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Metcalf Takes the Helm as Program Executive Officer, Ships
May 30, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Brian Metcalf relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as Program Executive Officer,... MORE

Rear Adm. Tom Anderson salutes sideboys alongside his wife during his retirement ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard’s Leutze Park, May 30.

Carderock Partners with George Mason University for Second Year of Senior Design Project Oversight
May 30, 2025 — Beginning in 2024, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, partnered with George Mason... MORE

Seniors from George Mason University visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, to present their senior design projects to Carderock engineers on May 9, 2024. The two teams presented their projects; one team built an environmental chamber for mechanical testing and the other was tasked with fabricating composite panels for ready service lockers that were malleable enough to bend 45 degrees on all four corners and edges. Carderock, the Navy's ship design and innovation powerhouse, provides the technical foundation for the future fleet through world-class research, development, and testing

PEO UWS executive director stresses the importance of submarines during May 19 visit to NUWC Division Newport
May 30, 2025 — During his visit to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on May 19, Executive Director Mike McClatchey, a member of the Senior Executive Service, Program Executive Office, Undersea Warfare Systems (PEO UWS), emphasized the critical role the submarine platform and warfare center play in safeguarding our country... MORE

Capturing the unseen: The role of high-speed cameras in weapon advancements
May 29, 2025 — The spin rate and velocity of a projectile shot from a five-inch gun are so fast only a camera... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. — Since arriving at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in 2006, engineer David Dukes has witnessed the evolution of high-speed cameras. From limited cameras that could only capture images for a few seconds at a few thousand frames per second (fps) to modern equipment capable of capturing 75,000 fps for a full minute at maximum resolution, Dukes has seen it all. (Dave Ellis/NSWCDD Photo)

Beneath the surface: How Panama City keeps military divers on the cutting edge
May 29, 2025 — For the military diver, the unforgiving depths can be a perilous arena. Since August 1, 1882, U.S... MORE

David Coan, extra vehicular activity lead for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center dives at the Aquarius Reef Base underwater habitat.donning a Kirby Morgan-37 helmet equipped with the Divers Augmented Vision Device Generation 1.0 heads-up display during the 23rd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations in June 2019.

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