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NSWCPD’s Poster Session Showcases Summer Intern Research Projects
July 26, 2019 — Summer interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) presented their research projects during a competitive poster session on July 24.Every summer, NSWCPD hosts students from the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Science, Mathematics and Research for... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) summer interns participated in the Command’s annual poster session competition on July 24. This annual poster session competition is an opportunity for the interns to brief their projects and receive feedback from professional engineers, while bringing new perspectives to the Command. (U.S. Navy Photo by Kirsten St. Peter)/Released

USS Michigan begins 17-month refit period
July 26, 2019 — USS Michigan (SSGN 727) docked on July 10 to begin a 17-month Extended Refit Period which will end in 2020. Work during this availability includes battery replacement, structural repair and preservation, shaft replacement, other propulsion plant inspections and improvements, and installation of several new alterations. Critical path work for the... MORE

USS Michigan (SSGN 727) docks at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility July 10 to begin a 17-month Extended Refit Period.

Technical Directors switch places to foster collaboration
July 25, 2019 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Technical Directors have temporarily switched places to foster collaboration as a new approach towards innovation.Ed Stewart (SES), NSWC Panama City Division technical director, and Dr. Brett Seidle (SES), NSWC Crane Division technical director, have swapped Warfare Centers to share their perspectives with... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division Technical Director (TD) Dr. Brett Seidle (SES) shares experiences during a lessons in leadership presentation at NSWC Panama City Division (PCD) July 25. Seidle switched places recently with NSWC PCD TD Ed Stewart (SES) in a new approach to leadership and innovation with collaboration.

Successful Structural Test Firing of the LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
July 25, 2019 — SAN DIEGO — The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program will begin developmental testing on an Independence-variant LCS in August, following a successful structural test firing of the ship’s Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) on the Point Mugu Sea Range on June 11.The test firing was the first ever aboard the Independence... MORE

A Longbow Hellfire Missile launched from an Independence-variant littoral combat ship flies toward the test target during the Surface Warfare Mission Package, Surface to Surface Missile Module Structural Test Fire on June 11 at the Point Mugu Sea Range, California.

Paint simulation training saves time, money, reduces waste
July 25, 2019 — Correctly painting a surface aboard a Navy vessel is not as easy as using a rattle can to repaint a mailbox or using a brush to touch up a fence at home. Painters throughout Shop 71, Painters, Blasters and Tilesetters, are taught how to put just the right amount of double-layer epoxy paint on a surface. Too little paint and the surface isn’t... MORE

Travis McGreger, Shop 71, Painters, Blasters and Tilesetters, training instructor, demonstrates how the virtual reality paint sprayer trainer works July 10, 2019, in a Continuous Training and Development classroom in Building 460.

USS Seawolf project team, ship’s force complete TSRA
July 25, 2019 — USS Seawolf (SSN 21) project team, ship’s force and Trident Refit Facility-Bangor worked tirelessly together to complete a Total Ship Readiness Assessment on July 5.The project team performed a repair of the external hull penetration and with assistance from TRF, an emergent repair to correct a port rod meter— which indicates the speed of the... MORE

Sailors assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) return home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, following a six-month deployment. Seawolf is the first of the Navy’s three Seawolf-class submarines, designed to be faster and quieter than its Los Angeles-class counterpart.

NSWC Crane hosts first United Kingdom Light Weapon Design Course for expeditionary professionals
July 24, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted Expeditionary professionals for its first Light Weapon Design Course led by Cranfield University, a postgraduate university based in the United Kingdom that specializes in defense technology.“This is the first time the Light Weapon Design has been brought to Crane,” says... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted Expeditionary professionals for its first Light Weapon Design Course led by Cranfield University, a postgraduate university based in the United Kingdom that specializes in defense technology.

Medal of Honor Recipient, Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Visits NAVSEA
July 23, 2019 — WASHINGTON – The last surviving Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, retired Chief Warrant Officer Four Hershel "Woody" Williams, spoke to the NAVSEA Headquarters workforce, July 19.Williams received the United States military's highest decoration for his heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces. He daringly went forward,... MORE

Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from Iwo Jima, Hershel "Woody" Williams, spoke to a at NAVSEA headquarters today. Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams received the military's highest decoration for valor for his heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Navy Engineer Joshua Davis selected for Cybersecurity Reskilling program
July 23, 2019 — Joshua Davis, Scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), was recently selected to attend the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy, an effort to develop the federal workforce of the 21st century as outlined in the President’s Management Agenda.The nation has a critical shortage of skilled personnel in the... MORE

NSWC Crane builds on 60 years of history to provide innovative solutions for SSP
July 23, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) is celebrating sixty years of support to the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP). NSWC Crane’s Strategic Missions Systems Engineering Division provides system analysis for SSP throughout the development and design phase, as well as full system verification of a... MORE

Rachael Wiseman, Hypersonics Lead Systems Engineer, NSWC Crane Division, gives a program update on the Weapon System Model Integration during the 2019 Sea-Air-Space Exposition.

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