USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials (2)

06/02/2021
Evolved sea sparrow missiles and rolling-airframe missiles are launch from USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapon sponsons during combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT), April 16, 2021. CSSQT is a Naval Sea Systems Command requirement to verify that ship personnel can operate and maintain their combat systems in a…

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials (1)

05/31/2021
USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) conducts combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT), April 16, 2021. CSSQT is a Naval Sea Systems Command requirement to verify that ship personnel can operate and maintain their combat systems in a safe and effective manner. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting…

79th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea

05/29/2021
By the end of April 1942, the tally of Japanese victories saw its flag fly over: Hong Kong, the Philippines (save for the island bastion of Corregidor), Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, the Netherlands East Indies, and most of Burma. Having already unleashed devastating raids on Darwin and Broome, the Empire of…

Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21)

05/26/2021
(April 16, 2021) Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker discusses unmanned vessels at Pier 12 on Naval Base San Diego during Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21) Distinguished Visitor Day, April 16. U.S. Pacific Fleet’s UxS IBP 21, April 19-26, integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into…