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Carderock Interns Participate in Navy's First Soft Robotics STEM Initiative
August 31, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division high school interns completed a summer program assignment to learn about, evaluate and improve SeaJelly, a free-swimming biomimetic underwater robot. This project was one of six projects that high school interns worked on this summer, as participants in the virtual Science and Engineering... MORE

SEAP Intern Darwin Otchere assembling materials for a SeaJelly launch.

Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Holds Change of Command Ceremony
August 31, 2021 — NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES (August 29, 2021) – Capt. Brian A. Karosich relieved Capt. Gustavo Vergara as commanding officer of Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) during a change of command ceremony at the Naval Support Activity Naples Chapel.Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage was the guest speaker at the ceremony and spoke about the... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren and Philadelphia Divisions Develop Paradigm to Power Ships with Laser Weapons
August 30, 2021 — How can the U.S. Navy integrate electric weapons such as its new and emerging high-energy laser systems into warships while ensuring there is enough power for all ship systems and services?It will take a paradigm shift that few have heard or seen before, according to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) scientists and engineers. Thomas ‘TJ’ McKelvey... MORE

IMAGE: Engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) support electrical and thermal laser characterization testing. From left to right, back to front, Chris Heflin of NSWCDD, TJ McKelvey of NSWCPD, Robert Mancini of NSWCPD, Brian Rees of NSWCPD, Charles Nelatury of NSWCPD, Jonathan Schrier of NSWCPD and Michael Richardson of NSWCDD are pictured. In the front row, from left to right, Eric Thompson and Alain Mbateng of NSWCDD are pictured. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)

USS Tripoli Conducts Final Contract Trials
August 30, 2021 — WASHINGTON – USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the U.S. Navy’s second America-class amphibious assault ship completed final contract trials (FCT), Aug. 26.FCT are a component of a ship’s post-delivery test period and mark the final in-depth review of the ship, the crew, and its systems. Trials were conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey over a... MORE

NSWCPD Logistics Management Specialist Returns Home from Afghanistan after Supporting Operation Resolute Support and Troop Withdrawals
August 30, 2021 — After being deployed to Afghanistan, Cathryn Barnett, a logistics management specialist at at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently returned from a harrowing deployment in theatre, on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) Expeditionary Civilian Workforce Program (DOD-EC). Barnett’s deployment commenced at Bagram... MORE

Ship to Shore Connector Capabilities Highlighted on Discovery’s Impossible Engineering
August 27, 2021 — The latest episode of Impossible Engineering goes behind the scenes to showcase the U.S. Navy’s Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) and the hovercraft history that led to this next generation landing craft.Filmed on location at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Textron Systems, Slidell, Louisiana the episode highlights how... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Modeling and Simulation Summit
August 27, 2021 — Creativity and innovation are critical parts of the research, development, testing and engineering (RDT and E) community. As technology continues to expand, the role of modeling and simulation (M and S) has followed in step. M and S efforts seep into every technical department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) including its... MORE

Future Frank E. Petersen Jr. Completes Builder’s Trials
August 27, 2021 — The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), the Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, completed Builder’s sea trials, Aug. 26. The trials were conducted by the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division.Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the shipbuilder... MORE

Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) navigates in the Gulf of Mexico during bravo trials.

NSWCPD’s Chief Engineer Lunch and Learn Focuses on Human System Integration
August 27, 2021 — During the latest installment of virtual Lunch and Learn sessions, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Chief Engineer (CHENG) Scott Freedner welcomed the Naval Post Graduate School (NPS)’s Michael O’Neil, who spoke about Human System Integration (HSI) on July 15, 2021. NPS describes HSI as follows: “HSI acknowledges that... MORE

NSWC Crane Distinguished Scientist spends career enhancing his expertise on Trusted Microelectronics
August 25, 2021 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) was recently selected to serve as Acting Principal Director for Microelectronics within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Modernization. Brett Hamilton served in this role for two months this summer, but... MORE

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