In early December, NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) completed the 2024 California Current Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (CalCurCEAS 2024). The main objective of this 4-month shipboard line-transect survey was to estimate population abundance and describe distributions of cetaceans in the California Current off the U.S. West Coast. Baird’s beaked whale. Photo credit: Felipe […]
Navy Completes Explosive Shock Testing for Aircraft Carrier
During this summer, the U.S. Navy completed three explosive events as part of the Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy. The Navy uses these tests on new ship designs to confirm that they can continue to meet […]
