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Navy Engineer on Cutting Edge of Vibration Technology Wins Navy Technical Excellence Award
March 20, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Shawn Schneider won the 2018 Department of the Navy Award for Technical Excellence... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Shawn Schneider mounts an adapter plate to an Unholtz-Dickie T-2000 electro-dynamic vibration system capable of providing over 24,000 pounds of force in vibration at frequencies up to and exceeding 3,000 hertz (cycles per second). These systems are used to replicate shock and vibration environments experienced by test items during their lifecycle to ensure that performance and safety are not compromised prior to use by the warfighter. NSWCDD announced on March 20 that Schneider won the 2018 Department of the Navy Award for Technical Excellence at a Test and Evaluation Facility or Range. The engineer was honored for extraordinary scientific and engineering contributions to the test and evaluation community in the area of multi-input-multi-output vibration test profiles.

Carderock Engineer's Work on Risk Assessment in Bridges Benefits Shipbuilding
March 20, 2018 — Dr. Alysson Mondoro, a recently hired engineer with the Performance Evaluation Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is finding ways to "bridge" together her academic skillsets on the job... MORE

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) passes under the Verrazano Bridge during a parade of ships in the New York Harbor river to mark the start of 2016 Fleet Week New York. The event Fleet Week New York, now in its 28th year, is the city's time-honored celebration of the sea services. It is an unparalleled opportunity for the citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. The weeklong celebration has been held nearly every year since 1984.

Tennessee Students Help Navy Research 3-D Print Materials' Properties
March 20, 2018 — University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), students have partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division to study the material side of additive manufacturing (AM)... MORE

Johnny Ruffa, from the Ship Structures Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Will Ferrell, a doctoral student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dan Hart, an aerospace engineer from Carderock's Advanced Materials and Structures Branch, discuss the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process for additive manufacturing in the Composites Lab on March 15, 2018, at Carderock's West Bethesda, Md., headquarters.

Navy Seeks Savings, Releases Two-Carrier RFP
March 19, 2018 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Navy released a CVN 80/81 two-ship buy Request for Proposal (RFP) to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) March 19 to further define the cost savings achievable with a two-ship buy... MORE

A 35-ton steel plate is displayed at Newport News Shipbuilding division during a ceremony to start advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80).

Senior Marine Corps Leader Visits NSWC Crane
March 19, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – On March 13, Lt. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, the Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Information, and his team visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) to learn more about Crane’s work in areas such as cybersecurity, expeditionary warfare, and electronic warfare... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – On March 13, Lt. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, the Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Information, and his team visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) to learn more about Crane’s work in areas such as cybersecurity, expeditionary warfare, and electronic warfare.

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