Through the Lens of a Carderock Detachment: Welcome to SEAFAC
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | April 27, 2022
Located on the northern tip of the West Coast, more than 4,000 miles away from its headquarters in West Bethesda, Maryland, is Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility...
NSWC Carderock helps lead Controlled Damage Tests
By By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | March 17, 2022
Naval ship Live-Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) programs typically conduct a Total Ship Survivability Trial (TSST) to address recoverability critical issues. However, with ships, such as the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC...
Carderock's RAPx Program Completes In-Water Demonstrations
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | Jan. 12, 2022
The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division fiscal year (FY) 21 Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) funded Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Program (RAPx) of Unmanned Systems program concluded...
Carderock Conducts Li-ion Battery Burn in the CLASSIC
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | Dec. 8, 2021
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery burn demonstration involving the Charging-capable Li-ion Autonomous Safe Storage Interservice Container (CLASSIC) on Nov. 4, 2021, at the...
Carderock Collaborates with Warfare Centers on Digital Twin Prototype
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | Sept. 1, 2021
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division is part of a new collaboration that involves NSWC’s Port Hueneme Division and Philadelphia Division, along with academia and several small businesses. The collaboration...
Carderock Interns Participate in Navy's First Soft Robotics STEM Initiative
By Courtney Jones, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | Aug. 31, 2021
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division high school interns completed a summer program assignment to learn about, evaluate and improve SeaJelly, a free-swimming biomimetic underwater robot. This project was one of...
Carderock’s Dr. Meagan Schaal receives Knowledge Sharing Award
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | Aug. 4, 2021
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Dr. Meagan Schaal, Physicist, Underwater Electromagnetic (UEM) Signature Control, Analysis and Susceptibility Branch, has been awarded the Knowledge Sharing Award as part of...
Carderock's Dr. Stephen O' Regan Receives Cross of Merit Medal
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | July 27, 2021
Dr. Stephen O’Regan, engineer, Lake Pend Oreille Test and Engineering Branch, received the Cross of Merit medal on June 30 from the Czech Republic Minister of Defence, Lubomir Metnar, during an Armed Forces Day ceremony in...
Carderock's Dr. Abel Vargas Wins John C. Mickey Award for Collaboration
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | July 22, 2021
Dr. Abel Vargas, a mechanical engineer in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Maritime Systems Hydromechanics Branch, received the John C. Mickey Award for Collaboration on July 6 as part of the 2021 Warfare...
Portable Vacuum Blast Boosts Productivity for USMC and Carderock
By NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | July 20, 2021
The Marine Corps Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPAC) Program operates Corrosion Repair Facilities (CRFs) throughout the world in locations such as Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; Camp Kinser,...
vISR 16 Concludes; Award Winners Announced
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | July 8, 2021
June 25, 2021, marked the conclusion of the first-ever virtual International Submarine Race (vISR) hosted by the Foundation for Underwater Research (FURE) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. The event,...
NASA Astronaut Sends Message to ISR Contestants
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division | June 23, 2021
Houston, do you copy?Megan McArthur, a former International Submarine Race (ISR) contestant and now NASA Astronaut, delivered an inspiring message to this year’s virtual ISR 16 contestants from the International Space...
Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Program (RAPx) of Unmanned Systems
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | June 3, 2021
On the heels of the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East that took place in 2019 comes the Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Program (RAPx) of Unmanned Systems.Leading the RAPx is Rodney “Rod” Peterson, Naval...
NSWC Carderock promotes Navy STEM in the Maryland Engineering Challenges
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | May 19, 2021
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) supported this year’s Maryland Engineering Challenges (MEC) competition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry on April 24. The MEC mission, according to the event’s...
Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) Hosts Virtual Industry Day
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | May 13, 2021
The Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) hosted a virtual industry day on May 6.The MATB is a partnership between Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division Norfolk Detachment, NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck...
Navy’s advanced technology exercise showcases NSWC Carderock capabilities
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | April 28, 2021
The 2021 Naval Integration in Contested Environments (NICE) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) took place from April 7-14 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — the same location of ANTX East that took place in the summer...
Raye Montague, a U.S. Navy “Hidden Figure”
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | March 24, 2021
Every March when Women’s History Month rolls around, the names of prominent women in America’s history are often mentioned: Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, among many more.However, one name is...
