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…
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…
Lockheed Martin Marks Delivery of 500th C-130J Super Hercules
ARLINGTON, Va. — The 500th C-130J Super Hercules aircraft built by Lockheed Martin (Booth 1001) has been delivered to its customer, the company announced March 15. The aircraft, Lockheed Martin C-130 construction number 5934, is a C-130J-30 version that was…
Q&A: Navy International Programs Office, Rear Adm. Anthony E. “Tony” Rossi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, International Programs, Director, Navy IPO
The Navy International Programs Office manages and implements international security assistance programs, cooperative development programs and technology security policy. Led by Rear Adm. Anthony E. “Tony” Rossi and Steve Bowdren, Navy IPO is a reporting unit to the Assistant Secretary…
New Safety Command Isn’t Just About Safety, It’s About Readiness
“Our mission and our focus every day is to enable warfighting capability by reducing preventable mishaps, loss of life and damage to materiel,” says Rear Adm. F.R. “Lucky” Luchtman, commander of the new Naval Safety Command. “Everything we do is…
Satellite Imagery Analytics: A New Way of Looking at the Ukraine Conflict
Every day, every hour, even every minute, the conflict in Ukraine is evolving. Monitoring and understanding those changes is key not only for geopolitical entities, but also corporations, humanitarian organizations and other private-sector groups. But sifting through the abundance of…
