SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 – Commercial operators began deploying 10 Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) out to sea today, a critical first step in U.S. 4th Fleet’s Operation Windward Stack. Launched from Naval Air Station Key West’s Mole Pier and Truman Harbor, the Saildrones’ mission once on station is to improve maritime domain awareness, or MDA, by detecting and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 – Engineers at the Naval Sea Systems Command have achieved an important milestone with the installation of the Global Energy Information System (GENISYS) suite onboard DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. The GENISYS suite includes a Shipboard Energy Assessment System (SEAS) and digital log books (eLogBook) to link fuel consumption, … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 — What compels busy people to take on more work than is asked of them? Who would log off from work at 4 p.m., grab a trash bag, and pick up litter from a two-mile stretch of the beach? Many people at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, it turns out, earlier this summer. Before that, many attended a Walk/Run/Jog Event in May to celebrate Mental … [Read more...]

AUGUST 30, 2023 - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro honored naval history, heritage, and heroes today during the 80th commissioning anniversary ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. Nearly 200 former crew members returned to the ship, which is now the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum located at Pier 86, 12th Avenue and 46th Street in New York City. … [Read more...]

AUGUST 29, 2023 - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assumed command of a multinational task force that monitors merchant shipping through key strategic chokepoints during an indoor ceremony here Aug. 27. Royal Saudi Navy Commodore Saleh Aloufi assumed command of Coalition Task Force Sentinel from U.K. Royal Navy Commodore Peter Laughton. CTF Sentinel is the operational task force … [Read more...]