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Porter completes Navy's first SIA in Rota, Spain
June 29, 2017 — ROTA, Spain -- USS Porter (DDG 78) completed its Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) June 16, the first such CNO availability ever performed at Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Detachment Rota, Spain... MORE

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Porter (DDG 78), front, USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Ross (DDG 71) are moored at Naval Station Rota, Spain.

US Navy Divers Keep Students Safe at Carderock During International Human-Powered Submarine Races
June 29, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Every other year, hundreds of college and high school students come from around the world to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), to race human-powered submarines they designed and built themselves in the command's David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB)... MORE

Sailors assigned to Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) stand by to assist in the David Taylor Model Basin during the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., June 28, 2017. NEDU and supporting dive-qualified Sailors in the National Capital Region are helping ensure a safe competition between the students at Carderock racing human-powered submersibles they designed and built for the biennial event, which is sponsored by the Foundation for Underwater Research and Education and is considered the capstone event for science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach at Carderock.

Carderock Sub Races Draw Worldwide Teams, Promote STEM
June 28, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Students of engineering from universities and organizations across the country and abroad converged at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, for the 14th biennial International Submarine Races (ISR), June 25-30... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, hosts the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races, at West Bethesda, Md., June 26. During this biennial engineering design competition, high school and college engineering students team up to design, build and operate a human-powered submarine and navigate it through an underwater course.

SM-6 testing displays missile’s improved capability
June 15, 2017 — The U.S. Navy successfully executed a test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block IA (SM-6 Blk IA) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, on June 7... MORE

IDPs critical to career development
June 15, 2017 — The very first foundational Line of Effort within NAVSEA's Campaign Plan to Expand the Advantage is ‘Design for Talented People.’ Why? Because without you, NAVSEA doesn't exist. -- Vice Adm. Tom Moore, NAVSEA Commander ... MORE

People first: I am NAVSEA
June 15, 2017 — “The very first Foundational Line of Effort within NAVSEA's Campaign Plan to expand the Advantage is "Design for Talented People." Why? Because without you, NAVSEA doesn't exist,” said NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. Tom Moore... MORE

NAVSEA celebrates Pride Month
June 15, 2017 — June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month and NAVSEA hosted an observance in the Humphreys Building, June 14... MORE

USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9) Launched
June 8, 2017 — MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Navy's USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), the ninth EPF vessel, launched in Mobile, Alabama, June 7... MORE

MOBILE, MOBILE. - The U.S. Navy's USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), the ninth EPF vessel, launched in Mobile, Alabama, June 7.

Navy's Small Business Goes Big at Corona Industry Day
June 8, 2017 — NORCO, Calif. - The U.S. Navy's Director of Small Business Programs addressed nearly 250 defense industry professionals, offering participants details on planned future contracts during Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona's Industry Day in Corona, California, June 6... MORE

Tomas Beauchamp, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division Corporate Operations Department head, left, chats with Jim Savage, JSL Technologies executive vice president, and Clifford Martin, ICI Services project manager, during Industry Day at Corona City Hall. The event, organized in cooperation with Riverside Community College District Procurement Assistance Center, included a keynote presentation by Emily Harman, Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Program director, a forecast of NSWC Corona future contracting/subcontracting opportunities as well as a series of meet-and-greet sessions for suppliers to network with technical department personnel.

NEDU Wins Blue H Bronze Anchor Award, Promotes Culture of Health and Safety
June 8, 2017 — WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy Surgeon General awarded the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) its first Navy Surgeon General's 2016 Blue H (Bronze Anchor level), Naval Sea Systems Command announced June 8... MORE