APRIL 28, 2021 - Imagine a machine that collected water from the air, broke the water down into hydrogen and oxygen, then used hydrogen as a power source. That’s the goal of Dr. Anthony Gannon, associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) school, and his rotating group of thesis students, who are applying their … [Read more...]
Missile Launch Integrates Manned and Unmanned Systems
APRIL 27, 2021 – The U.S. Navy launched a missile at a long-range target successfully as a part of Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21 off the coast of San Diego, April 25. The destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) launched the Extended Range Active Missile (SM-6), striking a target well beyond the line of sight. Integrated manned and unmanned systems established … [Read more...]
Navy and Coast Guard Operate Together In Aegean Sea
APRIL 27, 2021 - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) conducted interoperability exercises with the Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) in the Aegean Sea, April 26, 2021. Roosevelt executed Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training, flight operations, and a photo exercise with Hamilton and its embarked … [Read more...]
Navy Uses UUVs to Complete Certification Exercise
APRIL 26, 2021 - Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2, completed their pre-deployment Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) Advanced Certification Exercise (CERTEX) at Naval Support Activity Panama City, April 16. The EODMU 2 EOD operators and Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) operators are assigned to ExMCM Company 2-2. The exercise tested their … [Read more...]
Navy Christens Guided-Missile Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee
APRIL 26, 2021 - The Navy christened its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), during a 6:30 p.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, April 24, in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship's namesake, Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, served as the second Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1911, and was also the first living woman recipient … [Read more...]