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Northern Edge 2025, a multi-domain, joint field-training exercise led by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and held throughout Alaska, concluded this week after showcasing the U.S. military’s expanded capabilities in the Arctic and north-western Pacific theater.
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NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN — During the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s advanced search and rescue (SAR) capabilities, establishing an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain.
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In this week’s look around the Air Force, the DLE series concludes after one month of readiness and interoperability training missions, the eighth X-37B OTV mission successfully launches, and the Space Force publishes new instruction outlining dress and appearance standards for Guardians.
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GROTON, Conn. – The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), a Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on Aug. 27 at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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The annual combined joint all-domain military exercise, Ulchi Freedom Shield 25, concluded on Aug. 28, reinforcing the strength and readiness of the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance in the face of evolving regional security threats.
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The Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel (OUSV) is a prototype effort owned by the Navy’s Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) and employed to inform the technical development of future Unmanned Surface Vessel programs. The OUSVs are operated by Navy contractors along with Surface Development Group ONE (SURFDEVGRU 1) and Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron ONE (USVRON 1) to develop Concepts of Operations and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for future USVs in addition to furthering Fleet integration of unmanned assets.
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A first-of-its-kind exercise evaluated the effectiveness of countermeasures in a maritime environment and evaluated the helicopters’ defensive capabilities against modern aerial threats.
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Sea Hunter and Seahawk are the first autonomous medium unmanned surface vessels (MUSVs) operated by the U.S. Navy. Like the Overlord program, the U.S. Navy is using Sea Hunter and Seahawk as prototypes for research and experimentation. Major goals of research and experimentation efforts with Sea Hunter and Seahawk are to determine the most effective way to utilize USVs in operations and how to best integrate them into the Fleet.
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The Navy is experimenting with the Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) which are small unmanned surface vehicles in support of naval operations. This craft provides additional warfighting capabilities to the Fleet, augmenting the traditional combatant force with autonomous systems. To provide this capability to the Fleet, the Navy leveraged rapid procurement avenues such as Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT), which provides funding to small, non-traditional businesses to support the warfighter with advanced technology. The Navy has accepted all GARCs that were awarded through APFIT. The APFIT GARCs have been used by multiple customers supporting experimentation with various payloads and concepts of employment.
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The Department of the Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, with one of its prototype platforms taking flight in less than two years from program launch.