NORFOLK, Va. — Naval aviation leaders, Sailors, and civilians gathered at Naval Air Force Atlantic’s (AIRLANT) CVN Readiness Operations Center (ROC) to celebrate the opening of a state-of-the-art facility designed to revolutionize how the Navy monitors, analyzes, and improves aircraft carrier readiness across the fleet.
Located in Building V-88 on Naval Station Norfolk, the ROC operates as a centralized hub for readiness data, analytics, and decision support. By consolidating maintenance, logistics, manning, and training data, the facility provides commanders with near real-time readiness assessments to support mission execution and fleet operations. The ROC builds upon the success of the Maintenance Operations Center stood up by now retired Rear Adm. John Meier in 2018.
Rear Adm. Rich Brophy, commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, led the ribbon-cutting and emphasized the ROC’s role in advancing the Navy’s data-centric transformation and improving aircraft carrier readiness. After the ceremony, ROC team members demonstrated the center’s advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning tools that help fleet leaders make faster, more informed readiness decisions…