(WASHINGTON) — Testing is still at a small scale, but U.S. Navy researchers are encouraged by their work to develop new firefighting foams that do not contain the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, ...

The fire that devastated the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was the result of multiple, compounding failures that sufficient oversight and training would have prevented, according to two Navy reports ...

If there's one job that a person would probably prefer to lose to a robot, it would be fighting fires aboard ships. To help make such a vision a reality, the US Navy and the Office of Naval Research ...

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SAFFiR, the humanoid firefighting robot that the US Navy and Virginia Tech engineers have been developing for years, is now more than just a blueprint. In fact, the military division has already ...

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Firefighting teams were briefly removed from the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in San Diego early Thursday morning due to safety concerns and “an initial shift in the ship’s list,” ...

Across California, active-duty, reserve and National Guard commanders began mobilizing military might to support firefighters battling blazes. At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, commanders from ...

COUPEVILLE, Island County — In early December, Jim Heidinger got disturbing news about the well that supplies water for his Whidbey Island home. Heidinger lives near a Navy airfield, and a laboratory ...

A firefighting prototype robot was unveiled at the Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. Scientists also revealed details of the technology’s successful trials ...

Navy scientists unveiled details of a prototype firefighting robot February 4 that researchers say could one day help diagnose and prevent safety hazards at sea. The Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting ...