Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Hughes deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting development, N7, within the service branch’s office of chief of naval operations, has been nominated to serve as deputy chief
MoreChristine Palmer, a former data scientist at Frontier Technology and Booz Allen Hamilton, has taken on a public sector role as the U.S. Naval Observatory’s chief technology officer. She announced her return
MoreJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory researchers have developed a new thermal battery that uses nickel-aluminum heat pellets and provides higher power density despite having a smaller footprint. The research team collaborated with
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The U.S. Navy has placed into active service its 12th Freedom-class littoral combat ship, manufactured by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, during a commissioning ceremony held at Pier 88 in New
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President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William Houston as director of the Department of Energy’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. Houston, who currently commands the Naval Submarine Forces, Submarine Force
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The U.S. Navy achieved initial operating capability for the mine countermeasures mission package and AN/AQS-20 sonar mine detection sets installed on its littoral combat ships. The systems and sensors passed operational testing
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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus, a program executive officer at Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, has been appointed to serve as chief of naval research. Rothenhaus is among the nine appointees
MoreThe Navy DOD Supercomputing Resource Center has deployed a new high-performance computing system that offers 8.2 petaFLOPS of computing performance. Designed by Penguin TrueHPC, Nautilus provides 382 terabytes of memory, 26 petabytes of storage,
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The U.S. Navy’s Aircrew Systems program office is fielding a new commercial off-the-shelf headgear that provides impact and hearing protection for U.S. Marine Corps aviation maintainers. The Exfil Light Tactical Polymer helmet
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Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report outlining key takeaways from recent congressional hearings on the posture of the U.S. military. At a Senate panel hearing, officials with the U.S.
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