 24), during a June 29 ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, the ship’s builder, Austal USA, said in a release of…
International ‘Gray Zone’ Actions Challenge Blue-Water Navy
Despite the current heavy focus on great power competition, the Navy must retain and build its ability to engage in irregular maritime conflict, which historically has always been a fundamental part of maintaining maritime security, a panel of historians and…
Senator: SECNAV ‘Gets It’ on Importance of Arctic
WASHINGTON — Alaska’s junior senator, a member of the Armed Services Committee, is critical of the Pentagon’s lack of support for a strategic Arctic port but is pleased that the nation has a Secretary of the Navy who understands the…
NAVSEA Releases Naval Power and Energy Systems Roadmap
WASHINGTON – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) released the Naval Power and Energy Systems Technology Development Roadmap, providing an evolutionary strategy to meet future weapon and sensor systems power requirements, June 26, the command said in a release of the…
Virtual Laboratory on Ship Demonstrates the Capabilities of Virtualized Systems at Sea
WASHINGTON — Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) 5.0, Undersea Systems, successfully tested the Virtual Laboratory on Ship (VLOS), a virtualized Undersea Warfare Combat System (AN/SQQ-89…
