23 January 2024 NPS POTION Software Helps UAV Break Records During Arctic Test Flight 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 Arctic...
13 December 2023 Naval Special Warfare Enhances Allied Defense with Romanian Special Operations Forces CONTANTA, Romania — East-Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) and the 164th Romanian Naval Special Operations Forces (ROUSOF) conducted training on maritime interdiction operations, special reconnaissance, and special operations tactics to enhance allied defense throughout the...
07 December 2023 Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined...
09 November 2023 F-35, HMS Prince of Wales Flight Trials Yield Data for Future Operational Capability WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 9, 2023) — A third phase of F-35 Lightning II developmental test (DT-3) flight trials aboard U.K. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers concluded over the weekend when two short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) test jets launched from the HMS Prince of Wales...
03 November 2023 SECNAV Del Toro Visits Front Lines of Navy and Marine Corps’ Cyber Battlespace FORT MEADE, Md. - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro toured Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) and Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) at Fort Meade, Md., Nov. 1, 2023, to receive an overview of ongoing efforts to build a culture of warfighting excellence through research, development,...
31 October 2023 F-35 Test Team Performs First Night SRVL Aboard HMS Prince of Wales WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN -- An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R09), the U.K.’s newest aircraft carrier, in Atlantic waters off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard just after 9 p.m. Oct. 29, 2023...
10 October 2023 USS Jack H Lucas Commissions in the Sun State at Port Tampa Bay TAMPA, FLORIDA – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125) commissioned at Tampa, Florida, Oct. 7...
29 September 2023 Winners of CNO’s 2023 Naval Essay Contest Announced WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, acting superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, presented awards to the recipients of the Chief of Naval Operations 2023 Naval History Essay Contest during the McMullen Naval History Symposium luncheon at the U.S. Naval Academy on Sept. 21...
22 September 2023 Marine General Offers Challenge to NPS Summer Quarter Graduates Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) celebrated its 2023 Summer Quarter graduates on Sept. 22 during a ceremony at King Hall Auditorium...
21 September 2023 NPS’ Inaugural Regional Alumni Symposium Highlights Importance of Strong Alliances, Partnerships With an eye on strengthening the United States’ strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) brought together more than 100 international graduates for the inaugural NPS Regional Alumni Symposium in Singapore, Sept. 5-7...