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In 1997, San Diego became the headquarters of the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), now the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), formerly located in the Washington, D.C., area [3] and is now located in the Old Town neighborhood. NAVWAR and its subordinate Echelon III Activities provide much of the tactical ...
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) provides materiel support for aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy.It is one of the Echelon II Navy systems commands (SYSCOM), and was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons.
Operation Sailor Hat was a series of explosives effects tests, conducted by the United States Navy Bureau of Ships under the sponsorship of the Defense Atomic Support Agency. [1] The tests consisted of two underwater explosions at San Clemente Island , California in 1964 [ 2 ] and three surface explosions at Kahoʻolawe , Hawaii in 1965.
The Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) is an independent and objective agency within the United States Navy for the operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of naval aviation, surface warfare, submarine warfare, C4I, cryptologic, and space systems in support Navy and Department of Defense acquisition programs.
The motto in Latin: Custos Custodum Ipsorum means "Guard of the Guardians Themselves" in English. The Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), [1] also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States Department of Defense developed to provide missile defense against short and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
Laura Dekker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʌuraː ˈdɛkər]; born 20 September 1995) is a New Zealand-born Dutch sailor. In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. A Dutch court stepped in, owing to the objections of the local authorities, and prevented Laura from departing while under ...
Sailor Date reached consecutive weeks Total weeks 1: Bruno Prada: January 1, 2013: 124: 180 2: Blair Tuke: December 10, 2019: 135: ... 2 1 3 7 Mateusz Kusznierewicz ...
Webb Chiles (born 1941), born Webb Tedford, is an American sailor and author noted for his offshore sailing. He has completed six circumnavigations, several of them single-handed , and is the author of seven books.