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Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently piloted a new leadership program for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) enterprise, serving as the exclusive testing ground for skilled trade employee development. After months of training, FRCE celebrated the graduation of the program’s first cohort Sept. 2, paving the way for a new, one-year development program that is now being offered NAVAIR-wide.
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The U.S. Navy recently demonstrated a new capability designed to make autonomous aircraft easier to plan, operate and integrate into future combat missions.
During Gray Flag 2026 at the Point Mugu Sea Range in California in September, the Navy demonstrated Collaborative Autonomy Mission Planning (CAMP), showing how a mission planned by an operator can be translated into information that an autonomous aircraft can understand and execute.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senior U.S., Australian and Japanese officials met recently to discuss areas for further cooperation on mutual sustainment of their naval forces. Their focus was on opportunities for expanded training, technology sharing, wargaming and exercises to continue building maritime logistics interoperability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, arrived in Guam for a brief logistics stop, Sept. 19, 2026.
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TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26) officially began its final mission stop in Tacloban City, Sept. 18, 2026, and will run through Sept. 29, 2026, marking the third time the mission has returned to the city and the 14th time it has come to the Philippines.
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MOMBASA, Kenya – Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) completed a voyage repair period aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) Sept. 10, marking the first U.S. Navy ship maintenance availability in Mombasa in recent years.
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Personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division, in coordination with U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), hosted Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Daryl Caudle for a high-level capability demonstration at the Hefti Global Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Operations Center in Dam Neck, Virginia, Aug. 27.
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Exercise Phoenix Express, a premier multinational maritime exercise facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Africa and led by U.S. 6th Fleet, concluded its 21st iteration during a closing ceremony held at La Goulette Naval Base in Tunisia, Sept. 18.
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Officials from the Department of War, Department of the Navy and the state of North Carolina cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art repair complex at the North Carolina Global TransPark Sept. 17, significantly boosting Fleet Readiness Center East’s (FRCE) ability to deliver mission-ready aircraft to warfighters.
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The Navy’s path toward unmanned carrier aviation took a major step forward this spring. After a successful first flight April 25, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced May 19 that the MQ-25A Stingray received Milestone C approval, clearing the way to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP).