09 February 2022 Project Avenger: Simulators Get Live Air Traffic Control for More Immersive Flight Training CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Student Naval aviators (SNA) with Training Air Wing (TW) 4, located at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, now have the capability to speak directly with live air traffic control (ATC) personnel during simulator training, a significant advancement to the Navy’s...
07 January 2022 Navy Awards Government of Japan Funded Contract for Police Station on Guam JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today a $38.7 million task order to APTIM Construction JV, LLC of Baton Rouge, La. for the construction of a Police Station at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCBCB)...
08 December 2021 NPS’ Modeling, Virtual Reality Center Reimagines Navy Training MONTEREY, Calif. - Before making offensive or defensive maneuvers, it’s important to run through all the scenarios of what might happen. But when those moves involve massive aircraft carriers and multi-thousand-person crews, it can be a cumbersome, unrealistic task to always rehearse plays and train...
03 December 2021 SCSTC Great Lakes Opens New VOT NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) Great Lakes held a ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling a new Virtual Operator Trainer (VOT) for Operations Specialist (OS) “A” School Dec. 02...
05 November 2021 Fall 2021 Surface Line Week Concludes NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - After sea and shore-based commands competed in various athletic and technical competitions, the Fall 2021 Surface Line Week came to a close Nov. 5...
15 October 2021 Stavridis, Arquilla Discuss Technology Disruption, Geopolitics, Leadership During NPS’ Latest Virtual SGL Retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff about technological warfare, the effects of a changing geopolitical environment, and how today’s junior officers can develop into tomorrow’s brilliant leaders during the latest virtual...
04 October 2021 USNS Alan Shepard Enhances Training with Navy’s New Sub-Sonic Target PACIFIC OCEAN - Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) helped test the capabilities of the BQM-177A, the Navy next-generation Sub-Sonic Aerial Target (SSAT) while operating in the Western Pacific, Sept. 9-10...
28 August 2021 NAVWAR Launches Phase II of Project Overmatch Prize Challenges SAN DIEGO - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) kicked off Phase II of the Artificial Intelligence and Networks Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (AINetANTX) Prize Challenges, focused on identifying solutions at speed, for a more lethal, better connected fleet of the future in...
03 August 2021 Recruit Follows RDC Brother into Boot Camp When Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Zachary Williams, a Recruit Division Commander RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), spotted a certain recruit across the pool where he is currently working as a water survival instructor, it was all he could do from approaching the recruit whom he’s known most...
19 July 2021 The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Conducts Anti-Submarine Warfighting Exercises ARABIAN SEA – The Ronald Reagan carrier strike group (CSG) 5, including ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, and the Ohio-class submarine USS Georgia (SSGN-729) exercised anti-submarine warfare (ASW) tactics and procedures, July 15-16...