09 November 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Conducts Port Visit in Bahrain Elements of the Nimitz Carrier Strike group, including the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) pulled into Manama, Bahrain for a scheduled port visit in support of logistics and maintenance Nov. 4-8...
06 November 2020 Scientific Development Squadron 1 Holds Change of Command Cmdr. Ian Lilyquist relieved Cmdr. Jared Tharp as commander of NRL’s Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland...
05 November 2020 Navy Starting Construction on Columbia Class WASHINGTON - Navy awarding $9.5 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Corporation to construct and test the lead and second ships of the COLUMBIA Class, SSBN 826 and SSBN 827...
05 November 2020 NAVFAC Updates Name to Better Reflect Technical, Acquisition Mission Capabilities Naval Facilities Engineering Command changed its name to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Nov. 3...
04 November 2020 U.S. Navy Updates Guidance to Combat COVID-19 The latest guidance updates the previously issued COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance guidance and is intended to protect the health of individuals and units while preserving operational readiness...
04 November 2020 Experts at Naval Supply Systems Command Speed Up Resource Planning, Earn Excellence Award The 57-person Navy Civil Service team from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, received the award for migrating Navy enterprise reource planning, the Department's financial systems of record, from an on-site hosted service to a commercial-cloud service in record time...
03 November 2020 CNO Visits Pax River, Engages Workforce to Shape Future of Naval Aviation Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Mrs. Linda Gilday visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River Nov. 3, to meet with Sailors and civilians and see their work firsthand...
03 November 2020 Navy Continues to Enhance Combat Capability on Second Ford-Class Carrier, USS John F. Kennedy The Navy on Nov. 2 announced F-35C modifications to the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) under a contract structure now in place to deliver the second USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier, employing a single-phase acquisition strategy, instead of two-phase, as originally planned...
02 November 2020 Learning, Development Roadmaps Updated With Reserve Career Pathways, Now Total Force Tool The Navy completed an annual review of its Learning and Development Roadmaps Nov. 2...
02 November 2020 Naval Research Lab's Hurricane Strength-Prediction Model Named Most Accurate The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System for Tropical Cyclones was named the world’s most accurate in predicting hurricane strengths during the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season...