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SIMA San Diego Reestablished to Drive Fleet Self-Sufficiency and Warfighter Readiness
SAN DIEGO (June 4, 2026) From left to right, Capt. Brian Karosich, commanding officer of Southwest Regional Maintenance Center; Vice Adm. James Downey, commanding officer, Navy Sea Systems Command; Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle; Capt. Bill Albert, commanding officer of Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) San Diego; and Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, cuts the ceremonial ribbon signifying the reestablishment of Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA), San Diego. The Navy reestablished SIMAs in San Diego and Norfolk in June as training commands for Sailors to improve their skills at repairing, maintaining, and modernizing surface warships. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Menzie)
June 5, 2026 - SAN DIEGO – In a decisive move to restore and expand organic ship repair capabilities, the Navy officially reestablished Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, San Diego (SIMA SD) on June 1. This strategic West Coast...
NSWC Indian Head Division Hits Milestone with First-Ever Mk 70 Solid Rocket Motor Cast
NSWC IHD cast its first-ever Mk 70 propellant grain into a salvaged Mk 12 booster case, a significant step toward increasing the command’s production capacity of large solid rocket motors for national defense programs. The command’s Mk 70 Production Using Salvaged Hardware (PUSH) program reuses components from Mk 12 Terrier boosters to produce certified Mk 70 boosters for fleet readiness and training requirements. (U.S. Navy photo Released)
June 4, 2026 - Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) recently cast its first-ever regrained Mk 70 solid rocket motor (SRM) in the command’s manufacturing facilities in Indian Head, Maryland. This effort represents a...
From Design to Sustainment: Carderock Engineers Share Structural Expertise
Structural engineer Ed Davis instructs students during a degraded structures course at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. The course provides waterfront engineers with the analytical tools needed to assess structural damage, evaluate risk, and support maintenance and sustainment decisions across the fleet. Davis helped develop the course and served as one of its primary instructors until his retirement in 2025. (Photo courtesy of M. Meares)
June 3, 2026 - When engineers discover structural damage or corrosion on a ship, they must determine whether the vessel can safely operate until it can be repaired. To support those decisions across the fleet, engineers at Naval Surface...
Computer Science Education Propels Jose Medina Medina Into Career Boosting Navy Fleet’s Firepower
From left: Jose Medina Medina, computer engineer, Ramon Flores, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) coordinator, and Robert Casas, computer engineer, represent Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) during a career fair at Santa Paula High School in California on March 20, 2025. Medina and Casas participated in STEM activities as classmates at the school, and now they both work in naval fires installation at NSWC PHD. (Photo provided by Jose Medina Medina)
June 2, 2026 - Jose Medina Medina applies his computer science education and experience to helping Sailors defend themselves.As a computer engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California, Medina...
Command’s First Other Transaction Agreement Will Shorten Acquisition Prototype Process
Steve Bates (right), vice president of Advanced Technology International’s (ATI) sea, air and space division, delivers a presentation to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) leadership Feb. 18 in California. Using an Other Transaction Authority agreement, the command established ATI as the consortium manager of NSWC PHD’s Maritime Advanced Technology Accelerator Consortium (MATAC). MATAC helps NSWC PHD expedite the prototype acquisition process. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)
June 2, 2026 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California has begun working with a South Carolina-based nonprofit organization to expedite the creation of new technology by seeking prototypes from...
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