NOAA’s PORTS® System Expands Operations to Include Pearl Harbor-Honolulu
sensors concentrated in busy U.S. seaports, and is the result of a partnership between NOAA and U.S. Navy Region Hawaii. Data from the system will be used to assist in the Navy’s planning and monitoring during daily operations and hazardous weather situations in Pearl Harbor and on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam—home to more than 55,000 military members and civilians, contributing more than $2 billion annually to the local economy.Commercial and local mariners traveling to Honolulu Harbor, the principal seaport of Hawaii, will also have access to these publicly available real-time observatio
Contract Awarded for Undersea Op Training Facility
classrooms, laboratories, and computer laboratories. Also included in this project are Diver support spaces, administrative spaces, maintenance and repair spaces, operator’s gear storage lockers, and maintenance and support spaces.Work will be performed in at Pearl City Peninsula within Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by April 2022.This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with two proposals received
USS Santa Fe Departs for Western Pacific Deployment
Family and friends bid farewell to the crew on the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) departed July 29, for a deployment to the Western Pacific region. Santa Fe's Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Timothy Poe said the submarine and her crew are excited to get underway to the Western Pacific and train on numerous mission areas as well as participate in theater security cooperation engagements. "Santa Fe is in excellent condition. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard personnel have worked diligently to ensure the ship is in
February 2026
