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Hugh Wyman Howard III is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served in the military for 32 years and at one point was director of operations of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GovernanceMar 12, 2026Latest News

Dan Jablonsky began his career as a surface warfare officer and nuclear engineer in the U.S. Navy.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2026Top Leadership Change at Sierra Space

Rick Svetkoff joined the U.S. Navy in 1978 and flew A-4 fighter jets.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GovernanceFeb 25, 2026Founder Rick Svetkoff Steps Down as CEO of Starfighters Space

Rick Svetkoff left the U.S. Navy in 1984 and then worked as a Continental Airlines pilot.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralFeb 25, 2026Founder Rick Svetkoff Steps Down as CEO of Starfighters Space

The 2018 hacking of a U.S. Navy subcontractor by the Chinese Ministry of State Security resulted in the theft of secret submarine codes.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2026Latest News

The Royal Saudi Navy will become the twenty-first operator of the C-27J worldwide.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2026Leonardo fornirà quattro C-27J Spartan alla Marina saudita

Deliveries of C-27J MPA to the Royal Saudi Navy will begin in 2029.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2026Leonardo fornirà quattro C-27J Spartan alla Marina saudita

LampreyMMAUV was developed with a U.S. Navy focus on covert assured access and sea denial.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2026Lockheed Martin debuts Lamprey undersea mission vehicle

The W-5 capsule carried a specialized payload for the U.S. Navy focused on data collection during reentry.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyTechnical ProductFeb 4, 2026W-5 Mission Reentry Brings Varda Spacecraft Back to Earth

By November 2025 satellite and aerial photos revealed two large square structures in the Dalian ship’s hull sections that resemble structures used to contain nuclear reactors in U.S. Navy nuclear carriers.

Mentioned as: navyTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2026Dragonship: China builds a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier while satellites watch

The U.S. Navy orbited the first radar detector under the GRAB program in 1960.

Mentioned as: navyTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2026High Jump: the JUMPSEAT signals intelligence satellite

The NRO Navy component known as Program C was centered at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.

Mentioned as: naval research laboratoryNarrative GeneralFeb 2, 2026High Jump: the JUMPSEAT signals intelligence satellite

During the 1960s the Navy developed the GRAB and later POPPY programs while the Air Force pursued Program 770 large SIGINT satellites and Program 11 (later Program 989) small suitcase-sized satellites.

Mentioned as: navyTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2026High Jump: the JUMPSEAT signals intelligence satellite

Naval Research Laboratory teams flew engineered strains of Escherichia coli that produce melanin using a tyrosinase enzyme pathway and matched them with identical ground-based controls.

Mentioned as: naval research laboratoryNarrative GeneralJan 29, 2026Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

The Naval Research Laboratory partnered with Cheryl Nickerson’s research group at Arizona State University to reproduce MELSP findings using a Rotating Wall Vessel bioreactor that simulates low-shear microgravity on Earth.

Mentioned as: naval research laboratoryNarrative GeneralJan 29, 2026Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

Dr. Gladys West worked in satellite geodesy at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.

Mentioned as: naval surface warfare centerTechnical ProductJan 28, 2026Mathematical Architect of GPS, Dr. Gladys West, Passes Away at 95

Dr. Gladys West joined the Naval Proving Ground in 1956 as the second Black woman hired as a mathematician at the facility.

Mentioned as: naval proving groundNarrative GovernanceJan 28, 2026Mathematical Architect of GPS, Dr. Gladys West, Passes Away at 95

The Princess Anne facility is designed to support a national coalition that includes Firefly Aerospace to increase flight test cadence to one launch per week for the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency.

Mentioned as: navyTechnical ProductJan 26, 2026Kratos Expands Hypersonic Infrastructure as VisionWave Unveils Space-Based Counter-UAS Architecture

Hanwha Ocean has been shortlisted to supply up to 12 submarines to the Royal Canadian Navy under the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project alongside Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.

Mentioned as: navyNarrative GeneralJan 26, 2026Latest News

Navy helicopters will deploy from the recovery vessel to pick astronauts up one at a time.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: 6/ Villarreal says Navy helicopters will deploy from the recovery vessel and pick the astronauts up one at a time. Once on the vessel, the crew will head into the medical bay for post-return checkups. Depending on the distance from shore for splashdown, the astronauts will…
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