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USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) arrives at NSWC PHD on Feb. 23. DDG 110 visited Port Hueneme for a Combat Systems Assessment Team (CSAT) event to maintain her combat readiness.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) Fire Controlman Petty Officer 1st Class Donald Tran demonstrates the Augmented Reality Maintenance System aboard USS Spruance (DDG 111) during a recent Combat Systems Assessment Team event at NSWC PHD. The technology could reduce the number of onboard technical assistance visits by connecting sailors and subject matter experts through augmented reality and audio.

From left: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) Information Technology Technician Adam Ramsey and Technical Support Computer Engineer Connie Tran work with USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Information Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class Caleb Bailey to update software on the bridge of LCS 32 during a recent Combat Systems Assessment Team event at NSWC PHD in California. LCS 32 was commissioned in April 2023 at Naval Base Ventura County as the Navy's 16th Independence-variant littoral combat ship. She is homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)

Putting finishing touches on new software updates

The Littoral Combat Systems (LCS) engineering team puts finishing touches on new software updates for a test and training system at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD). The team ensures deckplate sailors aboard LCS ships are trained and ready with the latest modernizations of the weapons systems.

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Two Short Range Ballistic Missile T4-G targets are positioned on launchers for the Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Mission Stellar Medusa, known as FTM-33, at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii, in July 2021. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment built and launched the targets. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Missile Range Facility)

Navy’s White Sands Team Taps Deep Rocket Expertise to Deliver Low-Cost Targets That Prep Fleet for New Threats

By Thomas McMahon | Aug. 27, 2026

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) launches simulated threats at U.S. Navy ships before adversaries can fire the real thing at them.The New Mexico-based detachment,...

From left: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division then-Commanding Officer Capt. Tony Holmes stands onstage with Additive Manufacturing and Corrosion Lead Armen Kvryan and Technical Director Jeff Koe on June 25 as Kvryan is presented with plaques officially acknowledging his patents, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Holmes retired July 17. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)

With Three Patents Under His Belt, Kvryan Is Ready to Share His Expertise on the Process

By Teri Carnicelli | Aug. 26, 2026

Armen Kvryan, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) corrosion and additive manufacturing lead, is considered an excellent example of how an idea can become an official patent that ultimately could...

A sounding rocket towers over a launch site on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean ahead of the Feb. 12 Space Measurement of a Rocket-released Turbulence (SMART) mission, which the Naval Research Laboratory managed. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment launched the rocket — its first ever with four stages — which soared into low Earth orbit and deployed an experiment to test plasma conversion in space. (Image from video courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Released)

On Remote Wake Island, Navy’s White Sands Team Launches Its Biggest Sounding Rocket to Test Plasma Energy Conversion in Space

By Thomas McMahon | Aug. 4, 2026

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) recently hit a high mark in its suborbital vehicles capabilities, launching its biggest sounding rocket for an experiment to...

Dan Byrd (left), Underway Replenishment Test Site manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division in California and a volunteer robotics mentor, poses for a photo with Velma Lomax, a regional director with For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics, as he receives an award at a FIRST Robotics regional competition at Fathomwerx Lab in the Port of Hueneme in March 2025. (Photo courtesy of Dan Byrd)

Underway Replenishment Veteran Dan Byrd Draws on Navy Experience, Shop Skills to Mentor Students in Robotics

By Thomas McMahon | Aug. 4, 2026

Dan Byrd’s venture into robotics mentoring began in 2018 with a late-night phone call from his son Robert, whose high school team needed a hand readying its robot for a fast-approaching competition: “Dad, can you help?”Byrd...

Newly appointed Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) Commanding Officer Capt. Nicholas Hoffman (left) shakes hands with departing Capt. Tony Holmes (right) at a change of command ceremony at NSWC PHD onboard Naval Base Ventura County on July 17, in California. Rear Adm. Peter Small, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) chief engineer and NAVSEA Warfare Centers commander, watches the exchange in the background. Hoffman relieved Holmes as commanding officer during a formal transfer of power filled with Navy tradition.

Capt. Nicholas Hoffman Relieves Retiring Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

By Brian Varela | July 20, 2026

Capt. Nicholas Hoffman took the helm as commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), relieving Capt. Anthony Holmes in a traditional Navy change of command ceremony July 17.Rear Adm...

From left: Marcus Cervantes, computer engineer; Anette Vladescu, cybersecurity engineer; Ian Wilson, computer scientist; Steven Coleman, cybersecurity penetration test team lead; and Alex Hinds, computer engineer, were part of a team from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division that traveled to the U.S. Navy’s Surface Combat Systems Center on Wallops Island, Virginia, in September, and while there passed Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)’s cybersecurity skills assessment to become the first warfare center on the West Coast to be certified as a NAVSEA cybersecurity penetration test team.

Warfare Center Cyber Test Team Achieves Certification

By Story by Teri Carnicelli | June 17, 2026

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) last year became the first warfare center on the West Coast to be certified as a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) cybersecurity penetration test team, thanks in...

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