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Navy Cuts Ribbon on Unmanned Vehicle Testing Facilities at Port Hueneme
December 14, 2021 — NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - The Navy conducted a joint ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 8 for the first purpose-built and co-located facilities for unmanned maritime vehicle testing.Located on Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme, the facilities will accommodate testing, evaluation, and technology demonstration for... MORE

Navy and Local Dignitaries Welcome First and Only Directed Energy Lab to Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu
December 14, 2021 — The Navy’s exclusive Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) is officially open for business at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu as Navy senior leaders, and local officials, including Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven and representatives from Harper Construction Co. Inc. attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility on... MORE

Bonsai Tree Memorial Honors Spirit Of Fallen PHNSY Employees
December 14, 2021 — A memorial planter box was unveiled, this summer, at the Quality Assurance office, Code 135, of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility as a gift honoring the memories of Roldan Agustin and Vince Kapoi, Jr. whose lives were sadly taken by an active-duty Sailor at Dry Dock 2, Dec. 4, 2019.Family members of Kapoi, Jr. and... MORE

The Kapoi family takes a close-up look at the memorial bonsai tree by Jason Hence. From left to right, Ason Abe - Code 139, Fallyn Kapoi - Code 139, Vernon Kapoi – Shop 38, Vince Kapoi, Sr. – Code 970, Jason Hence, NAVSEA Nondestructive Testing and Welding Programs Manager. (U.S. Navy photo by Dave Amodo released)

NSWC Crane exceeds significant 50K transducer-delivery milestone, boosting undersea sonar capabilities for Navy Fleet
December 9, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has reached a milestone in its delivery of 50-thousand TR-343 transducers to the US Navy Fleet over the past decade. As an offshoot of the technical lessons learned in this project NSWC Crane along with Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division (NUWC Newport) and PMS 401 has initiated... MORE

People stand on a balcony in front of a banner.

NSWCDD Hosts Virtual Industry Day with Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium
December 9, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leadership gathered virtually on Dec. 6 with representatives from private industry and academia to discuss areas of potential collaboration within NSWCDD’s work on technologically superior warfare systems for the 21st century. The 2021 Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC)... MORE

Carderock Conducts Li-ion Battery Burn in the CLASSIC
December 8, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery burn demonstration involving the Charging-capable Li-ion Autonomous Safe Storage Interservice Container (CLASSIC) on Nov. 4, 2021, at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.The demonstration, led by Materials Scientist Dr. Thomas Hays in Carderock’s Expeditionary... MORE

Fire and smoke flare up during a battery burn demonstration on Nov. 4, 2021, at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

NSWC PCD accelerates procurement optimization through value stream analysis event
December 8, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) hosted a Purchasing Value Stream Analysis (VSA) event November 8-10 at Gulf Coast State College. The Command Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Office led the VSA event as part of the Procurement Initiative Optimization Project (PIOP), which is a portion of the Command’s top strategic... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division hosted a Purchasing Value Stream Analysis event November 8-10 at Gulf Coast State College. Pictured from left to right, back row: Durand Yangson, Jonathan Chapman, DeAnna Pedersen, Richard Frantz, Justina Corby, Kim Wiedemann, John Kelly.
Front row: Vickie Wiggins, Emily Little, Maria Chapman, Kristen Campbell

NSWCPD Recognizes Employees During Hybrid Quarterly Awards Ceremony
December 8, 2021 — The Naval Surface Warfare, Center Philadelphia Division (NWSCPD) hosted a hybrid quarterly awards ceremony Nov. 2, 2021 to acknowledge and honor eligible employees for their federal career milestones, as well as those who received letters of appreciation for achievements in support of the fleet. The ceremony also recognized NSWCPD employees... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard remembers USS Oklahoma
December 7, 2021 — A ceremony honoring the Sailors of the USS Oklahoma (BB 37) was hosted on Ford Island today as part of a joint Navy and National Park Service multi-event commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.During the ceremony, Sailors assigned to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility... MORE

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Dec. 7, 2021) - "Rosie" Mae Krier meets with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Facility Commander Capt. Richard Jones in front of the USS Oklahoma Memorial and helm during the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor when 429 Sailors and Marines on board lost their lives. Krier built B-17s and B-29s during the war. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 Jeffrey Hanshaw/Released).

Local Elected Officials Visit NSWCDD
December 6, 2021 — Mary Katherine Greenlaw, the mayor of Fredericksburg and other local elected officials from King George, Westmoreland, Stafford and the Town of Colonial Beach, visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dec. 2 to meet with installation leadership and receive briefings on the innovative technologies the base houses. NSWCDD... MORE

IMAGE: Michael Darnell (left), Innovation Lab engineer, explains a piece of virtual reality equipment to Andrea Clement, a member of the Colonial Beach town council in the Digital Warfare Innovation Center Lab as part of a tour with local elected officials. During their visit, the local officials received a briefing on multiple program areas and visited the Digital Warfare Innovation Center Lab and the laser lab.

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