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MARMC Sailors Join APS
August 21, 2019 — NORFOLK, VA (NSN) - Sailors assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) joined with a joint small-boat maintenance team and embarked aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) during its Africa Partnership Station (APS) deployment to the Gulf of Guinea in July and August 2019. APS is... MORE

USN Sailors conduct maintenance on a Nigerian navy patrol boat

MARMC Engineers Protecting Against Chemical Attacks
August 21, 2019 — As confrontations with rogue nations start to become a real possibility, chemical weapons start to look like one of the gravest threats to our Sailors and their ships. Thankfully, the Navy, with the help of Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) and ship’s force, have come up with a way to combat worst-case scenarios. The Navy currently... MORE

Workforce learns about new technology at showcase
August 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees were able to check out cutting-edge products during the technology showcase hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Science at the Kitsap Conference Center, Bremerton Harborside July 25 - 26.Roughly 1,100 employees used the opportunity to learn about industry... MORE

PSNS & IMF employees view a demonstration of tools during a technology showcase hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Science at the Kitsap Conference Center July 25. More than 50 companies displayed equipment, tools, supplies and safety gear to more cost-effectively and efficiently help shipyard workers maintain, modernize and retire the Navy’s fleet.

Carderock team sets new standard for ship maintenance
August 20, 2019 — With the cost of building ships often north of a billion dollars, keeping maintenance costs low is always a high priority. A team of engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Corrosion and Coatings Engineering Branch (613) has introduced a new standardized method of ship inspection that they believe contributes to that... MORE

Carderock teams attempt platform acquisition start to finish in less than a week
August 20, 2019 — Three teams of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees attempted the impossible: design, fabricate, integrate software and test a robotic vehicle that meets specific performance criteria in less than five days. The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) conducted its Engineering Management Workshop Aug. 12-16, providing Carderock... MORE

From left: Haley Kirby, a STEM and outreach specialist; Joel Luehr, an engineer in the Signatures Characterization and Analysis Division; Sylvia Rivera, the chief engineer for the Platforms Integrity Department; and Lou Carl, chief engineer for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, work as a team to design and build a Lego car during the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Engineering Management Workshop on Aug. 15, 2019, at Carderock’s West Bethesda, Md., site. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

NSWC Panama City laboratory expands capabilities, modernizing functionality
August 20, 2019 — A test facility at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent modernization to expand research and development (R&D) capabilities. The Hydrospace Laboratory (HSL) uses hyperbaric and hypobaric technologies to simulate conditions without the use of human subjects.The lab tests various diving and life support... MORE

A testing manikin with a breathing system is placed into the chamber. Multiple sensors are embedded within the manikin head to simulate a manned system. Sensors are capable of measuring pressure, concentrations of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and temperature used in testing diving and other safety equipment.

NAVSEA hosts small business industry day
August 19, 2019 — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Small Business Industry Day, Aug. 13, in the Humphreys building on the Washington Navy Yard. The event brought together Navy program managers, contracting officers and large defense contractors wanting to team together with small, innovative businesses to support the Navy’s shipbuilding,... MORE

Washington, DC (August 13, 2019) -- Mr. Jim Smerchansky, NAVSEA Executive Director, kicks off Small Business Industry Day in the Humphreys auditorium.

Girl Scouts Tour NSWC Philadelphia Test Sites and Labs
August 19, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted middle and high school girls during the annual Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Experience Summer Camp on August 15.The visit to NSWCPD was the capstone of the summer camp. During the visit the scouts toured the... MORE

PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2019) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) engineer Patrick Violante demonstrates augmented reality to a Girl Scout summer camper during the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania for their STEM Experience Summer Camp on Aug. 15. Violante works with the Command’s Advanced Data Acquisition, Prototyping Technologies and Virtual Environments lab, which focuses on cutting-edge 3-D modeling, scanning, and printing. (U.S. Navy photo by Kirsten St. Peter/Released)

NSWC Crane names new Technology Transfer Director
August 19, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has named Jenna Dix its new Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Technology Transfer (T2) Director. Dix previously served as NSWC Crane’s T2 Agreements Administrator.As T2 Director, Dix will conduct strategic management of the lab’s intellectual capital and... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has named Jenna Dix its new Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Technology Transfer (T2) Director. Dix previously served as NSWC Crane’s T2 Agreements Administrator.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Holds Change of Command
August 19, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) held a change of command ceremony at Vista Point Conference Center in Norfolk, Virginia, August 16.Capt. Dan Lannamann turned over command to Capt. Tim Barney.The command is responsible for providing surface ship maintenance, management and oversight of private sector maintenance... MORE

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