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Navy Launches Newest Yard Tug
May 19, 2020 — ANACORTES, Wash. – The Navy’s first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class vessel was successfully launched at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard, May 16. The YT 808 vessels are designed after the Navy’s existing YT 802 Valiant-class tugs and built to commercial ABS standards. The 90’ x 38’ tugs will have a top speed of approximately 11.7 knots and a bollard... MORE

The Navy's first Yard Tug 808-class vessel docks in Anacortes, Washington after being successfully launched by Dakota Creek Industries.

Carderock Engineers Road Trip to San Diego to Conduct Calm Water Trials
May 19, 2020 — A group of engineers from the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division drove nearly 3,000 miles to Naval Base San Diego to perform calm-water trials on USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) in April.The test, which is part of the Performance and Special Trials (P&ST) program for the class, was managed by... MORE

A team of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Centers Carderock and Philadelphia Divisions stop by Mt. Vernon, Ill.

PNSY Partners with USAMMDA on 3-D Printed Test Swabs
May 18, 2020 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) finalized a memorandum of agreement Thursday, May 14 to support the production and delivery of 3-D printed nasopharyngeal swabs needed to support diagnostic testing for COVID-19.This partnership will ensure the test swabs being produced are safe and effective... MORE

Oscar Savastio removes a completed swab batch from a 3-D printer

Yard Patrol 686 Craft Completes Service Life Extension Program
May 15, 2020 — WASHINGTON – The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol (YP) 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), May 14. The SLEP for the vessel began in August 2019 and was executed in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard at their Curtis Bay shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. YP 686 is... MORE

The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), May 14. The SLEP for the vessel began in August 2019 and was executed in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard at their Curtis Bay shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.

Fathomwerx Lab Designated Ventura Tech Bridge for Navy's NavalX Network
May 14, 2020 — Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James “Hondo” Guerts designated Fathomwerx, a local innovation lab created through a partnership between Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), the Port of Hueneme and other industry partners, as the Ventura Tech Bridge to the U.S. Navy’s nationwide... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Office of Research and Technology Applications Manager Alan Jaeger, center, leads a group that includes visitors from the Department of Navy’s NavalX program on a tour of the Fathomwerx innovation lab at the Port of Hueneme, Jan. 27. Fathomwerx was created in partnership with the port, the Ventura County Economic Development Collaborative and Camarillo, Calif.-based Matter Labs. Fathomwerx is now one of the Navy’s new NavalX Tech Bridges.

Carderock Supports Capital and Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridges
May 14, 2020 — WEST BETHESDA, MARYLAND – Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) James Geurts announced the creation of six more Tech Bridges nationwide during a virtual press conference on May 12.Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division is involved in two of these new bridges, leading the Capital Tech Bridge... MORE

Lloyd Relieves Selby as NAVSEA’s Chief Engineer
May 13, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Rear Adm. (Sel.) Jason Lloyd replaced Rear Adm. Lorin Selby as Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Chief Engineer (CHENG) during a change of office ceremony May 8. NAVSEA is open for business, but the ceremony took place with limited attendance because of COVID-19 safety considerations.Selby will next lead the Office of Naval... MORE

Rear Adm. Lorin Selby (left) reads off his orders relieving him of duties as Naval Sea Systems Command’s Chief Engineer while Rear Adm. (Sel.) Jason Lloyd awaits to read his own orders to assume his duties as the incoming CHENG May 8 during Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Engineering Directorate’s change of office ceremony.

NSWC Crane Human Resources Recruiting & Student Outreach Branch Continually Seeks Top Talent
May 12, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Human Resources (HR) attracts and recruits diverse talent on all levels and connects with students to ensure a meaningful experience. NSWC Crane’s award-winning recruitment team seeks the right people to perform necessary roles for the warfighter. Watch the video at the link... MORE

PSNS & IMF fulfills urgent request for COVID-19 testing gear
May 12, 2020 — When the Navy had an urgent need for a deployable biocontainment system the fleet could use to protect medical professionals processing COVID-19 testing kits, Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, knew just who to call upon.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility received a request from NAVSEA to... MORE

Sarah Higgins, a fabric worker with Shop 64, Sail Loft, installs a vacuum hose for the negative pressure air handling system on a prototype biocontainment system May 11, 2020 in Building 460, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

Be Prepared: Hurricane Season Lessons Learned
May 12, 2020 — How timely that May is Hurricane Preparedness month in our state. We’ve had tornadoes across the Panhandle of Florida already in 2020, COVID19 came to visit, river and coastal flooding in some areas and now the Hurricane season is predicted to be above average! So, what can we do to be prepared if a destructive weather event comes our way? Gas,... MORE

Volunteers formed The North Lagoon Navy group after Hurricane Michael in 2018 to aid local residents in tarping roofs, cutting trees, etc. The group was made up of local personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, as well as other individuals.

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