Posted by Java Joe on May 8, 2023 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has completed tank tests of its new deep-diving suit called the Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) system. The service says the suit is light, flexible, and maintains sea-level internal pressure around the wearer even when hundreds of feet underwater. The DSEND demos took place at NSWC Carderock Division in Maryland and at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit in Florida.
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Posted by Java Joe on December 7, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy’s new MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone demonstrator is now aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier for the first time to begin deck-handling trials.
Posted by Java Joe on August 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment
China, culture, climate, and COVID. These are the four main challenges facing the US Navy, says NavSec Carlos Del Toro in his statement to the fleet.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 8, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The MQ-25 Stingray program’s first-ever aerial refueling of a manned receiver aircraft by an unmanned tanker was successful. The test took place June 4 out of MidAmerica Airport in Illinois.
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Posted by Java Joe on October 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The USS Gabrielle Giffords tested its Naval Strike Missile last week in the Pacific. The Navy’s new sea-skimming cruise missile is difficult to spot on radar.
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Posted by Java Joe on September 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Vermont Air National Guard took delivery of the first two of what will become 20 F-35 jets. It is the first Guard unit to receive the aircraft.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
New details and photos of Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray drone are emerging and another prototype could be revealed soon.
Posted by Java Joe on November 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Though the defense policy bill passed by Congress won’t create a new branch of the military dedicated to space, it does make changes that lay the groundwork for a Space Corps to become a reality in the near future. One analyst says, “This issue is not dead at all.”
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Posted by Java Joe on October 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and 70 House members are calling for an agreement with the Senate to pay for 11 new F-35s, while at the same time adding $100 million to help the Air Force fund advance procurement for 2018.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
DoD is falling short of its goals for bidding out contracts competitively.
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