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PCU Illinois (SSN 786) Delivered Early to the Navy
August 29, 2016 — GROTON, Conn. - The Navy accepted delivery of PCU Illinois (SSN 786), the 13th submarine of the Virginia-class, on Aug. 27, early to its contract delivery date... MORE

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WASHINGTON (June 21, 2012) An artist rendering of the Virginia-class submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786).

Carderock supports energy innovation with Wave Energy Prize tests
August 29, 2016 — Employees at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division, and members of private... MORE

The Wave Energy Prize competition has started its final phase of testing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Carderock Division, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. The final phase is taking place at the Maneuvering
and Seakeeping Basin in West Bethesda, Md. Nine teams were selected to build a one-twentieth scale model
of their Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device to showcase their performance and compete to win $1.5 million.
In this photo, the M3 Wave’s WEC device is undergoing final testing Aug. 10, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica
McCoy/Released)

3D Printing
August 26, 2016 — Vincent Capobianco of Corona’s Measurement Science and Engineering Department first anticipated the potential of 3D printers over three years ago, sending him on a laborious but rewarding process to... MORE

Vincent J. Capobianco, an NSWC Corona Division engineer, pictured with artifacts on a coordinate measurement machine (CMM), as illustration for story about his Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) project to develop calibration standards for 3-D printers.

An Eye on CYCLOPSS
August 25, 2016 — An innovative idea making naval gunnery ranges more efficient almost got torpedoed at the door of the Pentagon when Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division engineers Gary Lunt and Michael Yeh encountered some skeptical security guards who thought... MORE

Michael Yeh, left, and Gary Lunt, NSWC Corona engineers, demonstrate their patent-pending Cycloptic Scoring System (CYCLOPSS) project. Through the Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) program, Yeh and Lunt are developing a low-cost, lightweight weapons impact scoring system (WISS), utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), for use in remote locations or at sea.

Druggan Assumes Command of Naval Surface Warfare Center
August 25, 2016 — DALHGREN, Va. - Rear Adm. Tom Druggan relieved Rear Adm. Lorin Selby as commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) during a change of command ceremony, Aug. 25, at Dalhgren, Virginia... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 25, 2016) - Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center, salutes Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, during a change of command ceremony. Druggan relieved Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, center, as NSWC commander at the first change of command ceremony held on the NSWC Dahlgren Division Potomac River Test Range gunline.

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