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NSWC Dahlgren’s OTA Opens the Door to New Business Opportunities
November 20, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Seeking to find faster routes to emergent, urgent, and innovative naval surface and maritime capabilities, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recently established a new Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) allowing increased collaboration with a larger industry base generating faster, flexible, and more... MORE

Deployed Marines learn additive manufacturing from Carderock
November 20, 2019 — In 1986, Colorado-born inventor Chuck Hull received the first patent for a 3D printing technology. At the time, he told his wife that it would take roughly 30 years before the technology would be available for people to have at home.For a technological prediction, Hull was not too far off. Today, the 3D printer is not what a toaster or television... MORE

Jacob Aljundi (left) and Ryan Fisher, engineers in the Additive Manufacturing Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, stand in front of a 3D printer in Carderock’s Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education Lab on Nov. 15, 2019, in West Bethesda, Md. The two engineers travel to different parts of the world training deployed U.S. Marines how to use 3D printers and the associated software and technology. (U.S. Navy photo by Edvin Hernandez/Released)

NSWC Crane employees recognized for providing rapid response to medical emergency
November 19, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employees were recognized for providing rapid emergency response support to a medical situation. The Code Blue Team was recently awarded the NSWC Safety Champion Award for their efforts and to responding to a fellow employee’s medical emergency. The team currently consists of... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employees were recognized for providing rapid emergency response support to a medical situation. The Code Blue Team was recently awarded the NSWC Safety Champion Award for their efforts and to responding to a fellow employee’s medical emergency. The team currently consists of eighteen volunteers who train year-round to respond to these instances within their building at NSWC Crane.

From left to right: Stan Gerbig, Bruce Edwards, Brian Beeson, Cliff Carpenter, Pat Bruner, Tina Landon, Charles Colglazier, Jeff Bowden, Harrison Holmes, Alyssa Robertson, Brian Sabo, Angie Inman, Jeff Biggs, Aimee Craven.

Not pictured: Mike Norris, Andrew Howard, Greg May

Autonomous vehicles save time, money during dry-dock inspections
November 19, 2019 — Autonomous vehicles recently used for a collaborative competition are putting real world application to the test by leveraging machine learning to support Naval maintenance activities.During the 2019 Director’s Cup, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers were challenged to create and field a fully... MORE

The Autonomous Dry Dock Survey Robot, or ADDS, provides the Navy with significant cost savings, while ensuring the ability to monitor safe environments within the nation’s shipyard facilities.

Navy Cuts Steel on First Multi-Mission Surface Combatant Ship for Saudi Arabia
November 18, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — A “Cut Steel” event marked the start of production for the first Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ship on Oct. 24 at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM). The MMSC is a tailored littoral combat ship variant being built for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the U.S. Navy’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.Cut Steel... MORE

Royal Saudi Naval Forces Eastern Fleet Commander Admiral Fahad Al-Shimrami views MMSC steel cutting in progress at FMM as sparks fly.

NSWC Panama City employees receive 2019 Program Management Excellence award
November 18, 2019 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) employees were recently awarded the 2019 Program Management Excellence award.Wayne Vickers, Navy Enterprise Tactical Command and Control (NETC2) program manager, and Brian Snellen, NETC2 systems engineer, manage the $23 million budget for NETC2, a deployable Tactical Operations... MORE

NSWC Crane employee uses more than 25 years of financial experience to teach others
November 18, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – When Judy Mullis was a young student, she would help her teachers in the classroom. Throughout her professional and personal life, Mullis has continued to take on roles where she assisted others. Mullis, who is currently a Reporting and Training Lead and a Contracting Officer’s Representative at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane... MORE

Judy Mullis is currently a Reporting and Training Lead and a Contracting Officer’s Representative at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane). She spent thirty years in the financial industry.

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith
November 18, 2019 — SAN DIEGO – The Navy accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) on Nov. 15.Delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. ESB 5 will be owned and operated by Military Sealift Command.“The Navy and industry team overcame significant setbacks in the construction of... MORE

NSWC PCD begins continuous 24-hour operations to recover Air Force Staff Sgt.
November 15, 2019 — Today the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) began continuous 24-hour operations to recover U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff who made an “unplanned plane departure” from a C-130 over the Gulf of Mexico November 5.“The death of Staff Sgt. Condiff is devastating and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and his... MORE

The R/V Patriot launched November 15 in support of continuous 24-hour operations to recover U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff who made an “unplanned plane departure” from a C-130 over the Gulf of Mexico.

NSWC Dahlgren Holds Cupcake Competition at Veterans Day Event
November 15, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – It began like many Veterans Day events – government employees and defense contractors recited the pledge of allegiance and John Wedding, a Navy scientist, played taps on his trumpet.There was a solemn moment of silence and respect in honor of veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the United States of America.At that point,... MORE

IMAGE: DAHGLREN, Va. (Nov. 8, 2019) – Cupcakes are pictured at a combat cupcake competition sponsored by the NSWCDD Strategic and Computing Systems Department (A) and the NSWCDD Weapons Control and Integration Department (H). Scientists, engineers, business, and support specialists from A and H voted for winners in the best tasting and best presentation cupcake categories. The A and H personnel also paid tribute to America’s living veterans – specifically to those veterans in attendance and throughout the command – with speeches and good news about opportunities for the command’s veterans, including a new initiative called the Veteran Integration Program.

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