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The resolution introduced by Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine noted that Norfolk Naval Shipyard workers built the Navy’s first carrier, USS Langley, by converting a Navy coal ship. The Langley was commissioned a century ago.
Other health protection guidance remains in effect, however, such as access to work spaces, permitted numbers of people in indoor facilities, physical distancing and more.
The shipyard is currently building three more Ford-class carriers: John F. Kennedy, Enterprise and Doris Miller: “We look forward to folding what we learned into the entire Gerald R. Ford class.”
Forrest Sherman is one of several Norfolk-based destroyers deployed in recent weeks to the Mediterranean as Russian threats to Ukraine mounted ahead of last week’s invasion.
For the military veterans flying the air ambulance — which marked 40 years serving Hampton Roads this week — the mission is different. But the level of concentration required is just as high.
New tools allow NASA designers to explore previously unthought-of shapes for aircraft — in particular, how their movement generates changes in the atmosphere that turn into ear-shattering sonic booms.
“We have never seen in cyber, first-tier nations like the United States or Russia really launch a major cyber attack,” Sen. Mark Warner said Thursday during a tour of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton.