Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon and Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter McHaddad | USS Nimitz (CVN 68) | 06.22.2024
BREMERTON, Wash. – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard June 19, and headed out to sea after a seven-month planned incremental availability (PIA) period....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Fraser | USS Carl Vinson | 12.07.2022
After being moored pierside at Naval Air Station North Island for six months, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) successfully completed a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) ahead of schedule while underway conducting sea trials Dec. 4....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Guth | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.22.2022
Throughout USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), Sailors and Huntington Ingalls shipbuilders have modernized and performed maintenance on equipment that will keep Ford at the forefront of naval aviation as the crew prepares to take the ship back to sea....
Story by Seaman Riley McDowell | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 02.01.2022
An inspection team from Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic (CNAL) visited USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Jan. 10 - 14, to conduct a periodic inspection of the ship’s air department and their progress toward flight deck certification as the command nears completion of a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Huntington-Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding....
Courtesy Story | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | 08.20.2021
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk to make the transit to Newport News Shipyard in support of her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance, and repairs, Aug. 20, 2021....
Story by Steve Ghiringhelli | Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) | 06.09.2021
NIWC Atlantic’s Palmetto Tech Bridge announced in early June a partnership forged with the South Carolina Research Authority to promote mutually beneficial advancements in technology in the public and private sectors....
Story by Seaman Celia Martin | USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) | 04.07.2021
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully completed the largest planned incremental availability (PIA) on time to support mission tasking, while moored at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) in San Diego during an unprecedented and historic pandemic....
Story by Public Affairs Office | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport | 09.05.2019
For nearly 250 years, Rhode Island has driven naval innovation in the United States ...
