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NUWC Division Newport hosts Memorial Day ceremony honoring 34 deaths in the line of duty
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Deputy Technical Director Steve O’Grady (from left) and Commanding Officer Capt. Kevin Behm place a wreath in front of the command marker during a Memorial Day ceremony held on May 21, 2026. The memorial contains the names of the 34 employees who died in the line of duty since the warfare center was founded in 1869.
May 22, 2026 - On the morning of Oct. 25, 1941, Alexander MacLellan Jr., a research expert at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, sat in the passenger seat of a plane set to perform tests on a torpedo release mechanism. Such flights had...
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...
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