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NSWC Dahlgren Division Institutionalizes ‘Technical Excellence Framework’ to Ensure Warfighter Success
August 13, 2019
IMAGE: PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) successfully launches its second Tomahawk missile during weapons testing. Sterett is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Tomahawk missile testing in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
New Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast takes command
August 13, 2019
Capt. Brian D. Lawrence, left, pins the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast command pin to the uniform of Capt. Nathan A. Schneider. Schneider assumed command of SSGC during a change of command ceremony Aug. 12.
Carderock’s composite-patch technology is an alternative repair method for sensitized aluminum
August 12, 2019
Dan Hart (left) and John Noland, engineers in the Structures and Composites Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, prepare USS Cape St. George (CG 71) for a composite patch repair in 2011. (Photo provided by Dan Hart/Released)
Carderock’s Red Team is ANTX East adversary at Camp Lejeune
August 12, 2019
Jared Soltis (left) and Owen McGarity, engineers in the Sea-Based Aviation and Aeronautics Branch (Code 882) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, pilot unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on July 15, 2019, at the beach on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East. As part of the Red Team, McGarity and Soltis acted as the adversary for counter-UAS technologies that were being demonstrated. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Parks/Released)
Process improvements to streamline Pittsburgh inactivation
August 12, 2019
USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) awaits inactivation in dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.
Naval Surface Warfare Center volunteers provide school supplies to local students
August 12, 2019
Stephen Carr and Nicole Waters offload donations at Hutchison Beach Elementary School Aug. 8 as part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) annual Back to School Supply Drive.
Navy expands innovation through unmanned vehicles, saving time and money
August 12, 2019
Lead scientists and engineers from Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Center Divisions pose for a photo as a representation of a collaborative and innovative effort in development of modular, inexpensive unmanned systems collectively known as the “microSwarm Family of Systems,” or “µFOS."
Navy research vessel assists in recovering distressed mariners
August 11, 2019
The Sea Fighter (FSF-1) team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, rescued three individuals after their vessel began taking on water July 10.
SWRMC Sailor Awarded Letter of Commendation
August 9, 2019
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, Naval Sea Systems Command Deputy Commander for Ship Design, Integration and Engineering presents Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Sailor, Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam T. Barber, with a Letter of Commendation for his work advancing the scope of the Navy and Marine Corps Miniature/Micro-miniature Module Test and Repair Gold Disk Program during the Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium at the San Diego Convention Center on August 8.
STEM Educators Engage with Navy Scientists at ‘STEM Workshop for Educators’
August 9, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (July 30, 2019) – Navy engineer Page Wessel, left, briefs a local school teacher on the use of coding blocks to write a program for the Mindstorm EV3 robot at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) STEM Workshop for Educators at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus. Wessel was among the NSWCDD scientists and engineers who joined university professors at the workshop to share best practices and ideas for project based learning in STEM with elementary, middle, and high school educators. The forum featured briefings and demonstrations while the educators participated in hands-on activities that they could pass on to other teachers and students at their respective schools. The activities included, “Straw Rockets and Mini-Railgun”, “Ozobots and Littlebits Engineering”, and “EV3 LEGO Robotics”.