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Carderock Communications Earns Team and Individual Honors from NAVSEA and Navy Public Affairs
July 20, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Corporate Communications Division is celebrating a landmark series of team and individual victories, earning formal recognition from enterprise leadership for strategic storytelling, technical skill, and commitment to the warfighter.The division’s creative and strategic public affairs efforts have... MORE

Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Corporate Communications Division pose for a team photo in West Bethesda, Md., on May 18, 2026.

Carderock, Dahlgren Team Analyze How to Power and Sustain Future Navy Capabilities
July 16, 2026 — Ensuring that the Navy’s future capabilities, weapons systems, and ships can accomplish their mission extends beyond whether they perform as designed. Engineers must also determine how the Navy fuels, powers and logistically sustains those systems throughout operations. That is the focus of a joint team from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, whose work in Energy Supportability Analysis recently earned the 2026 Warfare Center Innovation Award... MORE

Andrew Pinaire poses for an official portrait at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Pinaire serves as team lead for Carderock's Energy Supportability Analysis team, which recently earned the 2026 Warfare Center Innovation Award as part of a joint effort with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

Carderock, Fairfax City Co-Host Reverse Pitch Day to Drive Maritime Autonomy and Innovation
July 1, 2026 — FAIRFAX, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division partnered with Fairfax City Economic Development (FCED) to host a large-scale reverse pitch day at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center on June 26, 2026, bringing together local industry leaders, academic researchers, and government officials to accelerate the commercialization of... MORE

Engineer Nikko Miniello presents patented technology to industry and academic partners during Carderock's Sensors & Autonomy Reverse Pitch Day.

Carderock Team Applies Expertise to USS DEFIANT Model
June 24, 2026 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is applying decades of technical fabrication expertise to refine a scale model of the proposed future battleship USS Defiant (BBG 1). The model, which debuted at the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium, returned to Carderock at the request of the Navy for final... MORE

Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Fabrication and Technical Support Division pose with a scale model of the proposed future battleship USS Defiant (BBG 1) in the Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing Branch model shop in West Bethesda, Maryland.

Matt Huffman, Expeditionary Power and Energy Team Lead
June 22, 2026 — WEST BETHESDA, Md – Family influence and hands-on hobbies shaped Matt Huffman’s early interest in engineering, eventually steering him toward mechanical engineering. Today, Huffman serves as a team lead for the Expeditionary and Developmental Power and Energy Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. A team lead at Carderock... MORE

Team lead for the Expeditionary and Developmental Power and Energy Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Matt Huffman.

Carderock Supports Marine Corps New Mobile Manufacturing Capability for Forward-Deployed Marines
June 8, 2026 — In environments where distance can delay routine repairs, Marines traditionally rely on supply chains to deliver the parts needed to keep equipment operational. Now, a new capability is changing that dynamic. The Advanced Integrated Mobile Machine Shop (AIMMS), developed with support from engineers in... MORE

(CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.) – Marines assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion review the results of a plasma table cutting operation with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineer Brennen Cheung and Field Service Representative Justin Horn during Advanced Integrated Mobile Machine Shop (AIMMS) New Equipment Training (NET) at Camp Pendleton, California. The plasma cutting system supports expeditionary maintenance and repair operations by enabling Marines to rapidly fabricate metal components in the field.

Carderock Mechanical Engineer Inspires Next Generation Through STEM Outreach Rotation
June 8, 2026 — For David Bernard, a mechanical engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, engineering has always been about solving problems, supporting the fleet and helping others discover their own potential. Bernard, who works in Carderock’s Underwater Electromagnetic Signatures and Technology Division’s Program Management Branch (Code... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Mechanical Engineer, David Bernard.

From Design to Sustainment: Carderock Engineers Share Structural Expertise
June 3, 2026 — When engineers discover structural damage or corrosion on a ship, they must determine whether the vessel can safely operate until it can be repaired. To support those decisions across the fleet, engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division are providing specialized training to waterfront engineers, shipyards and regional... MORE

A man in a blue collard shirt writes mathematical equations on a whiteboard.

Carderock Outreach Team Sparks STEM Curiosity at SEED School Tech Day
June 1, 2026 — The future of the U.S. Navy fleet depends on the innovators of tomorrow. This reality drove an immersive educational mission at the SEED School of Maryland on May 20, an event organized by the school where Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, participated as a featured guest.Hosted by the school, the Tech Day allowed Carderock’s... MORE

BALTIMORE (May 20, 2026) – Jacquelyn Southerland, a member of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Strategic Education Outreach Team, guides SEED School of Baltimore students through a hands-on coding exercise using an Ozobot Ari robot during a Tech Day event. The compact, programmable robot helps make computer science engaging, supporting the Carderock team's broader mission to spark curiosity in 158 middle school students and inspire the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Aaron Thomas)

NAVSEA Discovery Team Advances Shipyard Maintenance Innovation
May 28, 2026 — The NAVSEA Discovery Team is helping drive innovation across the Navy’s public shipyards by identifying technologies and process improvements designed to increase the operational availability of ships and submarines.In alignment with the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) program, and as part of Engineering Initiatives for Naval Shipyards (EI-NSY), the... MORE

James Calverley, a senior mechanical engineer at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), demonstrates the auto-hydrolance condenser cleaning robot to Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, then-chief engineer (CHENG) of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 05.

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