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Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) Completes Acceptance Trials
November 22, 2016
The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) conducts acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 17. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for later this year.
NSWC Dahlgren Division Welcomes Capt. Weekes, Says Goodbye to Capt. Durant
November 22, 2016
Capt. Godfrey Weekes, left, incoming commanding officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), greets Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Capt. Brian Durant, center, outgoing commanding officer of NSWCDD, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 18 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren.
Oregon Engineers Innovate Their Way to Victory in Wave Energy Prize Contest
November 22, 2016
Alex Hagmuller, a mechanical engineer from the Portland, Oregon-based team AquaHarmonics, tells the crowd how their wave energy converter (WEC) is working to absorb energy from waves, which can then be converted and used as a power source. AquaHarmonics competed against eight other teams to win the 2016 Wave Energy Prize of $1.5 million, which was awarded Nov. 16 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The final testing stage took place at the Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin, Carderock's state-of-the-art indoor ocean. The Wave Energy Prize is a public prize competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Carderock. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)
NAVSEA earns 7 of 13 acquisition awards
November 18, 2016
Capt. Michael Ladner, program manager Surface Ship Weapons holds his Program Manager of the Year award during the 2016 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 17. Also pictured from left to right: Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition); William Bray, executive director, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Rear Adm. Doug Small, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Bill Deligne, executive director, Naval Sea Systems Command; Janine Anne Davidson, Under Secretary of the United States Navy.
Battle of the Bulge Veteran Tells Story At Carderock's Veterans Day Program
November 16, 2016
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alfred H.M. Shehab (right) stands with Mark Grapin, a contracting officer's representative in the Information Assurance Compliance Branch (Code 1043), after the Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 9, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Shehab was the guest of honor at the ceremony and told the group about his time as a Cavalry officer during World War II, holding the line at the Battle of the Bulge in Monschau, Germany. Grapin, a chief warrant officer five in the Army Reserve, and Shehab shared stories about their time in the Cavalry. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)
Warfare Centers Learn How to Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators
November 16, 2016
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted STEM representatives from NSWC Keyport, Corona, Dahlgren, NUWC Newport, Puget Sound Navy Shipyard and Strategic Systems Program for a two-day makerspace training workshop on Oct. 12-13 at WestGate Academy and Training Facility.
Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Holds Change of Office Ceremony
November 10, 2016
Future USS John Finn Completes Acceptance Trials
November 10, 2016
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (August 29, 2016) The future USS John Finn (DDG 113) is underway for three days for initial builder's sea trials. John Finn is the 63rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and the first of the Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA restart ships.
South Korean Minister of National Defense Tours Directed Energy Facilities at U.S. Navy Base
November 8, 2016
Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo – who led the ROK delegation to see new and emerging technologies developed at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) – holds an electromagnetic railgun projectile and inspects damage caused to metal plates from a previous test. NSWCDD engineers briefed Han and his delegation on electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to the command’s core capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms.
NSWC Crane Pathways Intern Program Provides Pipeline for Future Employment
November 8, 2016
161104-N-BK152-002 - For Larynda Keith, the goal has always been clear - Earn a degree in business, then get a job at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane).