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South Korean Minister of National Defense Tours Directed Energy Facilities at U.S. Navy Base
November 8, 2016
Republic of Korea (ROK) Brig. Gen. Park Cheol-kyun, deputy director general of the ROK Ministry of National Defense International Policy Bureau, holds an electromagnetic railgun projectile in front of the electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). ROK Minister of National Defense Han Min-Koo – who led the ROK delegation to see new and emerging technologies developed at NSWCDD – is pictured to the right of Park. NSWCDD engineers briefed the South Korean delegation on electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to the command’s capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms. Pictured front row, left to right, is Tom Boucher, Office of Naval Research Railgun Program manager; Moon Sanggyun, ROK Ministry of National Defense spokesperson; Park; Han; ROK Major Gen. Shin Kyungsoo, defense attaché to the United States; Rear Adm. Chung Anho, chief director for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate; Chris Johnstone, principal director for East Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defense; U.S. Army Col. John Lee, defense attaché to the Republic of Korea. Pictured back row, left to right, is Chester Petry, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun lead systems engineer; Scott Kelley, deputy program manager for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office; Capt. Brian Durant, NSWCDD commanding officer; Jed Ryan, NSWCDD International Partnering Office lead; Ken Wallace, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun systems engineer; Frank Dixon, NSWCDD Directed Energy and Pulsed Power Division head; and Jorge Hernandez, NSWCDD lead for the Ground Based Air Defense Directed Energy Project.

NSWC Crane Pathways Intern Program Provides Pipeline for Future Employment
November 8, 2016
161104-N-BK152-002 - For Larynda Keith, the goal has always been clear - Earn a degree in business, then get a job at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane).

Wootton High School Students Tour Carderock, Race Robots
November 8, 2016
A calculator-controlled robot waits to race with other robots, which were programmed by 10th-graders from Wootton High School’s Academy of Information Technology during a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Nov. 2, 2016 in West Bethesda, Md. U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling (Released)

Bristlebots Come to Life on Halloween at Carderock
November 8, 2016
A completed Bristlebot assembled by a student at a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event on Oct. 31, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The students, from Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School in Montgomery County, Md., learned to assemble the robots, which incorporate a small brush, a battery and a very small motor to create an electrical circuit allowing the Bristlebot to "walk" using vibrations. U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis (Released)

Director, Fleet Maintenance visits SERMC
November 8, 2016
Petty Officer 1st Class Fungai Diura explains to Rear Adm. Mark Whitney, DIrector Fleet maintenance, how damaged watertight doors are repaired at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 1st.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Earns SECDEF Maintenance Award
November 4, 2016
KITTERY, MAINE - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers gather in front of USS Alexandria (SSN 757) during its engineering overhaul, the fastest in the Navy's history.

Navy tests variable depth sonar's hydrodynamic behavior in tow
November 3, 2016

Carderock Kicks Off CFC with Tailgate Event, Car Show
November 1, 2016
The 2016 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) co-coordinators for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Anna Eshbaugh (left) and Despi Mahaney, lend a
hand to Tariq Al-Agba, head of the Contracts Department (Code 02), after he took a pie in the face to raise money for CFC at the Carderock CFC kick-off tailgate event Oct. 26, 2016, in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)