MARCH 14, 2023 - One of the premier innovators of the fields of meteorology and oceanography, the Navy is also a trailblazer in unmanned systems, notably METOC’s use of air, sea surface, and underwater craft. The U.S. Navy’s development of unmanned systems dates to the Pioneer Era of Aviation. In 1911, the Navy contracted Elmer Sperry, inventor of the gyroscope (critical for … [Read more...]

MARCH 13, 2023 – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $2.8-billion task order under a previously-awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award construction contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility … [Read more...]

230303-N-MW880-1046 ADRIATIC SEA (March 3, 2023) Command Master Chief Nick Wallace, left, takes a selfie with Tom Cruise, center left, Executive Officer, Capt. Gregory Nery, center right, and Commanding Officer, Capt. Dave Pollard, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, during a visit to the ship, March 3, 2023. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group … [Read more...]

MARCH 8, 2023 - USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), U.S. Sixth Fleet flagship, completed a Regular Overhaul (ROH) period that included dry docking in the port of Genoa, Italy, Feb. 22. The maintenance and repairs, part of the shipboard maintenance cycle, began in August 2022 and were completed by Military Sealift Command civil service mariners, U.S. contractors and local shipyard … [Read more...]

MARCH 8, 2023 - Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced that the Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship formerly named USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) has been renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS 66). This renaming honors Marie Tharp, a pioneering geologist and oceanographic cartographer who created the first scientific maps of … [Read more...]