NSWC Corona Technicians install ITU BLOS tracker systems for RIMPAC 2022 [Image 3 of 23]

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, UNITED STATES

06.28.2022

Courtesy Photo

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 28, 2022) Computer scientist Christian Morales, left, from the Performance Assessment Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, engages with crewmembers of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Takanami (DD 110) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 28, before installing an Iridium Tracker Unit Beyond Line-of-Sight tracker system aboard. The system supplies telemetry that provides encrypted data for utilizing the Defense Information System Agency Iridium Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services and was installed in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Bounds)

• Date Taken: 06.28.2022
• Date Posted: 07.20.2022 16:07
• Photo ID: 7322511
• VIRIN: 220628-N-N2248-1006
• Resolution: 1600x1200
• Size: 1.09 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US