Category: Defence

Source: United States Navy

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Fleet Readiness Center East is always looking for new, innovative ways to improve its processes. Recently, a group of FRCE engineers and aviation maintenance professionals attended a demonstration of a robotic tool that can clean fiber optic cables more quickly and efficiently than manual processes. Grease, oil and other contaminants can degrade the efficiency of fiber optic cables to transmit data to avionics and flight control systems, and the fiber stands must be cleaned to ensure that light can pass uninterrupted through the cables.

Source: United States Navy

NORFOLK, Va. – A five-time recipient joined 14 other ships in winning top honors for the fiscal 2020 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Afloat Safety Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to fleet readiness, morale, efficiency and economical use of resources through safety.

Source: United States Navy

To build new research partnerships and strengthen existing ones, the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program—located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)—recently hosted its Naval Opportunity Awareness Workshop (OAW).

Source: United States Navy

A 10-month master’s degree program that offers Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) warfare center employees a better U.S. Navy operational perspective is being offered by NAVSEA at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island.

Source: United States Navy

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Military Sealift Command Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) and Tunisian Navy Fast Patrol Boats Hamilcar (505) and Giscon (510), as well as Auxiliary Ships Zarzis (A710) and Taguermess, conducted joint maritime domain awareness operations to enhance maritime security and Tunisia’s ability to protect its maritime borders, June 28 – July 2, 2021.