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NAVSEA hosts Veteran and Wounded Warrior Summit in Tampa
June 2, 2016
Wide Field of View Night Vision Goggles transition to the Fleet
June 2, 2016
Future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) Keel Authenticated
June 1, 2016
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (June 1, 2016) - Mrs. Ima Black places her initials onto the keel plate of DDG 119 during the ceremony authenticating the keel of the future USS Delbert D. Black. The destroyer was named in honor of Black’s late husband Delbert Black, the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class ship will serve as an integral player in global maritime security, engaging in air, undersea, surface, strike and ballistic missile defense.
Antonio Takes Helm of PEO Aircraft Carriers
June 1, 2016
160601-N-EM953-065 (June 1, 2016) WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Brain Antonio assumed command of the Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers in a ceremony today at the Washington Navy Yard.(U.S. Navy Photo by J. Raynel Koch/Released)
‘Dahlgren Engineer’ Returning as Senior Executive Commends Honor Awardees at NSWC Dahlgren Division Ceremony
May 31, 2016
DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant presents Dohn Burnett with the John Adolphus Dahlgren Award for his years of exceptional technical and organizational leadership of NSWCDD at the command's Annual Honor Awards ceremony on May 18, 2016. "Mr. Burnett achieved numerous technical milestones throughout his exemplary career, including the integration and installation of the Aegis Baseline 9 combat system, basis cyber capability integration, establishment of the Fast Frigate Program, and the foundation for integration of railgun and laser systems into surface combatants," according to the citation.
Navy SSDS and RAM Block 2: Closing the Fire Control Loop
May 26, 2016
Navy Team Wins NAVSEA Commanders Award for EPIC Engine Invented to Transform Amphibious Missions
May 25, 2016
WASHINGTON -Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Philadelphia Division engineer Justin Halls - standing via live video in lower left screen - joins NSWC Dahlgren Division engineers Greg Buchanan and Vince Vendetti at a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) ceremony held in the Washington Navy Yard, April 26. NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. William Hilarides and NAVSEA Executive Director Bill Deligne honored the engineers with the 2016 NAVSEA Commander's Innovation Award for their work on a new innovation called the Extreme Power Internal Combustion (EPIC) engine. "Our team has the initiative, drive, creativity, ingenuity, and experience to bring this game-changing, mission transformational technology to reality," said Buchanan. "Combined with the rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, and innovation design capabilities of the collaborating warfare centers, we will bring this engine's decisive advantage to the warfighter." Standing left to right are Hilarides, Halls, Buchanan, Vendetti, and Deligne.
Navy Officials: 3D Printing To Impact Future Fleet with ‘On Demand’ Manufacturing Capability
May 23, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 17, 2016) - Navy engineer Steve Price briefs 2016 Sea-Air-Space Expo attendees on the small additively manufactured modular payload multi-rotor. This low cost, 3D printed, unmanned aerial vehicle can accept a wide variety of custom payloads. The UAV was one of the exhibits featured at the Navy Additive Manufacturing Showcase in Dahlgren, Va., last month that were selected for display at the Sea-Air-Space Expo. "The volume of creative and innovative ideas made feasible with 3D Printing is astounding," said Lynn Shoppell, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division physicist after the Dahlgren showcase. "The exhibitors demonstrated that their concepts for increased technical capabilities, rapid prototyping, improved logistics operations, and cost reduction initiatives are achievable with 3D Printing. Participants also experimented with additive manufacturing technology research and development."
U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)
May 20, 2016
160421-N-YE579-005 (May 20, 2016) BATH, Maine - The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of DDG 1000, the future USS Zumwalt destroyer May 20. Following a crew certification period and October commissioning ceremony in Baltimore, Zumwalt will transit to her homeport in San Diego for a Post Delivery Availability and Mission Systems Activation. DDG 1000, pictured during acceptance trials in April, is the lead ship of the Zumwalt-class destroyers; next-generation multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and littoral dominance. (U.S. Navy Released)
MCM Sailors Prepare for Improved Future of Minehunting
May 19, 2016
An upgraded AN/AQS-24B mine hunting system sits on the flight deck at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division May 9, 2016 at the end of a week-long AN/AQS-24B operator training event in Panama City, Florida.