Tag: US Navy

A Navy EA-18G Growler takes off from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan of Carrier Strike Group 5 in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 28, 2020.

DARPA’s program uses sensors to track the behavior of sea life, whereby assessing whether it is natural or caused by an enemy submarine.

For a short time in the 1990s, the YF-22 that would lead to the operational F-22 may have met its match in the form of Northrop’s YF-23

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Zachary Kai signals a SH-60 helicopter to land on the flight deck aboard the USS John S. McCain.

A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2020.

Navy Seabee John Williams inspects steel sheet pile during SCUBA operations within the Tinian Harbor.

The B-21 Raider can shift power in the Pacific by allowing the U.S. to counter China’s hypersonic missiles and giving it diplomatic leverage.

On this day in 1931, the United States Navy tested the XOP-1 Giro, the first ever rotary wing aircraft at NAS Anacostia in Washington, D.C. 

The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces.

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam launches a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile on Sept. 19th in the Pacific Ocean.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) launches an SM-2 missile during Rim of the Pacific 2020. Ten nations, 22 ships, one submarine, and more than 5,300 personnel are participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) from August 17 to 31 at sea around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is a biennial exercise designed to foster […]

Sailors on combat craft assault (CCA) conduct small boat operations with the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 27, 2020. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on its inaugural deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of responsibility in support of maritime missions and special operations.