29 November 2022 Navy Hosts First Welding Competition, Career Discovery Event for Virginia Talent Pipeline Program HAMPTON, Va. – Nearly 300 students, representing 18 training providers, participated in the Virginia Talent Pipeline Project’s (VA TPP) inaugural Project MFG Welding Competition and Career Discovery Day at the Virginia Peninsula Community College, in Hampton, Va., Nov. 16...
29 August 2022 Keel Laying commemorated for future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With the words, “I hereby declare the keel of the United States Ship Enterprise truly and fairly laid,” Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky chalked their initials on respective steel plates, which were then embossed by skilled welders and affixed to the keel of the future...
29 July 2022 U.S. Navy Conducts Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials Aboard USNS Apalachicola WASHINGTON - The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) is performing a series of planned test events assessing autonomous capabilities integrated into the shipboard configuration, demonstrating that a large ship can become a self-driving platform...