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PSNS & IMF explores ways to capitalize on in-house skills to support workforce in face of COVID-19
April 2, 2020 — Workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are thinking creatively and determining how the shipyard can best prepare for the challenges workers might face from the COVID-19 pandemic. One such effort includes making cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to... MORE

Shop 64 fabric workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton make cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to Naval Hospital Bremerton and local hospitals if the need arises.

Carderock engineer learns his trade on racecars before contributing to Navy submarines
April 1, 2020 — It is no secret at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division that Virginia Tech is home to one of the multiple hotbeds of young talent that the command picks from when making new hires.David “DJ” Pohlit II added himself to the long list of Hokies to join the Carderock team just over 12 years ago when he was hired to work on the DDG-1000... MORE

David “DJ” Pohlit, senior engineer, Structural Composites Branch

Undersea warfare center builds face shields for the local medical community
April 1, 2020 — Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport is working to use its additive manufacturing capabilities to create face shields in support of the local Washington State medical community during the Coronavirus pandemic.Additive manufacturing, sometimes called 3D printing, is a process that allows the manufacture of a broad range of items, from... MORE

NUWC Keyport Designs Face Shields for First Responders

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Responds to Medical Emergencies in Local Community; Abroad
March 31, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Janna Roland has dedicated 17-plus years of her life to saving lives.“I have always been inspired to help others,” said the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineering technician.Her inspiration has not gone unnoticed.In May 2019, Roland received the NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award for... MORE

IMAGE: CHIANG MAI region, Thailand (Nov. 2018) – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Engineering Technician Janna Roland, right, and Registered Nurse Jeanette Wachtler of Alberta, Canada joined a team of 27 medical and dental professionals who served more than 1,600 patients in five days during a mission trip to Thailand through Hand of Hope, Joyce Meyer Ministries World Missions, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2018. Roland received the NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award in 2019 for “outstanding contributions to the community” for participating in the trip as well as serving more than 16 years as an EMT for the Chancellor Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, which serves parts of Spotsylvania County, Va. “Roland selflessly shares her extensive expertise to help those in the local community and abroad,” cites the award. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Carderock Naval Engineer Sets New Standard for Success
March 31, 2020 — The U.S. Navy utilizes design specifications to manufacture their vessels and fulfill their specific missions. Now and then, updates to these design specifications are needed as new technologies are integrated, new missions are added and novel designs or materials are developed.One prime example of this update is the ongoing work for modifying the... MORE

Kevin Warwick, a naval engineer in the Ships Structures Branch

Minimizing the spread, maximizing the mission: Norfolk Naval Shipyard continues service to the fleet during COVID-19 pandemic
March 31, 2020 — If you consider things taken for granted in 2019, lack of familiarity with the terms “coronavirus,” “social distancing,” and “minimize the spread” would have to be at the top of the list. As COVID-19 has come to dominate our waking moments in 2020, traveling across the oceans and now creeping through our communities, Norfolk Naval... MORE

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is currently at Norfolk Naval Shipyard undergoing a Drydocking Planned Incremental Availability.

NSWC Crane leader shares future vision for Electronic Warfare
March 30, 2020 — NSWC Crane Spectrum Deputy Department Director Erika White discusses the importance of having diverse minds solving problems and shares ideas for the future of Electronic Warfare. For Department of Defense and Navy users, click the MilTube link below to watch the video.https://www.milsuite.mil/video/watch/video/29118The video is also available to... MORE

Future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Launched
March 30, 2020 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 28. Fort Lauderdale is the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship.On March 7 2020, the ship was translated from the land level facility to the... MORE

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 28.

PSNS & IMF adjusts how mission is accomplished in effort to protect workforce from COVID-19 pandemic
March 27, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility adjusted its policies, processes and procedures this month to help protect its workforce in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to accomplish the command’s critical national security mission for the U.S. Navy and the nation.“The health and safety of our workforce and... MORE

Patrick Krotzer, Shop 99 General Maintenance mechanic, cleans a scanner keypad Monday, March 23 for shipyard workers arriving at the Bremerton Gate at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Junior Scientists, Engineers Awarded Patent for UAV Sensor Innovation
March 27, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) junior scientists and engineers for a modular sensor platform they invented for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), NSWCDD officials announced March 27.The UAV sensor platform – known as SCAPEGOAT (Senses CBR Agents... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (June 15, 2017) - Navy scientist Charles Miller and mathematician Jessica Hildebrand perform pre-flight checks on the SCAPEGOAT chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) detection system. The SCAPEGOAT system - developed by a team of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division junior scientists and engineers - demonstrates the capability to deploy a modular CBR sensor system aboard multiple unmanned aerial vehicle platforms.

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