Exercises REPMUS 23 and Dynamic Messenger 23 took place in Tróia and Sesimbra, Portugal in September 2023. They focused on integrating new maritime unmanned systems into NATO operations, and featured the ability of autonomous underwater vehicles to operate effectively together. REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems)…
Maintenance Facility and the crew of the USS Hawaii (SSN 776). Happy 248th Birthday Navy and Ha`oli La Hanau! 09.20.2023 Video by Dave Amodo Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility This spring, we visited the shipyard and interviewed its commander. May 26, 2023 As the U.S. Navy works…
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airmen with RAAF No. 3 Squadron load AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-To-Air Missiles onto a RAAF F-35A Lightning II at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, July…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 transfer supplies from a KC-130J Hercules into a CH-53K King Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, June 7, 2023. The tail-to-tail transfer of supplies allowed distribution of sustainment…
A look at the changing focus on deterrence and defence in Australia seen through the optic of the Williams Foundation seminar held in Canberra on 30 March 2023. In this report, the major discussions of the seminar are highlighted and the challenges in the way ahead are the focus of…
U.S. Marine CH-53K King Stallion helicopter and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), and Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter participate in an external lift training exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 2-23 at Auxiliary Airfield II near Yuma, Arizona…
U.S. Navy Sailors simulate a ship-to-shore patient transfer using a MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel (USV) in Aqaba, Jordan, March 9, 2023, during International Maritime Exercise 2023. The USV transferred a mannequin from the Gulf of Aqaba to land, marking the first time the unmanned platform has been…
A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift Dec. 13, 2022, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The structure is from the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, a former developmental flight test jet from the Patuxent River…
