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See the sights from this year’s Sea-Air-Space expo

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Alan Lessig

May 8, 2019
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  • Jesse Hales, right, from L3 Technologies, demonstrates an Integrated Bridge System to Nicole Herndon, left, from ARTPC during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock speaks during space communications panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Attendees take a look at a model of CVN 79 John F. Kennedy at the Huntington Ingals Industries booth during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Adm. John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, speaks with Gen. Robert Neller, right, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during the Sea Service Chiefs-Leadership panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Teresa Rodgers tries augmented reality goggles with Joe Sedlecek, right, while visiting the Bell booth during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • The Raytheon AN/SPY 6(V)1 Radar on display outside during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, NorthCom Commander, speaks during during Arctic strategies panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Pierre-Olivier Nouges, left, and Bill Watson, right, take a look at the Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or LMADIS mounted on a MRZR all-terrain vehicle on the exhibit floor during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Coast Guard Vice Adm. Daniel Abel speaks during during Arctic Strategies panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Marine Brig. Gen. Christian Wortman speaks on Sea Service Update panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Galylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Raynel Kock, left, Rick Allard, center, and Neil Barton, right, all from Naval Research Laboratory, look at the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS), a globe that provides detailed high resolution forecasts of the battle space environment for local regional and three-dimensional atmospheric and surface wave conditions during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Martin Cadirola, from Ecotronics, flies the F-35 Lightning II cockpit demonstrator while being instructed by Melissa Buffa, at the Lockheed Martin Booth during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Chandler Hirsch, left, from Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, talks with Adam Perone, from infinite Electronics, about the marine Air Launch Fast Reconnaissance System during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Tours of the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) on the Potomac River during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Rear Adm. Christian “Boris” Becker, speaks during space communications panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 6, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Attendees on the show floor at the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Rear Adm. John Nowell speaks on Sea Service Update panel during the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on May 7, 2019. (Alan Lessig/Staff)

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