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Future USNS Yuma (EPF 8) Launches in Shipyard
September 19, 2016
The future USNS Yuma (EPF 8) transits the Mobile river on a launch barge in preparation for its ceremonial launch at Austal USA shipyard, Sept. 16.

SERMC Dive Locker Aces Safety Assessment
September 16, 2016
Navy Diver 1st Class Justin Cavitt (L), Navy Diver 2nd Class Christopher Throne and Lieut. Benjamin Carroll prepare to leave the surface for a diver on USS New York (LPD-21) Sept. 13th at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) in Mayport, Fla.

SERMC Sailors Certified Through NAMTS
September 15, 2016
Damage Controlman 1st Class Fungai Diura shakes hands with Vice Adm. Tom Moore prior to receiving her Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Certificate of Completion. Diura is a Sailor attached to Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) in Mayport, Fla.

Navy Conducts First Live Fire NIFC-CA Test with F-35
September 13, 2016
The Navy conducts its first live fire demonstration to successfully test the integration of F-35 with existing Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air architecture, Sept. 12. During the test, an unmodified U.S. Marine Corps F-35B from the Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX 1) acted as an elevated sensor to detect an over-the-horizon threat. The aircraft then sent data through its Multi-Function Advanced Data Link to a ground station connected to USS Desert Ship (LLS-1), a land-based launch facility designed to simulate a ship at sea. Using the latest Aegis Weapon System Baseline 9.C1 and a Standard Missile 6, the system successfully detected and engaged the target.

SERMC Welcomes ‘Fab Lab’
September 12, 2016
Senior Chief Machinery Repairman Sean A. Boykin explains the functionality of a 3-D Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Router to VADM Thomas J. Moore, Naval Sea Systems Commander inside the Fabrication Laboratory, or Fab Lab, at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC).

Carderock Division Changes Command
September 9, 2016
Capt. Mark Vandroff relieves Capt. Rich Blank as the commanding officer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division during the change of command ceremony in West Bethesda, Md.,  Sept. 8, 2016. From left: Lt. Christilene Whalen, command chaplain, Naval Support Activity Bethesda; Vandroff; Blank; Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Blank; and Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, chief engineer and deputy commander for Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering, Naval Sea Systems Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

U.S. Navy Transfers New Decontamination Technology to Small Business for Distribution to Warfighters and First Responders
September 9, 2016
DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 7, 2016) - Capt. Brian Durant and Amit Kapoor sign an exclusive license agreement authorizing First Line Technology LLC to manufacture Navy patented lifesaving decontamination technology for warfighters and first responders. The 'Dahlgren Decon' decontamination solution - developed to defend U.S. troops against chemical, biological, and radiological agents - is protected under several patents by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Durant, NSWCDD commanding officer, and Kapoor, First Line Technology president, emphasized the importance of the technology transfer that will equip first responders across the nation with technology to defend the public from hazardous threats. "This is the home run of technology transfer and doesn't happen without a lot of contributors," said Chris Hodge, NSWCDD scientist and Dahlgren Decon inventor, standing. Hodge and his team worked for more than a decade to develop and test this revolutionary response to chemical and biological warfare agents.

Team SERMC Dominates Mud Run
September 8, 2016
Runners race through obstacles during the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Mayport Mud Run 2016. The event is an annual fitness challenge hosted by MWR for service members and their families to promote health and well-being.

Engineer is Ultimate Frisbee Professional
September 7, 2016

Australian Engineer Works Alongside Americans in Advanced Power and Energy
September 7, 2016
Kane Ivory, an electrical engineer from Melbourne, Australia, adds thermal couplers and a heating cartridge to a lithium ion cell to run a thermal abuse test on the cell in West Bethesda, Md., Aug. 29, 2016. Ivory is temporarily assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division under the Department of Defense's Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)