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Leading Change Below the Surface: Jessica Klotz Champions Safer Seas Through HazMat Reform
A portrait of Jessica Klotz, the Technical Area Leader for the Hazardous Materials and Pollution Prevention Team within the Acquisition Safety and Environment Branch (Code 632).
Nov. 17, 2025 - For Jessica Klotz, a 25-year veteran of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, creating organizational change doesn’t happen in the limelight — it happens in the unseen safety of every Sailor who steps aboard a...

Dr. Michael Robert Receives Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Award for Scientific Achievement
Headshot of Dr. Michael Robert
Nov. 14, 2025 - BETHESDA, Md. – Dr. Michael A. Robert, a Technical Project Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Rear Admiral David W. Taylor Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for his work in...

Efficiency expert: Stevens leads contracting modernization at NSWC PCD, awarded for excellence
Capt. Paul Stence, Jr., Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) commanding officer, recognized outstanding NSWC PCD member, Nicole Stevens, for her exceptional contributions to the command's contracting department with the Civilian Service Achievement Medal.
Sept. 29, 2025 - Nicole Stevens, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures (SAP) branch head at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), received the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal for her exceptional...

Carderock Engineer Honored with Prestigious Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management
Recipient of the Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management, Frederick Merkel
Sept. 26, 2025 - WEST BETHESDA, Md. — Frederick Merkel, an electrical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management. The award recognizes his...

BlueTIDE event connects NUWC Division Newport with technology companies to advance US Navy capabilities
An attendee at the 2025 Blue Technology Innovation Demonstration Event (BlueTIDE) held at Sail Newport and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Narragansett Bay Test Facility, tosses a vehicle developed by Jaia Robotics into Newport Harbor at Fort Adams State Park for an in-water demonstration on Aug. 28, 2025. Hosted by Division Newport’s Northeast Tech Bridge in conjunction with nonprofit partner 401 Tech Bridge, BlueTIDE connects innovative businesses with U.S. Navy scientists and engineers and Department of Defense stakeholders to facilitate rapid delivery of capabilities to the warfighter.
Sept. 26, 2025 - Fifteen technology companies participated in a mission-driven prize challenge, and dozens of others exhibited their capabilities on Aug. 28 during the 2025 Blue Technology Innovation Demonstration Event (BlueTIDE) held at the...

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NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

NSWC Corona
Analytics and Data Driven Performance Assessments

NSWC Crane
Electromagnetic Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Systems and Strategic Systems Components

NSWC Dahlgren
Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

NSWC Indian Head
Energetics and EOD Technologies

NUWC Keyport
Sustaining Undersea Warfare Systems and Vehicles

NUWC Newport
Undersea, Subsea, and Seabed Warfare Weapons Systems Development and Integration

NSWC Panama City
Mine Warfare and Littoral Warfare Systems

NSWC Philadelphia
Surface and Undersea Machinery, Power, Controls, and Auxiliary Ship Systems

NSWC Port Hueneme
Integrated Logistics and Test and Evaluation for Surface Warfare Combat Systems

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