07 June 2021 GaN Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Enabling 1200V and Beyond Power Switches, Now Commercially Available for 200 mm Large Scale Manufacturing WASHINGTON - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s gallium nitride (GaN) wafers, also called large-area engineered substrates, can enable GaN to potentially be a displacement technology for silicon semiconductors used in microelectronics, particularly in power electronics...
07 June 2021 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Supports Environmental Stewardship: Clean the Bay, Our Way PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Each year, on the first Saturday of June, Hampton Roads residents simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, beaches and land-based properties of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove litter and debris. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, participation will be slightly...
07 June 2021 Destroyer Squadron Two Six Holds Change of Command Ceremony NORFOLK, Va. - Destroyer Squadron Two Six (DESRON 26) held a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Station Norfolk, June 4...
07 June 2021 USS New Hampshire Carries on Submarine Battle Flag Tradition NORFOLK, Va. - The Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, participated in a longstanding submarine tradition during its recent deployment...
07 June 2021 Patrol Squadron FOUR FIVE Holds 79th Change of Command KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 held a Change of Command ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 7...
07 June 2021 Fueling the Future: MQ-25 First to Conduct Unmanned Aerial Tanking NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The MQ-25™ program successfully conducted the first ever aerial refueling operations between a manned receiver aircraft and unmanned tanker June 4 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois...
06 June 2021 Blended Retirement System CY 2022 Continuation Pay Announced All Sailors enrolled in the Blended Retirement System qualify for incentive pay at the 12-year “mid-career” point...
06 June 2021 Exercise BALTOPS 50 kicks off today The 50th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 50) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, kicks off today, June 6...
06 June 2021 VP-40 Conducts Harpoon Launch during Joint Missile Defense Exercise KEFLAVIK, Iceland - The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron FOUR ZERO (VP-40) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-4 using two Air to Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge near Andøya Space Defense, Norway during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield...
05 June 2021 USS Roosevelt Visits Gdynia, Poland prior to BALTOPS 50 GDYNIA, Poland - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived in Gdynia, Poland alongside other NATO ships prior to the start of BALTOPS 50, June 5, 2021...