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NUWC Division Newport’s 70th anniversary of explosion demonstrates the importance of honoring Memorial Day
May 23, 2025 — On the morning of April 26, 1955, five civilian workers at the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, a precursor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, were killed in an explosion during a test event. This year marks the 70th anniversary of that incident and the deaths... MORE

Program enables collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, provides source for specialized NSWC Panama City Division talent
May 23, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is collaborating with Florida Atlantic... MORE

Garrett Flitton, (now) NSWC PCD engineer, tests an attitude sensing system he developed for a tow-fish based sensor package as a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program student at Florida Atlantic University, March 5, 2024. He is one of several FAU students who were hired at NSWC Panama City Division through the NEEC program. (courtesy photo)

Fleet Maintenance Officer Engages Forward Deployed Maintainers
May 23, 2025 — U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) Fleet Maintenance Officer Rear Adm. Dianna Wolfson visited Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC), engaging with critical surface ship maintainers and stakeholders across U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets May 4-13. Accompanying Wolfson, Eric Lind, Executive Director of Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Command (CNRMC), provided regional maintenance center (RMC) enterprise oversight... MORE

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain – Rear Adm. Dianna Wolfson, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) fleet maintenance officer, and Eric Lind, Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) executive director, tour JEMANDIZ, the Spanish Armada intermediate-level maintenance facility, alongside Spanish Armada Capt. Juan Jose Nieto and Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) and Spanish Armada personnel.

A New Strategy for High-Performance Computing at Carderock 
May 22, 2025 — When Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock’s engineers are modeling failure conditions, simulating... MORE

Personnel from Penguin Computing were onsite on May 9, 2025 to install new High-Performance Computing server clusters in Carderock's Ship Engineering and Analysis Technology Center (SEATech). The upgrades are part of a first-of-its-kind lease agreement for Carderock, ensuring faster computation times, greater efficiency, and fewer obstacles for technical teams tackling critical naval research programs.

MIT lecturer, author shares research on innovation with NUWC Division Newport workforce
May 22, 2025 — Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School... MORE

Command employees spend the day teaching students from 15 area elementary schools about the work they do each day at the shipyard
May 21, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees joined forces at the Kitsap... MORE

James Parkhurst, work leader, Shop 64, Woodworkers, Shipwrights, Insulators and Plastic fabricators, demonstrates how dry docks work May 14, 2025, during the 2025 Kitsap Water Festival at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

Keel Laid for Future USS Quentin Walsh
May 20, 2025 — BATH, Maine — The keel for the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132), an Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on May 20, at Bath Iron Works (BIW)... MORE

NUWC Division Newport hosts the commander of Submarine Group 7 for tours, briefings on May 2
May 20, 2025 — The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport welcomed Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck, Commander of Submarine Group 7 (CSG7) and Task Forces 54 and 74 based in Yokosuka, Japan, on May 2... MORE

NUWC Division Newport-sponsored robotics team finishes among top alliances at world competition
May 19, 2025 — Team 78 AIR STRIKE, a Rhode Island-based FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) high school robotics team, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, concluded its 2025 competition season with distinction, reaching the playoffs and finishing among the top 16 alliances in the world in the Daly Division at the 2025 FIRST Robotics World Championship held in Houston, Texas, April 16-19... MORE

TRFB Sailors Rise to the Occasion: Participate in Volunteer Rescue
May 16, 2025 — The evening of Monday, March 31, was just a regular weekday night for Machinist’s Mate (Submarines Auxiliary) 1st Class Lydia Cleary, who is part of Repair Department attached to Trident Refit Facility, Bangor (TRFB) in Silverdale, Wash... MORE

Machinist’s Mate (Submarines Auxiliary) 1st Class Jacob Baughman (left), Machinist’s Mate (Submarines Auxiliary) 1st Class Lydia Cleary (center) and Machinist’s Mate (Submarines Auxiliary) 2nd Class Alec Chambless (right), pose at Delta Pier, TRFB.