U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China
, according to declassified Navy documents.With the breakup of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the IUSS was scaled back. Increasingly, its analysts were tasked with monitoring marine life and offshore earthquakes.Today, just two surveillance sites remain: the facility located within the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State, and another at the Dam Neck naval station in Virginia Beach, Virginia.Once dubbed Naval Ocean Processing Facilities, they were rechristened Theater Undersea Surveillance Commands last year. The new name is “more fitting of the expansive coverage
US Navy Deploys a Fleet of Saildrones to the Caribbean
Commercial operators began deploying 10 Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) out to sea, a critical first step in U.S. 4th Fleet’s Operation Windward Stack.Launched from Naval Air Station Key West’s Mole Pier and Truman Harbor, the Saildrones’ mission once on station is to improve maritime domain awareness, or MDA, by detecting and quantifying targets that pass within range of the Saildrones’ sensors.Operation Windward Stack is a long-term operation of unmanned and manned forces working together, also known as a hybrid fleet, as envisioned by the Secretary of the
Navy Provides Realistic, Operationally-relevant Test Environment for Technology
.”ANTX can bring participants representing very different technologies and unique approaches together to form teams that can address larger problems. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) recent ANTX featured more than 20 emerging warfighter technologies at its Naval Air Station Patuxent River headquarters. According to Tony Schmidt, NAWCAD’s director for rapid prototyping and experimentation, the ANTX aimed to answer the question, “Will this work?”“NAWCAD successfully transitions much of its ANTX technology from demonstration to deployment
Oi 50th "Voices": Don Walsh: First to Travel to the Deepest Ocean Depths
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Capt. Don Walsh decided to join the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Oakland in 1948, where he became an aircrewman in torpedo bombers. Two years later, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, and in 1956, he enrolled in submarine school. Little did he know that four years later — in 1960 — he’d be the first person (with Jacques Piccard) to travel to the furthest ocean depths onboard the submersible Bathyscaph Trieste (Trieste).During his tenure as Officer-in-Charge of Trieste, Capt. Walsh was designated USN Deep Submersible Pilot #1. In January 1960
SeeByte to Demo Three Autonomy Systems at Pax River
SeeByte will have a large presence at Pax River Event at Naval Air Station Patuxent River from the September 12-25, 2015, with seven members of the team present, including CEO Dr. Bob Black and SeeByte Inc. director Jon Wood who will both be attending the VIP day. SeeByte will be demonstrating new autonomous capabilities for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in collaboration with several international partners. SeeByte has developed autonomy platforms enabling multi-vehicle collaboration and inter-fleet communications, as well as autonomous solutions for Mine Counter Measures.
Virginia-Class Submarine Named USS Iowa
; Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony today in Ames, Iowa to announce that SSN 797, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Iowa. The submarine will be named to honor the history its namesake state has with the Navy. Iowa is home to former Naval Air Station (NAS) Ottumwa, one of a few air training stations created to increase the number of trained pilots in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The future USS Iowa will be the fourth naval vessel to bear the name. The first, a 3,200 ton gunboat, dates back to 1864. The second was commissioned
Dredging Project to Protect Virginia Shoreline
Outer Continental Shelf sand will protect infrastructure, restore dunes and habitat The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Naval Air Station Oceana at Dam Neck, Virginia, expect to begin a shore protection project at the Dam Neck annex within the next month. Sand from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), to be used for this project, will enhance coastal resilience by protecting shoreline infrastructure. In addition, the project will restore shorebird and sea turtle nesting habitat and improve the recreational beach in this Virginia Beach community. “BOE
NASNI Builds Navy's First Submarine Firefighting Trainer
out the ventilation ducts. The glow of the blazing fire emanates down the passageway. Firefighters move with precision and purpose, pausing to unleash a torrent of water towards the fire as they kneel before it. Such was the scene at the Navy's first submarine firefighting trainer, located at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) Oct. 29. Commander, Navy Installation Command (CNIC) approached Kidde Fire Trainers almost one year ago in response to the incident on the USS Miami, in which a fire caused over $400 million of damage to the submarine. Numerous issues arose from the incident, primarily
Oceanology International China Keynote Address Confirmed
China Petroleum Institute, Beijing are all international supporters. About the keynote speakers •Captain Don Walsh USN (Retired), PhD is head of the Oregon-based consulting company, International Maritime Inc, a business he founded in 1976. Joining the US Navy at Naval Air Station Oakland in 1948 he became an aircrewman in torpedo bombers before entering the Naval Academy in 1950. After graduation, he served two years in the Amphibious Forces before entering submarine school in 1956. Then Don served in the San Diego based submarines Rasher (SSR-269), Sea Fox (SS-402)
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