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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: NAVSEA continues fleet support mission despite COVID-19 restrictions
April 28, 2020 — If there is a single message Vice Adm. Tom Moore shares every day with his workforce, it's that NAVSEA is open for business. Moore, as Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, leads a global workforce of more than 83,000 civilian and military personnel tasked to deliver combat power to the fleet by designing, building, delivering, maintaining, and... MORE

Dr. Andrew Schicho, NSWC PCD mechanical engineer, led one of the five teams by building a ventilator prototype in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Hack-a-Vent Innovation Challenge.

Ver Hage Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Navy Regional Maintenance Center
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command... MORE

Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Vice Adm. Tom Moore was the presiding officer.

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Delbert D. Black
April 24, 2020 — Pascagoula, Miss. - The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) from Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Apr. 24.Accepting delivery of DDG 119 represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Prior to delivery, the ship successfully conducted a... MORE

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Delbert Black (DDG 119) conducts the second builder's trials in the Gulf of Mexico

Navy Accepts Delivery of USS Zumwalt
April 24, 2020 — SAN DIEGO - The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, on April 24. Following this delivery, the ship will transition from Combat Systems Activation to the next phase of developmental and integrated at-sea testing.This event marks a major milestone of the... MORE

Seidle to be Executive Director of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Dr. Brett Seidle has been selected as the executive director of Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA’s) Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers. Seidle will succeed Donald McCormack, who retires April 30.Seidle most recently served as the technical director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, in Indiana, where... MORE

Fifth Advanced Weapons Elevator certified aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
April 22, 2020 — WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers announced the certification of a fifth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) this week.The first-of-class aircraft carrier logged this important milestone at its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, just after completing a rigorous 32 days at... MORE

Eric Knight, an engineer with Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division grinds on advanced lower stage weapons elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), April 1, 2020. Gerald R. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications.

Change of Command at NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 20, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Kevin P. Byrne assumed command of both the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) on April 20 at the Washington Navy Yard. Byrne relieved Rear Adm. Eric H. Ver Hage, who will become Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC), responsible for maintenance and modernization of the... MORE

Rear Adm. Kevin P. Byrne, NAVSEA Warfare Centers

Helm Change at Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Newport News
April 17, 2020 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. –- Capt. Andrew (Andy) P. Johnson relieved Capt. Jason M. Lloyd as Commanding Officer, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News, Virginia (SUPSHIPNN) on April 15th in a small ceremony attended only by immediate family members to allow for social distancing due to the COVID-19 virus.Johnson returns for... MORE

Navy Awards Ship to Shore Connector Contract As Program Continues to Progress
April 16, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Today, the Navy awarded a contract for the Fiscal Year 2017-2020 procurement of Ship to Shore Connector craft.Ship to Shore Connectors are the evolutionary replacement for the existing fleet of Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles, and will primarily transport weapon systems, equipment, cargo, and personnel of the assault... MORE

SUPSHIP turns to Fusion for Facemasks
April 15, 2020 — When Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair’s (SUPSHIPNN) supply of protective facemasks to combat COVID-19 virus transmission dwindled to 30 masks the morning of April 9, Commanding Officer, Capt. Jason Lloyd turned to his staff for a solution.An order for more masks had already been placed but they would not arrive until the following... MORE

NNSY's Sail Loft has begun making facemasks to further ensure the health and safety of workforce personnel, with a capacity to produce up to 900 daily.

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