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Hack the Machine 2019 sees big participation by Warfare Centers
September 12, 2019 — Normally “hacking” has a negative connotation when it comes to the cyber world. However, over the weekend of Sept. 6-8 in Brooklyn, New York, people came together to purposefully hack into a Navy system, and it was a good thing. The Navy hosted “Hack the Machine 2019,” which brought together more than 600 people from government, industry and... MORE

Bryan Kessel (right) and Nathan Desloover (center), both engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, speak with Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, chief engineer and deputy commander for Ship Design, Integration and naval Engineering at NAVSEA, during the Hack the Machine 2019 in New York City on Sept. 7, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Garry Shields/Released)

Professor discusses using origami to make deployable and adaptable structures at Carderock
August 26, 2019 — Most people are familiar with the Japanese art of origami, folding paper into various three-dimensional shapes, most commonly animals, but what about using it for structural engineering purposes? Dr. Evgueni Filipov, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, is doing just that. In a... MORE

Dr. Evgueni Filipov demonstrates the simultaneous rigidity and flexibility of one of the origami examples he brought with him during his lecture “Using Origami to Make Deployable and Adaptable Structures at Multiple Scales at Naval Surface Warfare Center” at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division on Aug. 21, 2019. Filipov is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. (U.S. Navy photo by Brooke Marquardt/Released)

Carderock hosts Unmanned Maritime Systems leaders
August 26, 2019 — Capt. Pete Small, head of Naval Sea Systems Command’s Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406) visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division on Aug. 16 to get an overview of Carderock’s unmanned portfolio and capabilities. “Carderock’s technical expertise and world-class facilities are essential in developing coordinated and comprehensive... MORE

Garry Shields, director of the Disruptive Technologies Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, shows the Optionally Manned Technology Demonstrator to Capt. Pete Small, head of Naval Sea Systems Command’s Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406), during his visit to Carderock’s West Bethesda, Md., site on Aug. 16, 2019. Small was at Carderock to get an overview of Carderock’s unmanned portfolio and capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by James Contreras/Released)

Carderock team sets new standard for ship maintenance
August 20, 2019 — With the cost of building ships often north of a billion dollars, keeping maintenance costs low is always a high priority. A team of engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Corrosion and Coatings Engineering Branch (613) has introduced a new standardized method of ship inspection that they believe contributes to that... MORE

Carderock teams attempt platform acquisition start to finish in less than a week
August 20, 2019 — Three teams of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees attempted the impossible: design, fabricate, integrate software and test a robotic vehicle that meets specific performance criteria in less than five days. The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) conducted its Engineering Management Workshop Aug. 12-16, providing Carderock... MORE

From left: Haley Kirby, a STEM and outreach specialist; Joel Luehr, an engineer in the Signatures Characterization and Analysis Division; Sylvia Rivera, the chief engineer for the Platforms Integrity Department; and Lou Carl, chief engineer for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, work as a team to design and build a Lego car during the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Engineering Management Workshop on Aug. 15, 2019, at Carderock’s West Bethesda, Md., site. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

Carderock’s composite-patch technology is an alternative repair method for sensitized aluminum
August 12, 2019 — In a research lab such as Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, a “win” is to see one’s research applied in real life. For engineers Daniel Hart, John Noland and Bruce Wells, not only have they been involved in the development and application of their research, but they have also transitioned it to the fleet. In 2010, this team out of... MORE

Dan Hart (left) and John Noland, engineers in the Structures and Composites Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, prepare USS Cape St. George (CG 71) for a composite patch repair in 2011. (Photo provided by Dan Hart/Released)

Carderock’s Red Team is ANTX East adversary at Camp Lejeune
August 12, 2019 — During the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in July, vendors and government entities demonstrated their technologies to the Navy and Marine Corps in the areas of command and control, communications, maneuver, logistics, force protection and unmanned systems. As part of the force-protection demonstrations,... MORE

Jared Soltis (left) and Owen McGarity, engineers in the Sea-Based Aviation and Aeronautics Branch (Code 882) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, pilot unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on July 15, 2019, at the beach on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East. As part of the Red Team, McGarity and Soltis acted as the adversary for counter-UAS technologies that were being demonstrated. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Parks/Released)

Navy expands innovation through unmanned vehicles, saving time and money
August 12, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is leading a collaborative and innovative effort in development of modular, inexpensive unmanned systems.Originally called the Swarm Minimum Viable Product (Swarm MVP), this innovative project is now collectively known as the “microSwarm Family of Systems,” or “µFOS.” The µFOS project... MORE

Lead scientists and engineers from Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Center Divisions pose for a photo as a representation of a collaborative and innovative effort in development of modular, inexpensive unmanned systems collectively known as the “microSwarm Family of Systems,” or “µFOS."

Carderock Uses High-Fidelity Signature Simulation to Train Surface Combat Systems
August 5, 2019 — In the world of simulations, getting a system to act as close to authentic as the real-world situations it represents is always the main goal. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division develops high-fidelity acoustic simulation and training systems, giving naval personnel the ability to practice combat scenarios virtually.The Combined... MORE

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NORFOLK (June 11, 2019) Fire Controlman 1st Class Jessica Himmelberger mans a simulated close-in weapon’s system (CWIS) station at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) / Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Trainer (CIAT) at Naval Base Norfolk. The CSCS mission is to develop and deliver surface ship combat systems training to the fleet and achieve surface warfare superiority. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonja Wickard/Released)

ANTX East brings together innovators and operators
August 1, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division co-led the third of three Advanced Naval Technology Exercises (ANTX) for “Fight the Navy Force Forward” July 9-19, 2019, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Dubbed ANTX East, the event focused on command and control, communications, force protection, unmanned systems and logistics. While Carderock was... MORE

James Geurts (left), assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, congratulates Rod Peterson on a successful Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East in Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 18, 2019. Peterson is the Marine Corps Vulnerability and Protection Program manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and was the technical lead for ANTX East. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

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