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USS Tripoli Marks Significant Steps Toward Fleet Tasking With Fitting Out Availability, Sea Trials
March 31, 2021 — SAN DIEGO - USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the second amphibious assault ship in the America class is highlighting its capabilities with the completion of its Fitting Out Availability (FOA), March 26 and upcoming sea trials.The FOA entails changes that resulted from lessons learned and feedback from USS America’s (LHA 6) availability and work postponed due... MORE

NSWC PCD Quickstrike Team Wins Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Award
March 31, 2021 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD’s) Quickstrike Extended Range (QS-ER) team was recently awarded the 2020 Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) of the Year by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).The QS-ER team successfully demonstrated improved warfighting capability throughout the development... MORE

The Quickstrike 64 Team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Quickstrike 64 Team members pose for a team photo. Pictured from left to right: John Sojdehei, Bill Vandiver, Jomo Martin, Tom Frederick, Tim Pham, and Ken Ford. Not pictured above, but also included on the team, is Sascha Dastgerdi. U.S. Navy photo by Ronald Newsome

NSWC Panama City Test Directors named Testers in the Spotlight
March 30, 2021 — Randy Hetzel and Darryl Ogden, test directors at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), were recently named as Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Testers in the Spotlight.Both Hetzel and Ogden were humbled and proud to learn of their nomination and selection for the award.“Being recognized as a NAVSEA Tester in the Spotlight... MORE

Darryl Ogden (left) and Randy Hetzel (right) were recently selected as Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Testers in the Spotlight.

NSWC Crane Electronic Warfare Mission Area Employs Unconventional Tactics
March 30, 2021 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Electronic Warfare (EW) experts have started employing a conceptual mindset named “LOKI” after the Norse god of mischief. The purpose is to delay, distract, and make sure the adversary is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Watch the video to learn more about this... 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.

Tools, Structure and Leadership: How a Team of Navy Software Developers are Navigating the Pandemic
March 30, 2021 — The federal workplace has a longstanding reputation for accommodating flexible telework as a competitive perk, but only a portion of eligible employees previously took part because of in-person office norms. That pattern reversed last spring with the onset of a global pandemic, and a rapid switch to a policy of “maximum telework” across the entire... MORE

IMAGE: The federal workplace has a longstanding reputation for accommodating flexible telework as a competitive perk, but only a portion of eligible employees previously took part because of in-person office norms. That pattern reversed last spring with the onset of a global pandemic, and a rapid switch to a policy of “maximum telework” across the entire federal government.

Tech Bridges 101: Network built to accelerate solutions to the warfighter
March 30, 2021 — NavalX, the Department of the Navy’s “workforce super-connector,” launched its Tech Bridge initiative in September 2019. The goal was to create a collaborative environment in a commercial space where communities can easily connect. There are 15 Tech Bridges today, providing a positive, productive space where stakeholders can share ideas and best... MORE

NORCO, Calif. (March 2, 2021) Communication System Engineer Ben Fellows of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division (left) discusses operational drone capabilities with vRotors President Neil Malhotra (center) and Tom Collins of Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific during a 5G Demo Day flight test event at Norco College. The Navy's Inland Empire Tech Bridge, anchored by NSWC Corona, networked with the college to host the event, during which vRotors demonstrated technologies for the Marine Corps for a National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) 5G Starts prize challenge. (U.S. Navy photo by Nathan Fite/RELEASED)

EXU-1 Leads EOD Cross-Functional Team Effort
March 30, 2021 — When sending care packages overseas to deployed troops, the contents usually contain items such as toiletries, snacks, video games and other types of sundries. For the personnel attached to Expeditionary Exploitation Unit 1 (EXU-1), however, the packages they are sending aren’t meant to entertain, but to provide critical knowledge and training to... MORE

ASW Virtualization Initiative Expands DDG's Combat Capability
March 26, 2021 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, D.C. - A Navy team responsible for developing and testing Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Combat System Suites (AN/SQQ-89A (V) 15) improved the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability of a guided missile destroyer during a February exercise.The integrated team led by Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS)... MORE

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) transits the Pacific Ocean.

PSNS & IMF commander visits Everett Detachment
March 25, 2021 — Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, conducted his first visit to PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett March 19, 2021, since taking command last year.During his visit, he toured the Everett facilities and received briefings on Everett-based operations. He also took the opportunity to thank employees... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, visits with Sailor of the Year awardee Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Moulton March 19, 2021, during a tour of Detachment Everett at Naval Station Everett, Washington.

NSWC Indian Head Division Employees Receive Top Navy Civilian Service Awards
March 25, 2021 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) employees recently received Department of the Navy (DON) civilian service awards for their service and continued excellence in supporting the fleet. Thomas Fox, an in-service engineering agent in the command’s Systems Integration Department, received the DON Superior Civilian Service... MORE

Chemical, Biological, Radiological Defense Protection and Integration Branch Head Danielle Zimmerman receives the DON Meritorious Civilian Service Award from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll and Technical Director Ashley Johnson during a presentation onboard NSWC IHD, March 25. Zimmerman received the award for her role in her division’s transfer from NSWC Dahlgren Division to NSWC IHD.

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