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A Look Back: The Legacy of Carderock’s Dr. Young Shen
February 28, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division engineers David Hess, Dr. Young Shen and Michael Hughes share a moment together in Shen’s final week with the command at West Bethesda, Md., on Dec. 11, 2019.

NSWC Panama City Comptroller personnel achieve professional certifications
February 27, 2020
SWC PCD’s Samantha Snellen, Ashley Simpers, Paige Sauls, Komal Patel, and Linda Magee accomplished the Certified Defense Financial Management Certification (CDFM).

Investments in NSWC Crane’s Innovation Ecosystem led to Midwest Tech Bridge
February 26, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) intentionally created an Innovation Ecosystem through collaborative partnerships that accelerate the development and transition of technology to warfighters. That ecosystem is comprised of well over 200 different organizations.

US Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System Achieves Milestone C
February 26, 2020
The Unmanned Influence Sweep System, accompanied by an escort vessel, heads out for an Operational Assessment mission off the coast of South Florida in November 2019. The UISS consists of an unmanned surface vehicle and a towed minesweeping payload for influence sweeping of magnetic, acoustic and magnetic/acoustic combination mine types while keeping warfighters out of the minefield.

Future USS Delbert D. Black Completes Builder's Trials
February 24, 2020
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Feb. 22, 2020) The future USS Delbert D. Black sails in the Gulf of Mexico for builder's trials in late February. The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer successfully completed builder's trials Feb. 22 and will be underway again in March for acceptance trials.

NSWC Philadelphia Division Celebrates National Engineers Week
February 24, 2020
200220-N-QL258-0039 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD)’s National Engineers Week celebration culminated in a cake cutting ceremony honoring the Command’s newest and longest serving engineers, Feb. 20. NSWCPD’s newest engineers Ryan Weikel, Yasir Rizvi, and Ethan Klabunde started earlier in the week on Feb. 18, while chemical engineer Al McCarrick has been with the Command for 44 years. The engineers were joined by NSWCPD’s Technical Director Tom Perotti and guest speaker Jill Boward, Executive Director, Program Executive office Integrated Warfare Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). From left to right: Perotti, Weikel, Rizvi, Klabunde, McCarrick, and Boward. (U.S. Navy photo by Kirsten St. Peter)/Released

USNS Newport (EPF 12) Launched
February 21, 2020
The U.S. Navy's 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), was launched at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, Feb. 20.

NSWCDD Commanding Officer Joins Veterans at Dahlgren Speed Mentoring Event
February 21, 2020
KING GEORGE, Va.  (Jan. 24, 2020) – Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Karl Steinsberger, Jr., a computer scientist in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Combat Systems Cyber Engineering Branch, and Serita Seright, an engineer in NSWCDD Gun and Electric Weapons Systems Department participate in a 10-minute short, focused conversation at the Veteran Speed Mentoring Event held at the University of Mary Washington, Dahlgren campus. “I want to see how they become mentors and follow in that path,” Seright said before joining the session as a mentee. “You are a very important asset to the United States Navy or whatever service you support,” was the message Steinsberger hoped to leave with the veterans he mentored at the event hosted by the NSWCDD Workforce Development and Veteran Integration Program. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy leverages workforce; delivers C-ISR capability rapidly to surface fleet
February 20, 2020
James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition (ASN RDA), recently visited the USS Dewey (DDG 105) and spoke to the ship’s company about the quick progress made on the ODIN
installation.

NSWC Panama City technical director bids final farewell
February 19, 2020
Ed Stewart (SES), bids his final farewell in the January/February 2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division View from the Bridge.