27 April 2026 Uribe Departs, McIntyre Takes Helm of NAVSUP Business Systems Center MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Capt. Don McIntyre relieved Capt. Juan Carlos “JC” Uribe, as commanding officer, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC), during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, April 24...
27 April 2026 MQ-25A Stingray achieves successful first flight, advancing future of naval aviation The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray™ successfully completed its first test flight from Boeing's facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois, April 25, achieving a key step for unmanned carrier operations...
24 April 2026 Historic U.S. Naval Visit Reinforces U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Security Partnership Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF), visited Abidjan this week, marking the highest-level U.S. Navy visit to the country and underscoring the growing strength of the U.S.–Côte d’Ivoire defense partnership...
23 April 2026 The Need for Speed — Senior DOW Acquisition Leaders to Keynote NPS Symposium The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will host two of the U.S. Department of War’s (DOW) top acquisition leaders as keynote speakers for Accelerating Warfighting Capabilities, the 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit, May 6-7, 2026...
23 April 2026 Exercise Obangame Express Returns to Cameroon for 15th Iteration Obangame Express 2026 (OE 26), sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and conducted by the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet, held an opening ceremony for the exercise April 23, 2026 in host nation Cameroon...
23 April 2026 USS Blue Ridge conducts consecutive combined maritime operations with allies in Western Pacific Ocean U.S. 7th Fleet flagship Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) conducted a series of bilateral and multilateral maritime exercises with allies across the Western Pacific Ocean, April 13-17.Ships from the Royal Australian Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and U.S. Navy conducted...
22 April 2026 Blue Ridge departs Okinawa, Japan U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Okinawa following a port visit, Mon. 21, 2026. Blue Ridge’s last visit to Okinawa was in 2020. ...
22 April 2026 ‘We Think in Decades’: ONR Leaders Talk Future of Autonomy, Unmanned Innovation When asked about the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) role in the development of autonomous and unmanned systems, Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Dr. Rachel Riley highlighted some of the command’s most successful investments: REMUS underwater vehicles in the 1990s and early 2000s, swarmboats in 2014,...
21 April 2026 U.S. Navy recovers NASA astronauts, Orion space capsule after historic Artemis II moon mission SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - The U.S. Navy, in partnership with NASA and U.S. Space Command, recovered the Orion space capsule and its four-person crew from the Pacific Ocean, April 10, marking the conclusion of the historic Artemis II mission. ...
20 April 2026 U.S. Navy Boosts Support for Military Families with Major Childcare Expansion The U.S. Navy is expanding its Child and Youth Programs (CYP) with more than 900 new childcare spaces slated to open at key fleet concentration areas through 2028. This initiative, part of a broader readiness strategy for Sailors and their families, includes construction of new facilities,...