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Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
December 19, 2025 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, multi-mission warships and enhance operational flexibility around the...

NSWC PCD engineer enhances warfighter capabilities, advances at IRONMAN competition
December 17, 2025 — John Kremar, NSWC PCD Diving and Life Support lead engineer, combines his work proficiency and passion with persistence and perseverance to achieve not only mission success but also a personal milestone. By day, he helps design and produce life support equipment for a variety of Navy and non-navy sponsors to increase divers’ capabilities and safety while performing their missions. Off the clock, he recently completed this year's IRONMAN Florida triathlon and has qualified to compete in the upcoming IRONMAN World Championship in 2026...

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Lucy Stone
December 16, 2025 — SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) was delivered to the Navy, Dec. 16. The delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO to the Navy.Delivery follows the successful completion of sea trials to test the readiness and capability of the ship and to validate...

Future USS Idaho Delivered to U.S. Navy
December 15, 2025 — GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 15, marking the second delivery of a Virginia-class fast attack submarine this year.The delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilder...

Battle Management System: Two decades of revolutionizing the battlespace
December 15, 2025 — For 20 years, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Battle Management System has served as a digital backbone, integrating weapons, sensors, operators and data into a unified system. This allows platforms to see, decide and act faster in an increasingly complex battlespace.What began in 2005 with a small team of Dahlgren Division...

TRFB Ready to Provide SSBN Maintenance Throughout the Pacific
December 12, 2025 — Trident Refit Facility Bangor provides submarine maintenance anywhere in the Pacific when the Fleet calls...

From Tools to Turbines: Bill Yurcik’s Journey into Mechanical Engineering
December 11, 2025 — For Bill Yurcik, a mechanical engineer in the Hydromechanical Facilities Engineering Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, the path to engineering was influenced by early, hands-on experiences with his stepfather. Now, over two years into his role at Carderock, Yurcik continues to embrace the unique challenges of his job and...

NSWCPD Employee Expands Skills Through NAVSEA Journey Level Leadership Program
December 11, 2025 — When Financial Improvement Audit Remediation (FIAR) Lead Maria Amoroso was selected for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Journey Level Leadership (JLL) Program, she saw it as more than just a personal achievement. It was an opportunity to enhance her skills, broaden her perspective, and make a lasting impact beyond her regular duties at the...

NSWC Indian Head Division Co-Hosts EOD Technology and Bombing Prevention Summit
December 11, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Center (EODTECHCEN) co-hosted the second annual EOD Technology and Bombing Prevention Summit at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Dec. 2-4. NSWC IHD co-hosted the event with the United States Bomb Technician Association (USBTA), which...

TRF Bangor and IMF Everett Sailors Complete Corrosion Control Program Training
December 10, 2025 — Fifteen Sailors from Trident Refit Facility (TRF) Bangor and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) Everett completed the Navy’s Corrosion Control Program Technician (CCPT) course Sept. 22–26 at Naval Base Kitsap–Bremerton, becoming the first certified graduates in the Pacific Northwest...

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