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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti interviews with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on the Today Show at Rockefeller Center in New York, May 23, 2024. Franchetti traveled to New York City to celebrate maritime service during Fleet Week New York and discuss her priorities for America’s Warfighting Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B. Zingaro)

Trump fires Franchetti as chief of naval operations

Franchetti was among a handful of top military officers President Trump fired Friday evening.
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 13, 2025) Navy Diver 3rd class John Tichenor, attached to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, enters the water during a surface supplied dive as part of the International Maritime Exercise 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Brown/DVIDS)

Navy aims to expand maritime security cooperation in latest multinational Middle East exercise 

More than 5,000 military personnel from across roughly 35 nations and international groups are embarking on a 12-day, U.S.-led event.
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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation in the Red Sea to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

Proliferation of sensors will make operating close to the enemy more challenging for US naval forces

Counter-C5ISRT, terminal defense and contested logistics capabilities are key areas of focus for the Navy and Marines.
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2022) In route to Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, ships of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) sail in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Navy ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aleksandr Freutel)

Navy looking to fuse data and sensors to fight better from maritime operations centers

"This battlespace is just bigger and bigger across a larger amount of sea space,” Vice Adm. Karl Thomas said at the annual WEST conference this week.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX)

NRO, Navy launch experimental Otter CubeSat

The system is carrying primary and secondary payloads for space-based maritime domain awareness and communications.
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