03 June 2024 Commandant, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visit TF 61/2 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy — Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz visited Commander Task Force 61/2 (CTF 61/2) and U.S. Sixth Fleet at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, on May 29, 2024. ...
02 May 2024 Partners, Allies Mark Conclusion of First AMFS/NILS-A Combined Event in Accra, Ghana ACCRA, Ghana -- Military and governmental leaders from 41 nations marked the conclusion of the first combined African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS) and Naval Infantry Leaders Symposium-Africa (NILS-A) in a closing ceremony in Accra, Ghana, May 2, 2024...
30 April 2024 LiDAR-Equipped Unmanned Aircraft System Supports NPS Research MONTEREY, Calif. — An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with an infrared LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, sensor is enabling students at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to conduct important research into the depth of water in coastal areas...
30 April 2024 U.S. Navy Seabees Join Forces with the U.S. Army and Norway for Bridge Construction BJERKVIK, Norway — In a display of international collaboration the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, Norwegian Armed Forces and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division joined forces to construct and maneuver across a medium girder bridge April 26-28 here testing...
27 March 2024 NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Achieves Engine Readiness Goals PHILIDELPHIA— NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) led the charge to ensure the Navy’s F414 engines meet engine readiness goals in support of the overarching 80 percent mission-capable strike fighter goal...
27 March 2024 NPS’ Latest Small Satellite Launch Advances Comms Experimentation, International Collaboration MONTEREY, Calif. — In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low-Earth orbit...
08 March 2024 Bamboo Eagle, first-ever US, UK, AUS C2-Driven, live-Fly, Simultaneous LVC Exercise HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Airmen from the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Nellis Air Force Base, and Kirtland AFB executed the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center's first-ever C2-driven, live-fly and simultaneous live, virtual, and constructive exercise Bamboo Eagle for more than...
23 February 2024 DOWN UNDER DEMO: ONR TOUTS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECH AT AUSTRALIAN EVENT The Office of Naval Research (ONR) — and its international arm, ONR Global — participated in the recent Autonomous Warrior 2023 (AW23) exercise, located at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, Australia...
29 January 2024 FRCE hosts F-35 sustainment leader Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted the military official responsible for F-35 sustainment and logistics Jan. 24 when Maj. Gen. Donald K. Carpenter, Director of the Lightning Sustainment Center for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, visited the depot. The engagement allowed...
23 January 2024 NPS POTION Software Helps UAV Break Records During Arctic Test Flight MONTEREY, Ca - Following years of dedicated work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), NPS and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) partners have successfully concluded the ultimate test of a nine-year continuum of research and development in one of the world’s most challenging environments: the...