From Props to Jets and Angled Decks
Advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, wrote futurist Arthur C. Clarke. Today’s aircraft carrier surely is the closet thing to …
Naval Forces
The Sea Control Ship
The history of the U.S. Navy is replete with ships that were not built, finished, or commissioned. One only need …
Electric Power Opportunities for Coast Guard and Navy Vessels (Sponsored)
Across the shipping industry, electric power systems incorporating batteries and energy storage systems, fuel cells, and other sources of shipboard …
U.S. Navy, Bahrain Commit to Advance New Unmanned Systems Efforts
From NAVCENT Public Affairs, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet
During a visit to the U.S. Navy …
Unmanned MQ-25 Stingray Successfully Refuels E-2D
The U.S. Navy and Boeing have completed a second carrier-based aircraft unmanned refueling mission with the Boeing-owned MQ-25TM T1 test …
The SB2C Helldiver Was a Tough Bird: Remembered First Hand
“I was in the dive at 70 degrees following my leader, thinking he would miss the very narrow Japanese destroyer …
The Mark 14 Torpedo Scandal
In 1942, submarines in the three regional Pacific Ocean commands had fired 1,442 torpedoes and sunk only 211 ships totaling …
USS Gerald R. Ford Completes Full Ship Shock Trials
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully conducted a third explosive event off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, on …
NSWC Crane and Hydronalix sign CRADA for AISUM Prize Challenge
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Hydronalix, Inc. of Green Valley, Arizona, have signed a Cooperative Research …
U.S. and Japan Strengthen Ties Through Mine Warfare Exercise
Story by Lt. Bryan Newkirk, Commander, Mine Countermeasures Squadron SEVEN
Mine warfare forces from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime …