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High-speed imaging tests on batteries to help design safe enclosures on Navy ships
August 13, 2015 — PHILADELPHIA –Engineers are using high-speed video of failing lithium-ion batteries to help design safe battery enclosures on ships, the Navy announced today... MORE

Navy EOD divers conduct underwater post-blast training course in Guam
August 13, 2015 — NAVAL BASE GUAM – Technical Support Detachment (TSD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel – along with FBI special agent bomb technicians – conducted underwater post-blast investigation training at Naval Base Guam, July 27-31... MORE

150727-N-ZZ999-001 (July 27, 2015) NAVAL BASE GUAM - A diver conducts underwater post-blast investigation training at Naval Base Guam.

3-D modelling to increase efficiency of shipyard layout
August 13, 2015 — PHILADELPHIA –Engineers at Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES) are creating a virtual 3-D model of Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) dry dock three from laser scans taken in June to create an advance-planning 3-D layout of the site and determine optimum placement of support services during future dry dockings... MORE

Explosive safety upgrades streamline global fleet operations
August 13, 2015 — ORLANDO - NAVSEA’s Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity (NOSSA) is now upgrading and expanding strategic munitions facilities around the world to reduce sail times to safe havens for Navy vessels and to provide warfighters with additional options for reloading ordnance and repairing ships... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of LCS 6
August 11, 2015 — MOBILE, Alabama - The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6) during a ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, Aug. 11... MORE

150630-N-IJ355-002 (June, 30, 2015)- The future USS Jackson is the sixth littoral combat ship (LCS) to be delivered to the Navy, the third of the Independence variant to join the fleet.

Newest Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Carson City (JHSV 7) Keel Authenticated
July 31, 2015 — MOBILE, Alabama - The keel of the future USNS Carson City (JHSV 7) was authenticated during a ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard here today... MORE

MOBILE, Alabama - The Honorable Robert L. Crowell (left), mayor of Carson City, Nev., welds his initials into the keel plate of JHSV 7 -- the future USNS Carson City -- with the help of Austal USA welder Mr. Tuong Phan during the keel authentication ceremony July 31. JHSVs provide fast intra-theater transportation of troops, military vehicles, equipment and supplies in support of a wide variety of missions.

RFID Reduces Inventory Time Aboard Littoral Combat Ship
July 30, 2015 — PENSACOLA, Florida - Sailors aboard USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully demonstrated a passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system's utility during Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) container testing conducted off the coast of Florida, in early July... MORE

PENSACOLA, Florida - Machinist Mate Third Class Petty Officer (SW) Logan Peters uses a hand-held RFID scanner to conduct inventory aboard USS Independence. RFID technology provides the ability to dramatically reduce the time sailors spend conducting parts and equipment inventory in support of ship replenishment.

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division Finalizes First CITE Partnership
July 30, 2015 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) officially announced the command's first private-public partnership under the command's Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) designation, July 30... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) Commanding Officer, Capt. Vincent Martinez (center left); Technical Director, Ashley Johnson (far left); Chemring North America President, Juan Navarro (center right); and Chemring Ordnance President Mike Quesenberry (far right) - joined by team leads from both organizations - sign certificates commemorating the command's first public-private partnership under the CITE designation.

Surface to Surface Missile Test For LCS Successful
July 30, 2015 — WASHINGTON - Engineering development tests of modified Longbow Hellfire missiles for use on Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) were successfully conducted in June the Navy reported today... MORE

Naval Sea Systems Command Recognizes, Rewards Employee Innovators
July 23, 2015 — WASHINGTON – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recognized several employees and development teams for their innovative solutions to mission challenges in a ceremony July 22... MORE

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