10 February 2023 NETC Awards 2022 Military Instructors of the Year PENSACOLA, Fla. - Naval Education and Training Command’s (NETC) Military Instructors of the Year (MIOY) were presented awards at the National Naval Aviation Museum aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Feb. 10, 2023...
06 February 2023 U.S. Navy Collecting Surveillance Balloon Debris ATLANTIC OCEAN - The U.S. military began collecting the remnants of a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down by an Air Force fighter over the weekend...
21 November 2022 NAVFAC Southeast announces Project Manager and Architect of the Year JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awards their inaugural Project Manager and Architect of the Year...
17 November 2022 US, UK, Australian and Canadian Forces Operate as a Combined Force in Exercise Virtual Flag: Coalition KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - “Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an...
17 November 2022 Sharpening the Scalpel: Medical Providers Hone Skills in Operation Firebreak CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In combat when a casualty occurs it’s an overload to the system. There often is smoke, gunfire, screaming and the person you’ve often shared years of experiences with is down. To sum it up in a word, chaos. How do you prepare for that chaos in a classroom?...
09 November 2022 NRL Engineers Ready Innovative Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) Payload for Launch WASHINGTON - Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) recently completed robotic payload component level testing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program...
04 October 2022 Collaboration Enhances Successful CH-53K Flight Control System UNITED STATES - A full authority digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System (FCS) is one of many impressive capabilities setting the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter apart from any other heavy lift aircraft. “Full authority” means the FCS provides all of the aircraft motion—not just...
04 October 2022 Navy Engineers Make Helicopter Pilots’ Most Dangerous Job Safer UNITED STATES - Landing a helicopter in low visibility environments is one of the most difficult tasks in aviation for a rotary-wing pilot; add weather like fog, wind or worse and aircraft recovery can be dangerous...
03 October 2022 Integrating the Live and Virtual Environments for Development and Training PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - “Train like you fight:” This mantra is becoming a reality as advanced technology ushers in training environments that merge live, virtual and constructive (LVC) capabilities to expand the scale and complexity of training conditions. LVC training environments connect live,...
03 October 2022 Aircrew Receive New Training Devices to Improve Capability, Readiness PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office recently delivered the first fully capable Naval Aircrewman Training Systems (NATS) and Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCAT) to the fleet...