Tag: US Navy

Among other disruptions globally, the COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for malicious actors to conduct spearphishing campaigns, financial scams, and disinformation campaigns via social media, the US Navy warned. 

The Training Support Command (TSC) San Diego reported its closure on March 14, after a third Sailor had been positively tested for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, the school stated that a sailor from USS Essex that was attending a course at Training Support Command (TSC) San Diego tested positive for COVID-19.

On 13 March, a Sailor from Naval Base San Diego was tested “presumptive positive” for coronavirus (COVID-19), marking the first positive case for a Sailor in California, the US Navy informed. 

The US Navy recently launched a new program in order to advise sailors and their relatives of potential adversarial threats in the digital field. In fact, the program will focus on the cyber vulnerabilities, including adversaries' ability to target and track individual sailors on social media.

The US Navy is deploying an underwater acoustic sensor system to detect and track marine mammals that might be approaching Navy testing ranges, enabling Navy personnel to avoid potentially injuring the animals.

The US Navy awarded contracts totaling $1 billion to over 40 organizations to support the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems. The multiple award contracts (IDIQ-MACs) have a five-year base period and one five-year ordering period option.

To enhance its suicide prevention efforts, the US Navy has decided to develop a 'Culture of Excellence'. This effort aspires to combine existing and new programs to develop resilience, trust and connectedness in all members of the service. 

According to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, on Thursday 9 January a Russian Navy ship said to "aggressively" approach a US Navy destroyer vessel, while it was doing its daily operations in the Arabian Sea. As CNN reported, the Russian vessel kept ignoring the warnings from the US destroyer, increasing the risk of collision.

US Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, and US Senator Angus King, a member of the Armed Services Committee, wrote to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to express their strong support for a larger Navy. 

The US Navy is creating a system for its unmanned robotic warships to be able to communicate like human sailors, allowing the ship to safely navigate through waterways. The goal of his technology is to allows human bridge crews to talk with robot ships using normal speech over the worldwide radio system used for ship-to-ship communication.