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Navy Lays Keel on Future Littoral Combat Ship Omaha
February 18, 2015 — MOBILE, Alabama - Austal USA shipyard held a keel laying ceremony for the sixth Independence variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Omaha (LCS 12), Feb. 18... MORE

MARMC Partners with SERMC to Assist Fleet in C2X
February 12, 2015 — NORFOLK, Virginia. - The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) provided technical and engineering support to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group during a Command and Control Exercise (C2X) off the coast of Florida during the first week of February 2015... MORE

MARMC teams with DARPA to bring Fab Lab to Norfolk
February 12, 2015 — NORFOLK, Virginia - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach Two (MENTOR2) Program began efforts to enhance defense readiness by improving both the training and tools for sailors at Navy Regional Maintenance Centers, NAVSEA announced Feb. 12... MORE

USS NEW YORK Deploys on Time After Emergent Blade Repair
February 4, 2015 — MAYPORT Florida. -- TheDive Locker at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center in Mayport accomplished afirst-ever waterborne repair on one of USS NEW YORK’s (LPD 21) propeller blades,enabling the ship to deploy on time with the IWO JIMA Amphibious Ready GroupDec. 11. During a routine underwater hullcleaning in mid-November, one blade... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Undocks USS Alexandria
January 29, 2015 — KITTERY, Maine - Employees at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) safely undocked USS Alexandria (SSN 757) on schedule Jan. 21... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard develops cost savings tool for work on USS Albany
January 29, 2015 — PORTSMOUTH, Virginia. - Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) Rapid Prototype Lab (RPL) has developed an improved tool for manually honing steering and diving cylinders aboard Los Angeles-class submarines... MORE

Former NSWC Crane Commander Dies
January 27, 2015 — CRANE, Indiana - The Crane community is saddened by news of the recent death of a former commanding officer, Retired US Navy Captain Charles LaSota. The Bloomfield resident, who led Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) from July of 2008 to Oct. of 2011, passed away Monday, Jan. 26 after struggling with pancreatic cancer... MORE

Former Commanding Officer CAPT Chuck LaSota (Ret)

U.S. Navy Scientist Wins NATO Scientific Achievement Award
January 23, 2015 — DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) -- A U.S. Navy scientist received the 2014 NATO Science and Technology Organization's Scientific Achievement Award, the Navy announced Jan. 22.NATO Chief Scientist Major Gen. Albert Husniaux, conferred the award to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) principal scientist Steve Anderson for his impact on the... MORE

Official U.S. Navy file photo of an artist rendering of the Future Naval Capability project Transformable Craft, or T-Craft. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) principal scientist Steve Anderson received the 2014 NATO Science and Technology Organization's Scientific Achievement Award for impacting a task group's work - including T-Craft research - in support of NATO. In his research, Anderson used modeling and simulation to explore the effectiveness of T-Craft for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts. The potential future U.S. and allied Navy air cushion vehicle could serve many purposes, including the transport of equipment and personnel between locations at sea and ashore during humanitarian assistance, disaster recovery, and major combat operations.

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Surface Navy Association
January 7, 2015 — WASHINGTON – Key officials from the Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA’s exhibit booth during the 2015 Surface Navy Association annual symposium at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia, Jan. 13-15... MORE

Navy Awards Contract for Ranger Dismantling
December 22, 2014 — WASHINGTON - Today, the Navy awarded a contract for the towing and dismantling of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Ranger (CV 61) to International Shipbreaking Ltd... MORE

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