APRIL 26, 2021 - Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed Combat Systems Ship’s Qualification Trials (CSSQT) April 17, representing a major milestone in validating the ship’s capability to defend itself and the crew. The trials, which commenced in February, consisted of five phases. The completion of the final phase, 2C, and … [Read more...]
Navy Advances New Technologies at NICE ANTX
APRIL 20, 2021 - Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic wrapped up a joint civilian-military exercise on April 14 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where over 60 emerging technologies were evaluated by the Navy and Marine Corps for future warfighter application. NIWC Atlantic partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Navy Warfare Development Command and Marine … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Oakland Joins the Fleet
APRIL 19, 2021 - The Navy commissioned Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) during a ceremony, April 17. Navy leaders, Oakland city officials and a socially distanced audience attended the ceremony for the third ship in naval service to be named in honor of the city of Oakland. The first USS Oakland was a transport cargo ship commissioned in 1918. … [Read more...]
USNS Mercy Conducts First Ever Flight Deck Landing of V-22 Osprey
APRIL 16, 2021 - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently conducting dynamic interface testing operations off the coast of Southern California. The operations are tests for compatibility usage of variants of the V-22 Osprey and MH-60 Seahawk with the ship’s new flight deck, and the first time a V-22 has landed on an MSC hospital ship. The … [Read more...]
Underwater Construction Team Conducts Arctic Training in Greenland
APRIL 14, 2021 - High above the Arctic Circle, surrounded by thousands of miles of ice and snow, Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1 went to work. While the nation’s adversaries continually look to the Arctic as a new gray zone battleground, the Naval Construction Force (NCF) proved they can operate there, too. Leaving their home station of Little Creek, Va., Seabee Divers … [Read more...]