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Engineer Rotates Into STEM Outreach at Carderock
Headshot of Erin Ripley, a mechanical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Structural Reliability Group.
May 21, 2026 - BETHESDA, Md. — Erin Ripley, a mechanical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is trading coding for crayons as she rotates from structural reliability to STEM outreach, bringing a full-circle...
NSWC Crane Employee Recognized for National Technical Excellence
Amanda McCullough, Technological Transfer Agreements Program Manager at NSWC Crane (pictured left), at the awards ceremony for 2026 Technology Transfer Rookie of the Year Award.
May 21, 2026 - An NSWC Crane technology transfer expert was recognized nationally for her efforts to advance commercialization. Amanda McCullough, Technological Transfer (T2) Agreements Program Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane...
Navy’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab to Train Sailors on Laser Weapons
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) looms over the edge of the Pacific Ocean onboard Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu in California. The Navy recently designated DESIL as the official schoolhouse for the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy, known as ODIN, which will build the fleet’s knowledge base on that system specifically and directed energy more broadly. (U.S. Navy photo by Dana Rene White/Released)
May 18, 2026 - Sailors can now get certified in operating and maintaining the fleet’s most prevalent directed energy system through a new training program at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy...
Warfare Center Develops New Tool to Help Sailors Keep Vertical Launching System Latch Rods Moving
Eric Csorba, a Vertical Launching System (VLS) canister and launcher support equipment engineering technician at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division in California, holds a prototype tool that he designed in his home shop, seen here Dec. 14. The tool aims to help Navy sailors maintain MK 41 VLS latch rods, which secure the hatches that cover the launcher’s missile cells. (Photo provided by Eric Csorba)
May 15, 2026 - Launcher support personnel at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California have developed and tested a new tool to aid Navy sailors in maintaining MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) cell...
Figueroa-Valentin’s Natural Curiosity, Math Skills Led to Engineering Career
Maria Figueroa-Valentin, an environmental engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment, makes sure the barrel of a handmade pneumatic hail launcher is level as she prepares for a “hail test” in June 2018 while working as an environmental engineer with the U.S. Army’s Test and Evaluation Command at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This particular endeavor was to test various materials that could be exposed to hail as big as 2 inches in diameter.
May 15, 2026 - Her natural curiosity and a mother who encouraged her to pursue a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related college degree led Puerto Rico native Maria Figueroa-Valentin to a successful career in...
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Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

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Energetics and EOD Technologies

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