Carderock Engineers Support Rough-Water Trials on West Coast
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | March 4, 2021
Last fall, a team of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Centers, Carderock Division and Philadelphia Division flew across the United States to execute Rough-Water Trials on USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000). The trial evaluated the...
Carderock’s Unique Capabilities Help Assess Damage to Sunken Lexington
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | Feb. 2, 2021
USS Lexington (CV-2), often called “Lady Lex,” was commissioned at Quincy, Massachusetts, in December 1927, and was the second aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Primarily operating in the Pacific,...
NAVSEA HR Leadership Award goes to Carderock Employee
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Jan. 27, 2021
How does a leader find innovative ways to keep their department productive and engaged as more and more employees are working from home?There is no singular answer to that question, but many leaders across the Navy enterprise...
BEYA Recognizes Carderock Division Head as Science Spectrum Trailblazer
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Jan. 12, 2021
One of the many professional STEM events that features consistent representation from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Conference in Washington, D.C.While...
Carderock Patent Spotlight – Multilayer Composite Structure
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Jan. 6, 2021
The earliest documentation of armor designed with ballistic protection in mind can be traced back to the Bullet-proof Cuirass in 1908 (U.S. Patent No. 1003270A).In the 100-plus years since that initial patent, the...
Carderock Patent Spotlight – Solar Panel Deployment Method
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Dec. 1, 2020
A team from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division received a second patent for their solar panel deployment technology, a product that was created in 2009. U.S. Patent No. 10,804,839, Solar Panel Deployment Method,...
Carderock’s Ashlee Floyd Talks NavalX Rotation
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Nov. 3, 2020
At first, the goal was simple; spend one year on rotation through NavalX at The Garden in Alexandria, Virginia, learn some new skills, and take them back to the Welding Processing and Nondestructive Evaluation Branch at Naval...
Goose Busters Represent Carderock in Technical Director’s Cup
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | Oct. 27, 2020
Since March, the United States has been combatting a modern pandemic that has forced major organizations, like Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division, to alter their work habits. Although the global health...
Albert Einstein Fellows Begin Work with Carderock
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Oct. 21, 2020
Addressing the ever-changing landscape of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) arena is a task that requires dedicated efforts from its professionals.For the second consecutive year, Naval Surface Warfare...
Carderock Members Receive Experience of a Lifetime
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWC Carderock Division, Public Affairs | Oct. 9, 2020
Two Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees recently participated in the experience of a lifetime. Brian Mills, naval architect and test engineer, and Thomas Bruno, electrical engineer, both from...
Society of Women Engineers Honors Carderock’s Lisa Minnick
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | Sept. 23, 2020
The Society of Women Engineers is just one of many organizations to adjust plans for their annual conference in the wake of the spread of Coronavirus.Normally, there is an awards banquet to honor the women making...
Carderock recognizes the best of the best
By NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | Sept. 16, 2020
Employees who made a significant contribution to the Navy and to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division in 2019 were honored at the command’s annual “Magnificent Eight” award ceremony on Sept. 10, 2020, in...
Weapons, CCAT Look Ahead With Elevator Preservation
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anton G. Wendler USS Stennis (CVN 74) | Aug. 6, 2020
NORFOLK, Va. – Many departments and teams aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) have assisted in the ship’s pre- Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) progress.The ship’s weapons department corrosion team and...
Carderock Engineers Lead Environmental Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation
By Edvin Hernandez, Stephan Verosto, Rachel Jacobs, Sang Lee, William Hertel and James Mann | July 29, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is home to many unique facilities, but few are like the environmental laboratories managed by the Environmental Engineering, Science and Technology Branch (Code 633). Between...
Carderock’s Sue Rossi Wins Philip Heiler Award
By Todd A. Hurley, NSWCCD Public Affairs | July 22, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s own awards program manager won an award herself. Sue Rossi, from Carderock’s Human Resource Division, received the 2020 Philip Heiler Award for Human Resources Excellence...
Carderock Signs Education Partnership Agreement with UDC
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | July 14, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) signed a five-year Education Partnership Agreement on July 6 in West Bethesda, Maryland.The agreement, which Commanding...
