In 1899 the first official Navy wireless message is sent via wireless telegraph with
Marconi as operator. The message is sent from the Steamship CONCE to the
Highland station on the New Jersey coast. The transmission is accomplished
during a naval parade in honor of ADM George Dewey, USN, returning
victoriously from Manila.
In 1925 the mechanical television apparatus using rotating scanning disc is demonstrated
between Anacostia Naval Air Station and the laboratory of C. Francis Jenkins in
Washington, D.C.
In 1931 Laurence A. Hyland at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C.,
discovers that rebound radio waves could reveal the presence and location
of aircraft
In 1941 the first naval teletypewriter circuit became operational, linking Washington, Norfolk,
Philadelphia, New York, New London, Boston, Bainbridge island and Portsmouth).