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Carderock Division Honors Outstanding Employees at Annual Command Award Ceremony
April 30, 2025 — CARDEROCK, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, recognized employees for their outstanding contributions to the workforce in 2024 during a Command Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in West Bethesda, Md.This year’s event honored 44 Command Award winners, eight Carderock awardees from the annual Warfare Centers Awards,... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s Commanding Officer, Capt. Chris Matassa (left), and Acting Technical Director, Dr. Paul Shang (right), present Joe Walther with a Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award at an annual Command Awards Ceremony in West Bethesda, Md. on April 29, 2025.

Carderock Math Contest: Cultivating the Next Generation of STEM Professionals Through a Love for Math
April 14, 2025 — CARDEROCK, Md. – More than 180 middle-school students put their math skills to the test at the 14th annual Carderock Math Contest (CMC) on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland.The contest, which is part of Carderock’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach, drew... MORE

Students work together to solve stimulating math equations in hopes of taking home the team award at the Carderock Math Contest (CMC), held at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division on April 4, 2025 in West Bethesda, Md.

A Curator’s Legacy: Dana Wegner Honored for 50 Years of Federal Service
April 4, 2025 — After dedicating half a century to his career, Dana Wegner, curator of ship models at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division, retired from federal service. In recognition of his expansive knowledge of naval architecture and his contributions to preserving naval history, Wegner received the Department of the Navy (DoN) Civilian... MORE

Capt. Christopher Matassa presents Dana Wegner, curator of ship models, with the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal as Dr. David Drazen looks on during Wegner’s retirement ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, March 21, 2025.

Elissa Trueman Embraces ‘Creative Tension’ as Carderock CTO
March 4, 2025 — When Elissa Trueman became Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), she described the experience as “coming home.”Trueman, who previously served as the deputy and acting CTO for NSWC Headquarters, returned to Carderock with a broader perspective, an expanded network and enthusiasm for reconnecting... MORE

Elissa Trueman hard at work at NSWC Carderock's Chief Technology Officer

Carderock Celebrates Engineers Week with "Design Your Future" Theme
February 21, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division commemorated Engineers Week on Feb. 18, 2025 with an enterprise-wide event, themed “Design Your Future.”The event, held in Carderock’s Raye Montague Center, featured keynote addresses, an open house, and a poster session.Established in 1951 by the National Society of Professional... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Elissa Trueman, meets with attendees during the poster session and open house of an enterprise-wide event themed “Design Your Future,” held at Carderock' Raye Montague Center to commemorate Engineers Week, Feb. 18, 2025.

Carderock team provides critical technical support for F-35B sea trials on JS Kaga
February 4, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Platform Integrity Department engineers responded to a request from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Paxtuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) to support developmental flight trials aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class JS Kaga (DDH-184) in... MORE

A joint team consisting of F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force flight test members, U.S. Sailors and Marines, and the crew of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) are executing developmental sea trials in the eastern Pacific Ocean to gather the necessary data to certify F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft operations.

Lisa A. Harden receives Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
December 23, 2024 — Lisa A. Harden, a dedicated leader at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, was honored with the prestigious Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award presented by Commanding Officer Capt. Chris Matassa on Dec. 4, 2024. The award recognizes her exceptional leadership and dedication as head of the Recruitment and... MORE

Carderock Commanding Officer, Capt. Chris Matassa, presents Lisa A. Harden with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award alongside her son and husband at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Carderock’s Summer Faculty Lecture Series: A Wave of Innovation
November 25, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division recently concluded another successful Summer Faculty Research Program, hosting three distinguished professors who conducted navy-relevant research alongside the command’s scientists and engineers. This year’s program welcomed Dr. Sarah Wolff, an assistance professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Department from The Ohio State University, Dr. Themistoklis Sapsis, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center of Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Erick Butler, an associate professor of environmental engineering from West Texas A&M University... MORE

Michigan Students Research Ship Operations in the Arctic for NEEC Project
November 22, 2024 — With the changing climate, the breaking ice in the Arctic has made the seas much more available to travel by water. There is more risk, though, navigating through ice-laden seas. Students at the University of Michigan are researching ideas for mitigating some of those risks, specifically for the U.S. Navy’s opportunity to expand operations into the... MORE

Arianna Kerkmaz and Patrick White, students at the University of Michigan, observe a model of a guided-missile destroyer during testing on Dec. 12, 2023, in the university’s tow tank

Carderock Hosts Small Business Industry Day and Navy Small Business Symposium with Capital Tech Bridge
October 15, 2024 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division hosted its annual Industry Day virtually on Oct. 9, 2024. This was followed by the in-person Navy Small Business Symposium, facilitated by the NavalX Capital Tech Bridge and the Pike District Partnership, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center on Oct... MORE

A woman stands at the podium presenting during the Small Business Symposium at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

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