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NSWCPD Chief Technology Office Hosts Professional Development Seminar on Unlocking Innovation, Patents and Intellectual Property
April 15, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted a Chief Technology Office (CTO) Professional Development Seminar featuring the topic “Unlocking Innovation, Patents and Intellectual Property” on March 21, 2024.The one-hour session covered the history of patents and intellectual property, how the work of scientists and engineers... MORE

Christopher Buckingham, a mechanical engineer from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), is recognized during NSWCPD’s 2023 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony with the Philadelphia Division Inventor’s Club Award for the commercial licensing of the patent for the Acoustically Stiff Wall. (U.S. Navy Photo by Phil Scaringi/Released)

U.S. Navy Commemorates Keel Laying Ceremony for Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG 62)
April 12, 2024 — MARINETTE, Wisc. – The U.S. Navy marked a significant construction milestone for the first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG 62) with a keel laying ceremony at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, April 12. The event signifies the formal beginning of the future USS Constellation’s construction process. FFG-62 is the lead ship of the... MORE

The U.S. Navy symbolically laid the keel to its first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, the future USS Constellation (FFG 62) during a keel laying ceremony at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisc., April 12.

NAVSEA Commander announces Sailor of the Year winners
April 12, 2024 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Vice Adm. Jim Downey, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), announced the active duty and reserve 2023 Sailor of the Year award winners during a ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard on April 11.Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Jennifer Schleuning won the active-duty Sailor of the Year category and... MORE

WASHINGTON (April 11, 2024) Vice Adm. James P. Downey, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) (left) announced Hull Technician 1st Class Jennifer Schleuning from Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, Jacksonville, Fla. (second from left) and Machinist Mate 1st Class Matthew Lipscomb from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Everett, Wash. (second from right) NAVSEA Sailor of the Year (SOY) for the active duty and reservist categories. NAVSEA’s senior enlisted Sailor Command Master Chief Blake G. Schimmel (right).

As NAVSEA’s top enlisted Sailors Schleuning and Lipscomb will now compete for the Navy’s highest enlisted awards, Chief of Naval Operations Shore and Reserve SOY.

NAVSEA is the largest of the US Navy's six systems commands. With a force of nearly 87,000 civilian and military personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems

Joint Hypersonics Transition Office announces winners in $500,000 prize challenge
April 12, 2024 — Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), has announced the winners to the Hyper-AMPD! prize challenge.49 white papers were submitted in Phase I and Aerojet Rocketdyne, Castelion Corporation, GoHypersonic Incorporated, Northrup Grumman, and Specter Aerospace were... MORE

U. S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Richard M. McCool Jr.
April 11, 2024 — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding, April 11.San Antonio-class ships, including the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr., are foundational to enabling the USMC to conduct amphibious operations essential for national defense and... MORE

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding April 11.

NAVSEA Remembers Crew of USS Thresher
April 11, 2024 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Apr. 10 ceremony honoring 129 crewmembers — 16 officers, 96 enlisted Sailors, and 17 civilian technicians — who lost their lives onboard USS Thresher (SSN 593) 61 years prior.NAVSEA staff reflected on the tragedy as well as programs and procedures since established to prevent future casualty.Built to hunt... MORE

(SSN-593) Starboard bow view, taken at sea on 24 July 1961. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Navy's Needed Revitalization of the Submarine Workforce Accelerates
April 11, 2024 — NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — During a key panel at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space exposition, Erica Logan, deputy director for Workforce, Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) program, Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, outlined how her team is addressing critical workforce challenges facing the defense industry and the Navy’s submarine fleet. The... MORE

NSWC Crane awarded nationally and regionally for technology transfer excellence
April 11, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with two awards by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for technology transfer (T2) contributions. These awards were distributed during an FLC national meeting in Dallas, Texas on April 10.Jenna Dix, the Director of Engagement for NSWC Crane, was awarded the Harold Metcalf... MORE

NSWCPD and Liberty Tech Bridge Facilitates Shipboard Robotics Technical Exchange Meeting with Industry and Academia
April 10, 2024 — Engineers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) gathered with defense partners, high tech industry, and academia at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Marriott to participate in the inaugural Shipboard Robotics Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) on March 5, 2024. The event, hosted by the Liberty Tech Bridge, powered by NavalX,... MORE

Engineers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) gather with defense partners, high tech industry, and academia at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Marriott to participate in the inaugural Shipboard Robotics Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) on March 5, 2024. (U.S. Navy Photo by Gary Ell/Released).

Innovating Under the Sea: Additive Manufacturing Boosts Submarine Construction, Sustainment
April 10, 2024 — Technology plays an increasingly critical role in military operations. Nowhere is this more apparent than beneath the waves, Mr. Matthew Sermon, executive director, Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, explained at the Sea, Air, and Space Exposition. Speaking at the "Additive Manufacturing: Creating a Warfighting Advantage through... MORE

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