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Early Industry Study Contracts Awarded for Heavy Polar Icebreaker
February 23, 2017 — On February 22, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) awarded contracts to Bollinger Shipyards, LLC (Lockport, Louisiana); Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC (Washington, District of Columbia); General Dynamics/National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (San Diego, California); Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (Pascagoula, Mississippi); and VT Halter Marine, Inc...

Carderock Partners with Academic Communities to Cultivate Future Workforce
February 22, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division depends on a talented workforce to come up with new and exciting innovations both for internal command processes and products, as well as for America's warfighters and the fleet.Having served the U.S. Navy and the national maritime community for nearly 80 years, Carderock emphasizes the importance of...

Carderock's MAKE Lab: One Year Later
February 22, 2017 — Since opening its doors March 2016, the Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab has attracted a wide variety of employees across Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division curious about the additive manufacturing (AM) process and its application to Navy programs.AM, or 3-D printing, is a cross-cutting manufacturing technology in...

Keel Laid for the Future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
February 21, 2017 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The keel of the future USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) was ceremoniously laid on Feb. 21 at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard...

NAVSEA Announces 2016 Sailor of the Year
February 16, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced its 2016 Sailor of the Year for the active and reserve component during an award ceremony in Arlington Feb. 16...

U.S. Navy Engineer Wins ‘STEM Oscar’ at 2017 BEYA Award Gala
February 16, 2017 — WASHINGTON – The awards gala featured pomp and circumstance, as industry legends and rising stars accepted accolades and made inspirational speeches here, Feb. 11. The award winners, however, were not film or entertainment celebrities. They were engineers honored for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) achievements at the 2017...

Carderock's MAKE Lab Hosts Marine Corps Innovation Challenge Winners
February 16, 2017 — Sometimes the best ideas come from within. At least this is the concept behind the Marine Corps Innovation Challenge, which empowers Marines and Sailors to come up with fresh ideas to increase safety and efficiency for their unit or mission.Three of the winners of this past year's challenge have been given the opportunity to visit Naval Surface...

NSWC Crane’s Technology Transfer (T2) Office, in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), conducted an Innovation Discovery Event Thursday
February 14, 2017 — NSWC Crane initially created the Innovation Discovery process – in partnership with the University of Southern Indiana – in hopes of increasing its number of patent applications, issued patents, and license agreements. The ultimate goal was to achieve greater success in T2, leading to enhanced defense capabilities and positive economic outcomes. Thursday’s event at NSWC Crane brought the Innovation Discovery process back to where it began. It featured three different rounds, each lasting one hour, during which NSWC Crane innovators presented their ideas to a panel of external commercial experts...

Carderock's Anechoic Flow Facility Experiences Unprecedented Turbulence
February 14, 2017 — Years of work by engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Anechoic Flow Facility (AFF) to revitalize the facility are paying off today, with unprecedented research now underway thanks to new gear.The AFF is a quiet, closed-loop, low-speed air-flow facility with low turbulence levels, built in the 1960s to conduct...

Carderock Holds Demonstration of SOFC Hybrid Power System
February 14, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is playing a significant role in the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Renewable Sustainable Expeditionary Power (RSEP) initiative.Carderock's Advanced Power and Energy Branch (Code 636) hosted the demonstration and test kickoff of the first logistics fuel (JP-8) compatible renewable-hybrid Solid Oxide...

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