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Small Business Runway Extension Act Takes Effect – Good News for Small Business and NSWC Dahlgren Division
January 15, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) officials anticipate positive impacts on the command in the wake of a Small Business Administration (SBA) final rule to implement a 2018 act increasing the period of measuring small businesses’ annual revenue from three to five years in the contract evaluation process.The 2018... MORE

IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Deputy for Small Business Kris Parker speaks with II Corps Consultants, Inc., executive Earnest King at an NSWCDD event for small businesses. A Small Business Administration final rule to implement the 2018 Small Business Runway Extension Act effective on Jan. 6, 2020 is good news for Dahlgren, according to Parker. The law increased the period of measuring small businesses’ annual revenue from three to five years in the contract evaluation process. “This change to five years is a logical move, as it helps account for the cyclical nature of contract awards,” he said. “It should really help increase our potential small business base.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWC Dahlgren Distinguished Community Service Award Winner Recounts Impact of Her High School Mentor
January 13, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – While plans are underway for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Annual Honorary Awards Ceremony in 2020, the 2019 Distinguished Community Service Award recipient credits a high school mentor for her accolades.Chelsey Lawson – NSWCDD engineer and human systems integration practitioner in the Integrated Combat... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy human factors engineer Chelsey Lawson credits the impact of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) on her life to a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer – her high school calculus tutor – by the name of Leonard Wilson who retired in 2019 after 36 years of government service. “I went to college and earned a degree in biomedical engineering because his mentoring had a huge impact on my life,” said Lawson, who won the 2019 NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award. “I participated in STEM activities in our surrounding community to guide and inspire students on how to combine their interests with STEM education and careers – like Mr. Wilson did for me.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Breaking the sound barrier – First deaf employee completes Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training
January 13, 2020 — Kitsap County native Brandon Salley is the only deaf member of his family and the first member of his family to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.As of Dec. 3, 2019, he’s also the first deaf employee at the shipyard to complete Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training.Salley, whose primary method of... MORE

Marlene Bell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's American Sign Language interpretor, communicates with Shop 51 Marine Electrician Brandon Salley (left) during Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training Dec. 3 while Code 724 Supervisory Training Specialist Jay Lucas provides instruction and Deb Chard from Code 900S, Waterfront Safety, observes.

Keel Laid for Future USS John Basilone
January 10, 2020 — BATH, Maine -- The keel of the future USS John Basilone (DDG 122) was ceremoniously laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard, Jan. 10. BATH, Maine (Jan. 10, 2020) Ship sponsor Ms. Ryan Manion welds her initials into a steel plate during a keel authentication ceremony for the future USS John Basilone (DDG 122). (Photo courtesy... MORE

NSWC PCD slated to receive $110.2 million for Hurricane Michael repairs
January 10, 2020 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) will receive $110.2 million to make repairs to hurricane-damaged infrastructure.The money was part of the $233.5 million allocated to Navy Working Capital Funds in the fiscal year 2020 Consolidated Appropriation Bill (H.R. 1158).“After the hurricane 82 of our 88 buildings were damaged... MORE

Ed Stewart, NSWC PCD technical director and Capt. Aaron Peters, commander, NSWC PCD, give Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, commander, Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers, a tour of hurricane damaged buildings during Ver Hage’s visit to NSWC PCD April 30, 2019.

Applied math STEM students float their boats
January 10, 2020 — Splashing water, excited cheers and exuberant squeals echoed throughout the indoor pool area at the Bremerton, Washington YMCA on Jan. 8, as eighth-grade Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students from Mountain View Middle School raced their self-constructed cardboard boats in the school’s inaugural cardboard boat competition.Twenty... MORE

Stephen Mastel, PSNS & IMF STEM outreach coordinator provides in-water support for an eight-grade applied math student from Mountain View Middle School as she paddles her boat during the school’s inaugural cardboard boat race at the Bremerton Family YMCA. Twenty students participated in the event, piloting self-constructed boats made of cardboard and duct tape.

NSWC Crane contributes first open source project to provide warfighters with more advanced systems
January 9, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) scientists and engineers have contributed Crane’s first open source project to provide warfighters with more advanced systems. The contribution to the open source software project was developed to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Radio Frequency... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) scientists and engineers have contributed Crane’s first open source project to provide warfighters with more advanced systems. The contribution to the open source software project was developed to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems (RFMLS) program.

COMNAVSEA Visits NSWC Panama City
January 8, 2020 — Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Jan. 7.During his visit, Moore learned about NSWC PCD's recent and upcoming work in autonomy and unmanned vehicles. Moore also toured hurricane damaged facilities as a result of Hurricane... MORE

Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Jan. 7.

During his visit, Moore learned about NSWC PCD's recent and upcoming work in autonomy and unmanned vehicles.

Luddy School awards IU's first-ever engineering Ph.D. to NSWC Crane employee
January 8, 2020 — Indiana University has bestowed hundreds of thousands of degrees to students during their first two centuries of existence, but it never has awarded a Ph.D. in engineering.Until now.The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering awarded its first ever Ph.D. to Adam Duncan, an... MORE

The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering awarded its first ever Ph.D. to Adam Duncan, an electrical engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division located at nearby Crane, Indiana. Duncan’s dissertation focused on securing field-programmable gate arrays against post-synthesis attacks.

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Surface Navy Association symposium
January 8, 2020 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth during the 2020 Surface Navy Association annual symposium at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia, Jan. 14-16. NAVSEA's exhibit will be in booth #916. RSVPs are not required. All... MORE

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