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Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) Completes Acceptance Trials
November 22, 2016 — The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully completed its acceptance trials Nov. 18. The trials consisted of a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). ... MORE

The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) conducts acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 17. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for later this year.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Welcomes Capt. Weekes, Says Goodbye to Capt. Durant
November 22, 2016 — DAHLGREN, Va. - The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) welcomed a new... MORE

Capt. Godfrey Weekes, left, incoming commanding officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), greets Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Capt. Brian Durant, center, outgoing commanding officer of NSWCDD, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 18 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren.

Oregon Engineers Innovate Their Way to Victory in Wave Energy Prize Contest
November 22, 2016 — One team emerged victorious from an initial field of 92 competing in renewable energy development to... MORE

Alex Hagmuller, a mechanical engineer from the Portland, Oregon-based team AquaHarmonics, tells the crowd how their wave energy converter (WEC) is working to absorb energy from waves, which can then be converted and used as a power source. AquaHarmonics competed against eight other teams to win the 2016 Wave Energy Prize of $1.5 million, which was awarded Nov. 16 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The final testing stage took place at the Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin, Carderock's state-of-the-art indoor ocean. The Wave Energy Prize is a public prize competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Carderock. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)

NAVSEA earns 7 of 13 acquisition awards
November 18, 2016 — WASHINGTON -- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) Sean Stackley presented Naval Sea Systems Command’s Mike Gutermuth the Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer Memorial Award during the 2016 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards at the Pentagon, Nov. 17... MORE

Capt. Michael Ladner, program manager Surface Ship Weapons holds his Program Manager of the Year award during the 2016 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 17.

Also pictured from left to right: Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition); William Bray, executive director, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Rear Adm. Doug Small, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Bill Deligne, executive director, Naval Sea Systems Command; Janine Anne Davidson, Under Secretary of the United States Navy.

Battle of the Bulge Veteran Tells Story At Carderock's Veterans Day Program
November 16, 2016 — To highlight the service of the nation's veterans, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division... MORE

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alfred H.M. Shehab (right) stands with Mark Grapin, a contracting officer's representative in the Information Assurance Compliance Branch (Code 1043), after the Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 9, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Shehab was the guest of honor at the ceremony and told the group about his time as a Cavalry officer during World War II, holding the line at the Battle of the Bulge in Monschau, Germany. Grapin, a chief warrant officer five in the Army Reserve, and Shehab shared stories about their time in the Cavalry. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

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