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NAVSEA Honors Attack Submarine Executive Director Lisa Radocha’s 36 Years of Service
February 20, 2025 — Naval Sea System Commands (NAVSEA) celebrated the exceptional 36-year career of Ms. Lisa Radocha, executive director for New Construction Submarines, Program Executive Office, Attack Submarines (PEO SSN), during her retirement ceremony Feb. 10.The ceremony featured guest speakers Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, program executive officer PEO SSN, and Ms... MORE

Retirement ceremony in honor of Ms. Lisa Radocha, SES

Chief of Naval Operations Visits NSWC Crane during Roll out of Project 33
February 19, 2025 — The United States Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti (CNO) visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) on Feb 10. Adm. Franchetti toured several facilities and learned about NSWC Crane’s work on cutting-edge technologies.“It was an honor to host Adm, Franchetti, and show her how NSWC Crane is working... MORE

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti takes a group photo with Sailors and Navy civilians at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, in Crane, Indiana, Feb. 10, 2025.

1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago
February 14, 2025 — By 1924, the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Rhode Island, a predecessor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport established in 1869, employed just over 1,000 civilians for the research, development and production of torpedoes for the U.S. Navy fleet... MORE

Pearl Harbor Intermediate Maintenance Activity Receives Inaugural Lockwood Award for Excellence in Torpedo Maintenance
February 13, 2025 — WASHINGTON -- Naval Sea System Command’s Undersea Weapons Program Office recognized Pearl Harbor Torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Activity (PH IMA) as the first-ever recipient of the Lockwood Award during a ceremony, Jan. 28, for excellence in maintaining the Navy’s arsenal of Mk48 heavyweight torpedoes. Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine... MORE

The staff of Pearl Harbor Torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PH IMA) pose for a group photo with Navy leadership after winning the inaugural Lockwood Award for Excellence in Torpedo Maintenance.

NSWC Panama City adds new facility to impact fleet subsea and seabed, mine warfare missions
February 12, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) continued its commitment to warfighter solutions with the addition of its new Acoustic Test Facility and Instrumentation building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Panama City, Feb. 5. This 1,400 square foot facility will provide instrumentation, data acquisition, and electronics staging areas, supporting the NSWC PCD Acoustic Test & Calibration Pier Service Cost Center. It will enable the Navy lab’s team to develop and test advanced sensors, systems, payloads, and platforms for subsea and seabed warfare and mine warfare mission areas... MORE

The official party ceremonially open the new Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Acoustic Test Facility and Instrumentation Building onboard Naval Support Activity Panama City, Feb. 5. (from left) Amanda Davis, NSWC PCD (acting) Accounting Division head, Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director, Dr. Joseph Lopes, NSWC PCD Subsea and Seabed Warfare and Maritime Operations Department deputy, Capt. Paul Stence Jr., NSWC PCD commanding officer, Cmdr. Michael Mosi, NSA PC commanding officer, and Dr. Jermaine Kennedy, NSWC PCD Littorals and Undersea Surveillance Division head. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Trident Refit Facility-Bangor Implements State-of-The-Art Enclosure Streamlining Maintenance
February 10, 2025 — At Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor, nestled amongst the towering pine trees of the Pacific Northwest, are eight of the fourteen Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines operated by the U.S. Navy. In addition to the world-class Sailors that take these boats to sea, there exists a technically competent workforce dedicated to ensuring that our forces are ready to carry out strategic deterrence and support key national security objectives... MORE

A crane lifts the new Trident Refit Facility, Bangor, paint enclosure onto a submarine at Delta Pier, Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor. (U.S. Navy photo by Lonnie Collier, TRFB Public Affairs)

NUWC Division Newport volunteers encourage interest in STEM at school science fairs
February 6, 2025 — Before becoming deputy head of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare (USW) Combat Systems Department, Dr. Erin Gauch was a member of a high school robotics team that was mentored by Division Newport engineers. Those interactions had a profound impact and set the stage for her career at the warfare center... MORE

SWRMC’s Additive Printing Provides Innovative Solutions to Meet Fleet Needs
February 5, 2025 — Additive manufacturing is an emerging technology, with the U.S. Navy investing heavily in this process to deliver fast, efficient solutions for the construction and repair of ships and submarines, offering an alternative to traditional manufacturing methods... MORE

Carderock team provides critical technical support for F-35B sea trials on JS Kaga
February 4, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Platform Integrity Department engineers responded to a request from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Paxtuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) to support developmental flight trials aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class JS Kaga (DDH-184) in... MORE

A joint team consisting of F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force flight test members, U.S. Sailors and Marines, and the crew of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) are executing developmental sea trials in the eastern Pacific Ocean to gather the necessary data to certify F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft operations.

NUWC Division Newport’s AUTEC, US government donate $50,000 in school supplies to Andros Island
February 4, 2025 — As part of its commitment to supporting the local community, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) recently partnered with other U.S. government entities to donate more than $50,000 worth of supplies to schools on Andros Island, Bahamas... MORE

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