SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 - Navy Ensign Addison Cantor, the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) 2020 Woman of the Year, and 2020 Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-American, has been named as one of the NCAA’s Top 30 Woman of the Year honorees for her “demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and … [Read more...]
Service Members with Expiring ID Cards Need to Make Appointments Immediately
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 - Service members using Common Access Cards (CAC) that have or will expire prior to Sept. 30 need to make an appointment to replace it immediately per guidance in NAVADMIN 253/20 released Sept. 11. Members will no longer be able to use CACs for physical access to military installations and CAC-ID certificates will not be updated on Sept. 30, which will … [Read more...]
Navy Researchers Use Advanced Radar to Hear Moving Targets
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 - Using an advanced radar, experts at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory developed ways to detect subtle vibration changes in moving targets. Sensing vibrations with a millimeter wave radar essentially gives radar operators the ability to “hear” what a target is doing. “We’ve taken vibration sensing and what we are effectively able to do now is use it … [Read more...]
Navy Launches Development of ‘Large Unmanned Surface Vessels’
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - The Navy has awarded contracts totaling $41,985,112 to six companies for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) studies. Each contract includes an option for engineering support that if exercised would bring the cumulative value for all awards to $59,476,146. The firm-fixed price contracts were awarded to Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss; Lockheed … [Read more...]
Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Newport
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 - The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Newport (T-EPF 12), Sep. 2. EPFs are designed to operate in shallow waterways and are capable of a wide range of activities. The vessels are versatile, non-combatant, transport ships that are being used for high-speed transportation of troops, military … [Read more...]