Carderock Materials Engineer is Avid STEM Proponent
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | July 13, 2020
One of Composite Team Lead Dr. Maureen Foley’s (Code 6102) proudest accomplishments is transitioning her first design to the fleet, something that doesn’t happen to every engineer.As a child, Foley was raised in Duxbury,...
Carderock Division Changes Command
By Kelley Sterling, NSWCCD Public Affairs | July 10, 2020
Capt. Todd E. Hutchison relieved Capt. Cedric J. McNeal as commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division in a ceremony July 10, 2020, in West Bethesda, Maryland.McNeal, who was the 38th...
Inside the History of Detachment Puget Sound
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | July 8, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) has several detachments scattered across the United States, all of which specialize in key areas that support the warfighter.Carderock’s Detachment Puget Sound in...
Carderock Team Uses Talents to Manufacture COVID-Fighting Tools
By Todd Hurley, NSWCCD Public Affairs | July 8, 2020
The Materials and Manufacturing Technology Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division has been instrumental in supporting local COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, from hand sanitizer production to...
Carderock Scientists Tackle Hand Sanitizer Shortage
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | June 24, 2020
One of the earliest words of guidance to come from the entities such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was how important it is for people to...
Carderock Engineers Road Trip to San Diego to Conduct Calm Water Trials
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | May 19, 2020
A group of engineers from the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division drove nearly 3,000 miles to Naval Base San Diego to perform calm-water trials on USS Zumwalt (DDG...
Carderock Supports Capital and Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridges
By NSWC Carderock Division Corporate Communications | May 14, 2020
WEST BETHESDA, MARYLAND – Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) James Geurts announced the creation of six more Tech Bridges nationwide during a virtual press conference on May...
Carderock Engineers Work to Offset Face-Covering Shortage
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | May 6, 2020
The world is continuing to adjust to the new normal that has come with the spread of COVID-19 as governments across the globe have instituted policies geared toward flattening the curve. Maryland is one of many states to...
Carderock Engineer Assists with International Fight Against COVID-19
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | April 28, 2020
Being a member of the military often requires personnel to be able to adjust to the needs of a new mission on short notice. To some degree, the same is required of its civilian employees, such as Naval Surface Warfare Center...
Patent Spotlight: Ribbon Fairing Apparatus’
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | April 22, 2020
Accounting for water resistance on below-surface vehicles can, at times, make or break the system. When attachments are added to the vessel, those too should be optimized to address resistance concerns.Last May, Naval Surface...
Carderock looks to use R&D abilities in COVID-19 fight
By Benjamin McKnight III, NSWCCD Public Affairs | April 14, 2020
The first case of COVID-19, or the Coronavirus, in the United States was discovered in late January and since then has taken a stronghold on the day-to-day operations of the nation. The number of identified Coronavirus cases...
Carderock Naval Engineer Sets New Standard for Success
By Ryan Hanyok and Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD Public Affairs | March 31, 2020
The U.S. Navy utilizes design specifications to manufacture their vessels and fulfill their specific missions. Now and then, updates to these design specifications are needed as new technologies are integrated, new missions...
Engineer’s connection in college lab brings her to Carderock
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | March 25, 2020
From one assignment to the next, Jenna Gietl’s tireless work ethic as a mechanical engineer in the Systems Development Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division has transformed her into a motivated problem...
Hanyok’s NISE rotation at NavalX
By Kelley Stirling, NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs | March 24, 2020
Lauren Hanyok was one of the first Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division employees to jump on the Fusion bandwagon a couple of years ago. Now, she is a “plankowner” at NavalX.Assistant Secretary of the Navy for...
Former Navy Nuke Navigates His Way to Carderock
By Edvin Hernandez, NSWCCD public affairs | March 17, 2020
A good sense of humor and a distinctive laugh helps Roy Sims, a civil engineer in the Ships Structures Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, put the “fun” in the fundamentals of structural design and...
Major Gen. Yeager Speaks at Women’s History Month Event
By Brooke Marquardt, NSWCCD Public Affairs | March 10, 2020
Every year, the United States celebrates National Women’s History Month, a celebration that was not made official until 1981 when Utah Senator Orrin Hatch and Maryland Representative Barbara Mikulski co-sponsored a...