14 December 2021 Navy and Local Dignitaries Welcome First and Only Directed Energy Lab to Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu The Navy’s exclusive Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) is officially open for business at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu as Navy senior leaders, and local officials, including Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven and representatives from Harper Construction Co. Inc. attended...
13 December 2021 NAVCENT Launches Saildrone in Gulf of Aqaba for Exercise Digital Horizon GULF OF AQABA - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Dec. 12, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations...
02 December 2021 NAVWAR Volunteers Build Legos in Support of STEM SAN DIEGO - For over a decade, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NWIC) Pacific have been premier supports of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics by coaching teams of students participating in the various...
01 December 2021 NPS Student-Professor Team Connects Research to Marines in the Field MONTEREY, Calif. - This past Summer, a Marine infantry officer and a cryptographer from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) journeyed to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, where I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) was holding the Pacific Sentry 2021 field exercise. Their mission … to...
24 November 2021 NAVSUP WSS Introduces Repair War Room to Bolster Organic Repair PHILADELPHIA - As part of the on-going Naval Sustainment System (NSS) – Supply Optimize Organic Repair (Aviation) pillar initiative, Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) partnered with the Navy’s Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) and the Defense Logistics Agency...
09 November 2021 NPS Students Finish Strong, Take Top Honors, in NavalX Challenge MONTEREY, Calif. - A field of 200 participants from across the Navy stepped forward to be a force for innovation in the sea services through the NavalX Agility Summit Challenge, part of NaxalX’s annual Agility Summit...
22 October 2021 The Race Is On: NRL Argon Fluoride Laser to Advance Fusion Energy WASHINGTON — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experts race toward sustainable clean energy with advances in fusion energy. Steve Obenschain, Ph.D., a research physicist at NRL, said nuclear fusion would be a valuable addition to clean energy sources because it can provide baseload electrical power...
29 September 2021 Navy Continues Block III Super Hornet Testing, Accepts First New Production Jet NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the first new-production Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet on Aug. 31...
17 September 2021 Naval Supply Systems Command Cash War Room Keeping NWCF Solvent PHILADELPHIA - The Navy introduced Naval Sustainment System (NSS) – Supply in October 2020 to design a single, strategic-scale, sustainable Navy-wide supply chain. As part of NSS-Supply’s cash recovery plan for the Navy Working Capital Fund-Supply Management (NWCF-SM), Naval Supply Systems Command...
16 July 2021 NAVFAC Atlantic Awards $5B Global Contingency Construction Contract NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic awarded six businesses Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MAC) July 15 for contingency construction projects with a maximum amount of $5,000,000,000...