ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Rocket science is opening new doors to understanding how sounds associated with Navy sonar might affect the hearing of a marine mammal – or if they hear it at all.
The same type of large industrial sized X-ray scanners that NASA uses to dete...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- Ground was broken at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Nov. 19, for Phase 2 of the Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC), which is expected to save the Navy more than $4 million each year in energy costs when completed in 2011.
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Nov. 20 the availability of the draft environmental impact statement/overseas environmental impact statement (EIS/OEIS) for the military buildup on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- The 12-year, $770-million recapitalization of Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy's only boot camp, is in its final stages, with the last major project expected to be complete in the fall of 2010.
YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia is scheduled to begin recycling the majority of its cardboard waste using baling machines recently acquired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai.
SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- Naval commands in the Pacific Northwest received Navy and federal-level awards for energy and water management, including the Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management during awards ceremonies held Oct. 27 through 29 in Washingto...
KEY WEST, Fla. (NNS) -- Significant water conservation efforts are underway at Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West as Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) Public Works Department (PWD) team in Key West is engaged to assure the station meets or exceeds established De...
KEY WEST, Fla. (NNS) -- As part of the Energy Awareness Month, a group of Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West personnel took a tour of the solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Florida Keys Electric Cooperative (FKEC) in Marathon on Oct. 21.
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Seven Department of the Navy commands were recognized for exemplary achievements in energy and water efficiency at the Secretary of the Navy Energy and Water Management Awards ceremony Oct. 27.
"I think this year your achievements mean a lit...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- The Navy is one step closer to flying the "Green Hornet." Members of the NAVAIR Fuels team recently made a small, but very vital step toward changing the source of jet fuel the U.S. Navy uses.
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Incentivized Energy Conservation (i-ENCON) initiative announced Oct. 19 that Navy ships realized a record 1.36 million barrels of oil in fuel avoidance during fiscal 2009.
YAKUSHIMA, Japan (NNS) -- Sailors from the mine countermeasures ship USS Defender (MCM 2) helped clean Maehama Beach on Yakushima island, a vital hatchery for loggerhead sea turtles, Oct. 20.
The loggerhead sea turtle is an endangered species that crawls ashore at ni...
SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas will host events in October to educate and encourage the military community on Guam to reduce energy consumption.
The Department of the Navy's emerging energy strategy is centered ...
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), flew 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered flight during a test Oct. 9-10 at Aberdeen...
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Department of the Navy (DoN) is a finalist in two energy categories for the 2009 Platts Global Energy Awards, an annual competition recognizing top achievers in the energy industry.
With more than 200 award nominations this year, repres...
