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US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Savannah

US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Savannah

The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Savannah (LCS 28), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 29, in Mobile, Alabama.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James Geurts will deliver the christ…

USS George H.W. Bush Undocked on Time

USS George H.W. Bush Undocked on Time

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) undocked USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on time Aug. 29, a key milestone in the carrier’s Drydocking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA).

Bush has been on blocks the past 18 months, undergoing the most extensive maintenance period in the carrier’s history and one…

RAAF Tests Virtual Reality for C-17 Maintenance

RAAF Tests Virtual Reality for C-17 Maintenance

Aircraft technicians at No. 36 Squadron are now using Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality devices with Boeing-developed software to maintain C-17A Globemaster III aircraft.

The trial started at RAAF Base Amberley in July to open communication and new working practices with their U.S-based counterpa…

Final US Navy C-2A Greyhound Enters Maintenance

Final US Navy C-2A Greyhound Enters Maintenance

NAS NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) has been extending the service life of the C-2A Greyhound transport through a variety of maintenance plans and modifications since 2001.

With a 10,000-pound payload capacity, the C-2A has served the Navy since 1965 by transport…

Napoleone riveduto e corretto

Napoleone riveduto e corretto

L’attualità impone una revisione critica della massima napoleonica “nelle giberne di ogni soldato si nasconde il bastone di maresciallo di Francia”. Venendo ai tempi e ai luoghi dell’Italia di oggi si può affermare che in quelle giberne “si può nascondere una meno ambiziosa tuta da manovale, perché questo è il bello del dual use, bellezza!”


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