JUNE 2, 2020 - Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) signed a lease, May 27, with developer Bright Canyon Energy (BCE) to construct and operate a 2.5-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic system with 2.5-MW battery storage capacity on approximately 8.3 acres of land at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach (NWSSB) Detachment Norco. The project will achieve a key milestone in … [Read more...]
Students Across Navy’s Educational Enterprise Exchange Big Ideas
JUNE 2, 2020 - The U.S. Marine Corps at the Naval Postgraduate School kicked off the first day of the university’s latest Big Idea Exchange with five of the 14 students presenting their cutting-edge research and ideas in a virtual environment, May 27, with more presentations still to come. The BIX brings forward new and potentially game-changing thinking developed by NPS … [Read more...]
Russian Jets Intercept U.S. Navy Aircraft
MAY 27, 2020 - For the third time in two months, Russian pilots flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner while intercepting a U.S. Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft in U.S. 6th Fleet, May 26, 2020. On May 26, 2020, a U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft was flying in the Eastern Mediterranean over international waters and was intercepted by two Russian Su-35 … [Read more...]
USS Portland Conducts Laser Weapon System Demonstrator Test
MAY 26, 2020 - Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16. LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system demonstrator developed by the Office of Naval Research and installed on Portland for an at-sea … [Read more...]
Navy, Army Partner for 3D Printing of Test Swabs
MAY 22, 2020 - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland, finalized a memorandum of agreement to support the production and delivery of 3D-printed nasopharyngeal test swabs needed to support diagnostic testing for COVID-19. This partnership will ensure the test swabs are safe and effective … [Read more...]