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Empire State crew visits Underway Replenishment test site for training
January 4, 2018 — PORT HUENEME, Calif.—Personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) Underway Replenishment (UNREP) test site welcomed the crew of MT Empire State for training, Dec. 19... MORE

Former Marine Dedicates Career to Supporting the Next Generation of Warfighters
January 2, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator. Under the orders of General James Mattis (now the Secretary of Defense), Templeman’s First Marine Division moved to Iraq, and one night in Baghdad, they began the offensive movement to Tikrit in blackout conditions to minimize contact with adversaries. Suddenly, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Templeman and his unit were traveling in collided with a trailer at a high rate of speed. ... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator.

NAVSEA honors Senior Executive Service members
December 31, 2017 — NAVSEA honored recipients of the 2016 Presidential Rank Awards and the newest members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) cadre in a ceremony, June 12... MORE

Future USS Manchester (LCS 14) Completes Acceptance Trials
December 22, 2017 — MOBILE, Ala. - The future USS Manchester (LCS 14) successfully completed acceptance trials Dec. 15 after a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey... MORE

Collaboration encouraged during Navy-hosted industry event
December 20, 2017 — Nearly 200 industry representatives converged on the Ventura Beach Marriott Dec. 14 to learn more about conducting business with the Navy, specifically Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Chief of Contracts, Joel Walor (right), and Deputy Chief of Contracts, Nick DeSelle, provide insight regarding current and upcoming acquisition requirements, during the command’s Dec. 14 Industry Day held at Ventura Beach Marriott.

Despite adversity, warfare center presses on in support of the fleet
December 20, 2017 — The men and women of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC)—the county’s largest employer—remain a critical force behind America’s military despite enduring more than a week of troubling winds and rampant wild fires... MORE

USS Sterett (DDG 104) moores in Port Hueneme as the Ventura County hills endure rampant fires, Dec. 5. The destroyer visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division for a combat systems assessment and groom.

Deep Reactive Ion Etcher now operational at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division
December 20, 2017 — A Plasma-Therm Deep Reactive Ion Etcher (DRIE) became fully functional Oct. 25, for the Systems Engineering Department Fuze and Initiation Branch, at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD)... MORE

A Deep Reactive Ion Etcher (DRIE) is now operational at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division. DRIE fulfills a vital role in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) device fabrication.

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS City of Bismarck
December 19, 2017 — MOBILE, Ala. - The Navy accepted delivery of its ninth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), Dec 19... MORE

NSWC Philadelphia's 3D virtual dry dock paves way for CVN-78 class carriers
December 14, 2017 — PHILADELPHIA - Engineers from the Advanced Data, Prototyping Technologies, and Virtual Environments (ADAPT.VE) Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently completed a project creating 3-Dimensional (3D) point cloud representations of Dry Dock 8 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)... MORE

Local STEM Volunteer takes Students to State FLL Competition
December 13, 2017 — Because of Troutman’s commitment – and the support of NSWC Crane and the Shoals school district – the FLL program at Shoals has become quite a success. Shoals earned three awards in this year’s FLL state championship at the University of Southern Indiana on Dec. 2. The RoboRox team received the Project Research Award, and the RoxStars team received both the Strategy & Innovation Award as well as the Robot Performance Award... MORE

Lorna Troutman, left, NSWC Crane employee and six-year STEM volunteer, started small, launching the FLL at Shoals with one full team of 10 students. She knew she’d be learning right along with the students for the first year of the program, but that didn’t deter her from giving it a shot.

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