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NSWC Crane technical experts contribute to plans to bolster the radar industrial base
May 17, 2021 — A group of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Electronic Warfare (EW) and Radar technical experts have been instrumental in plans to bolster the Radar Industrial Base (RIB) for the United States (U.S.).Strengthening the US RIB is a Department of Defense (DoD) priority, and Adele Ratcliff, the Director of the Industrial Base... MORE

NSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) with mission areas in Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions and Electronic Warfare. The warfare center is responsible for multi-domain, multi- spectral, full life cycle support of technologies and systems enhancing capability to today's Warfighter.

NSWC Corona Presents Aaron B. Powers Award to Data Scientist
May 17, 2021 — A civilian scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division received one of the command’s most prestigious awards for his immeasurable contributions to the Navy.The 2021 Aaron B. Powers award was presented to Raymond Ward of NSWC Corona’s Acquisition and Readiness Assessment (AR) Department, which uses data analytics and metrics to... MORE

Under Secretary of the Navy James F. Geurts visits NSWC Port Hueneme Division
May 14, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) hosted The Honorable James F. Geurts, currently performing the duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, May 7 as he toured facilities and received updates on programs that advance capabilities for the U.S. Navy’s future force.Geurts met with NSWC PHD’s Acting Technical Director Michael... MORE

The Honorable James F. Geurts, currently performing the duties of (PTDO) Under Secretary of the Navy (center), speaks to sailors and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) employees at the command’s Mission Package Support Facility on Friday, May 7. The facility will house the Navy’s new Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles for technicians to test and evaluate prior to deployment.

NSWCDD Engineers Lead Tri-Service Testing Program Aimed at Improving Munitions Strike Methodologies
May 14, 2021 — More than a year of meticulous planning and world-class test design led to the brief moment that a 500-pound bomb blew through the soil beneath a 2,500-square-foot concrete masonry unit (CMU) structure. A cloud of dust trailed fragments of airborne building materials as engineers looked on and gathered data that will ultimately inform strike... MORE

IMAGE: Enhanced Weaponeering and Collateral Damage Estimation engineers detonate a 500-pound bomb buried beneath a cement structure at a test facility in Aberdeen, Maryland. Test engineers successfully collected data that will ultimately be used to create or revise munitions strike methodologies.

Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) Hosts Virtual Industry Day
May 13, 2021 — The Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) hosted a virtual industry day on May 6.The MATB is a partnership between Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division Norfolk Detachment, NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Hampton Roads Detachment and Commander, Second Fleet (C2F). Each of these... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer Brings New Capabilities to High Power Microwave Technology through DoD Scholarship Program
May 13, 2021 — While Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is well-known for its work in both lasers and pulsed power systems, incorporating lasers into pulsed power is a new area of research. As such, the basic requirements of the research effort must be built from scratch.Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey of the High Power Microwave (HPM) Technology... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey stands next to a pulsed power system used for the development and testing of novel high power microwave devices. Pouncey – principal investigator of a new project called the Micro-Laser Triggered Switches for Deployable Pulsed Power – is also the NSWCDD technical lead on three other high power microwave projects.

STEM After School provides students chance to fly with help from NSWC Carderock
May 13, 2021 — What. A. Year. More than 14 months ago, news about the COVID-19 outbreak forced Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to close their doors and switch to virtual learning. The transition has been hard on many, but most of all on the students.As if keeping students’ attention wasn’t already hard enough, the virtual learning platform adopted by... MORE

Earle B. Wood Middle School technology teacher John Lee and his daughter prepare to fly a rubber-powered, free-flight airplane at Davis Airfield in Laytonsville, Md., on April 25, 2021.

USS Shiloh Availability Finishes on Time
May 12, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) completed Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh's (CG 67) surface incremental availability on time, April 26, 2021.A surface incremental availability (SIA) provides greater maintenance support and is part of the U.S. Navy's 36-month Optimized Fleet... MORE

USS Shiloh (CG 67) prepares for her underway departure from Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

NSWC Carderock inventors patent Device for Non-Lethal Stoppage of Water Jet Propelled Craft
May 12, 2021 — The patent, U.S. Patent 10,323,911 B1, Device for Non-Lethal Stoppage of Water Jet Propelled Craft, was introduced during Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s (NSWCCD) first Engineers Week event, held in February. It was granted to the six NSWCCD co-inventors on June 18, 2019, though it was submitted in 2016.“My role with patents is... MORE

A standard, off-the-shelf, t-shirt cannon is used to shoot out the device for non-lethal stoppage of water jet propelled craft.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Builds One Combat Simulator to Rule Them All
May 12, 2021 — This part is routine: a Navy radar operator watches as the movement of a small blip on his display indicates that a fishing vessel is sailing toward the open ocean.This part is not: a mass of blips appear on the scope as fast attack boats zip past the fisherman. Moments later, the blue sky gives way to a freak thunderstorm. This improbable change... MORE

IMAGE: From left to right, Lieutenant Alexander Snazin and Ensign Marcus Banez attend the Combat Systems Officer Baseline 9 course at the AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) in Dahlgren. The ATRC provides Sailors the tactical and technical skills required to operate, employ, and assess the readiness of the AEGIS combat systems at sea.

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