NSWC IHD's COMSEC team honored for efficiency using CHIMERA

Photograph of three men from NSWC Indian Head's COMSEC team standing on steps in front of a brick building.

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NSWC IHD COMSEC Team Reduce Software Upgrade Time Almost 90% Using CHIMERA, Win DON Information Superiority Excellence Award, NAVIFOR Big Ideas Challenge

NSWC Indian Head, Md - NSWC IHD’s COMSEC team improved equipment upgrade efficiency through implementing CHIMERA, reducing overall device upgrade time at the command by 89% and enabling nine devices to be updated in the same amount of time it previously took to complete one. Their innovation was recently acknowledged when the team was honored with two awards: DON Information Superiority Excellence Award for Innovation, presented May 11 at the 2026 DON Digital Warfighting Symposium East in Norfolk, Virginia; and the Advancing IW. Warfighting Capabilities category of the NAVINFOR BIC. (U.S. Navy photo by Matt Poynor)

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