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NSWC Indian Head Division Employees Recognized at Command Honorary Awards Ceremony
Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division recognized individuals and teams who made significant contributions to the command’s mission at the annual Honorary Awards ceremony hosted at College of Southern Maryland’s Velocity Center in Indian Head, Md., Aug. 6.
Aug. 12, 2025 - INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) recognized individuals and teams who made significant contributions to the command’s mission during the annual Honorary Awards ceremony hosted at...

Learning to lead, learning to fail: SEAP interns grow through hands-on challenge
DAHLGREN, Va. – Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program interns prepare equipment for testing an unmanned surface vessel at Hideaway Pond during their final project demonstration at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). (Morgan Lee Tabor/NSWCDD Photo)
Aug. 12, 2025 - When Brody Kester landed a selective spot in the 2025 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), he thought he’d spend the summer behind a desk. But he...

Sinfield Recognized with Dual Awards for Advancing Navy Additive Manufacturing
Headshot of Matthew F. Sinfield, Welding Research and Development Group Lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
Aug. 8, 2025 - BETHESDA, Md. – Matthew F. Sinfield, Welding Research and Development Group Lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, is the recipient of two of the Navy’s highest technical honors for his work in advancing...

Indiana Research Consortium takes strategic first step to advance hypersonics innovation
Indiana Research Consortium takes strategic first step to advance hypersonics innovation. Participants photographed at the latest hypersonics meeting.
Aug. 8, 2025 - The Indiana Research Consortium (IRC) convened top researchers from Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, and subject matter experts from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, at...

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NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

NSWC Corona
Analytics and Data Driven Performance Assessments

NSWC Crane
Electromagnetic Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Systems and Strategic Systems Components

NSWC Dahlgren
Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

NSWC Indian Head
Energetics and EOD Technologies

NUWC Keyport
Sustaining Undersea Warfare Systems and Vehicles

NUWC Newport
Undersea, Subsea, and Seabed Warfare Weapons Systems Development and Integration

NSWC Panama City
Mine Warfare and Littoral Warfare Systems

NSWC Philadelphia
Surface and Undersea Machinery, Power, Controls, and Auxiliary Ship Systems

NSWC Port Hueneme
Integrated Logistics and Test and Evaluation for Surface Warfare Combat Systems

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