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Navy Awards Contract for Construction of Two Carriers
January 31, 2019 — WASHINGTON - The Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of CVN 80 and CVN 81 to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS). This contract award delivers significant savings to the government -- exceeding $4 billion when compared to the Navy's original cost estimates to procure these CVNs separately... MORE

WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Ryan Daniels, Naval Sea Systems Command contracting officer; Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for Aircraft Carriers; Jennifer Boykin, executive vice president, Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS); Christie Thomas, HII-NNS and Capt. Philip Malone, program manager, PMS 379, gather after the award of a contract action to procure both the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) and unnamed CVN 81 in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard. The multi-carrier contracting strategy, used successfully for Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the 1980s, keeps the Navy on the path to a bigger, more lethal fleet while maximizing industry's efficiency and leveraging important lessons learned so far in building the next generation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class. (U.S. Navy Photo by Laura Lakeway/Released

Navy Inspires Future Generations through STEM Outreach
January 31, 2019 — Civil service and military personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Navy Experimental Diving Unit devoted their time to students at Girls Inc. Jan. 30, 2019 to demonstrate a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) positions held at the local Navy base... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Engineer Eric Pierce (right) demonstrates a three-dimensional face and head scanning technology to students during a Girls Inc. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics outreach event Jan. 30, 2019. U.S. Navy photo by Katherine Mapp

NSWC Crane recognized for contributions to the international electronics industry
January 30, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized before an international audience for its contributions to the electronics industry with the IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award. The award was presented to NSWC Crane representatives at the annual IPC APEX EXPO 2019 in San Diego, California on January 29. IPC is an industry association with more than 4,800 members across the globe. IPC represents many segments of the electronics industry, including design, printed circuit board manufacturing, and electronics assembly and is a leading source for industry standards, training, market research, and more. The IPC Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award honors an IPC member that has actively improved the printed circuit board industry while participating in technical and/or management programs... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized before an international audience for its contributions to the electronics industry with the IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award. The award was presented to NSWC Crane representatives at the annual IPC APEX EXPO 2019 in San Diego, California on January 29.

Keel Authenticated for Twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport
January 29, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for its twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, Newport (EPF 12), at Austal USA’s shipyard., Jan. 29. The keel was said to be “truly and fairly laid” as it was authenticated by Charlotte Dorrance Marshall, signing her initials into the keel plate... MORE

Carderock-based group earns patent in swift fashion
January 29, 2019 — The process for attaining a patent for an invention usually takes up to two years, if not longer. Once complete, though, the feeling of accomplishment is unparalleled. A group of naval engineers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division recently achieved this feat and did so much faster than normal... MORE

Navy to Host Small Business Forum
January 27, 2019 — WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Office will host the Forum for SBIR/STTR Transition (FST), at the Washington Navy Yard on January 29.The Navy's SBIR/STTR program brings solutions to the warfighter at the speed of innovation through a highly... MORE

Mine Countermeasures Mission Package Completes Integration Testing of Unmanned Vehicles
January 24, 2019 — SAN DIEGO — The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Module Program successfully completed shipboard integration testing of two unmanned systems on board USS Independence (LCS 2) Jan. 14... MORE

Testing of the Unmanned Influence Sweep System off littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) in San Diego.

NSWC Crane employee and reservist shares his rules for career-long success
January 23, 2019 — John Hamilton is a physicist and Branch Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), but once a month, he drives hundreds of miles to Des Moines, Iowa to serve as an Officer in Charge of a Navy Reserve Unit. As a Branch Manager at NSWC Crane, Hamilton says his job is to remove obstacles that get in his team’s way. As Officer in Charge, he trains sailors so they are ready to deploy to a combat zone. Though these positions are different, they are centered around one of Hamilton’s core leadership beliefs: Taking care of people. ‘Taking care of people’ is one of his rules of success. ... MORE

John Hamilton is a physicist and Branch Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), but once a month, he drives hundreds of miles to Des Moines, Iowa to serve as an Officer in Charge of a Navy Reserve Unit.

Technical Director’s Innovation Challenge Stern flap integration hull form selection
January 23, 2019 — What if the Navy could have more volume for their ships and maintain its power at the same time? A team of engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division contend that if designers change the way they approach their initial design, both feats can be achieved... MORE

3D printed models of stern flap possibilities created by Michael Lacny, Dominic Cusanelli and Wesley Wilson in their Technical Director’s Innovation Challenge project, “Stern Flap Integration with Hull Form Selection.” (Photo illustration by Nicholas Brezzell/Released)

Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrated at Dahlgren Observance
January 22, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Frank White recounted that he saw ‘Hidden Figures’ – the latest of many movies he enjoyed watching at the Dahlgren theater since he grew up in the 1940s and 1950s near the base where his World War II veteran father worked.The retired Air Force officer who served from 1957–1983 stood on the theater’s stage as a keynote speaker before... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Jan. 15, 2019) – Chuck Campbell, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Chief of Staff, presents the Dahlgren history book, "The Sound of Freedom," to Frank White in appreciation of his keynote speech at the command’s Martin Luther King Jr. Observance.

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