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Weaponry, Technology and Threats Improve Destroyers Over Time
September 17, 2018 — With the advancement of technology and weaponry, as well as evolving threats to the United States, the progression of the U.S. Navy destroyer has changed dramatically over the years... MORE

Sailors man the forward gun on USS Smith (DD-17), circa 1917. (Historical Navy photo)

Tarasek Chosen as Carderock's Technical Director
September 12, 2018 — Larry Tarasek began working at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in 1985 in what is now the Signatures Department (Code 70). He never imagined at the time that he would be selected as the technical director... MORE

Larry Tarasek, technical director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.

Carderock Engineers Help Marines Soar
August 15, 2018 — A team of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division; Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) headquarters; NSWC Philadelphia Division; and Military Sealift Command (MSC) proved that being in the right place at the right time is vital to the mission of the fleet... MORE

Sam Pratt, an engineer with Naval Sea Systems Command, discusses the capabilities of 3-D printing with service members aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, April 7, 2018. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are now capable of ~additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, which is the technique of replicating digital 3-D models as tangible objects. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Pacific.

Collaboration forum brings researchers from Navy labs to Carderock
August 7, 2018 — The Naval Research and Development Establishment (NR&DE) held a Collaboration Forum July 31 to Aug. 1 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland. The event included science and technology (S&T) representatives from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Naval Research Lab (NRL) and the Navy’s Warfare Centers... MORE

Jeff Hough, Carderock's distinguished engineer for ship design, leads a discussion on model-based systems engineering and set-based design during a Naval Research and Development Establishment collaboration forum on Aug. 1, 2018, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

Carderock, National Intelligence University sign education partnership agreement
June 19, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff and acting Technical Director Dr. Paul Shang signed an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the National Intelligence University (NIU) on June 11 in West Bethesda, Maryland... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff (center) and Technical Director (acting) Dr. Paul Shang (left) sign an Education Partnership Agreement with Dr. J. Scott Cameron (right) president of the National Intelligence University, in West Bethesda, Md., June 11, 2018. (Seated from left) Shang, Vandroff and Cameron. (Standing from left) Carderock Marine and Aviation Division Head Steve Ebner (Code 88), Carderock Patent Attorney Dave Ghatt, Carderock Director of Strategic Relations Dr. John Barkyoumb, NIU Professor Dr. Peter Leitner, NIU Dean of the School of Science and Technology Intelligence Dr. Brian Holmes, NIU faculty member MSG Angel Morales, Carderock Electrical Engineer Dr. Peter Cho (Code 88), Department Head Naval Architecture and Engineering Mike Brown and Carderock Director of Technology Transfer Dr. Joseph Teter (Code 00T). (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas Brezzell/Released)

Why Doesn't the Navy Have Battle Cruisers?
May 16, 2018 — If the battle cruiser has all the best elements of a battleship and a cruiser, why doesn't the Navy have a fleet of them?... MORE

Preliminary design model of USS United States (CV 58) undergoing seakeeping tests at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division™s David Taylor Model Basin in West Bethesda, Maryland, circa 1947. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph " NH 93831)

Carderock Inventors Partner with Entrepreneurs and Students in Fed Tech Program
May 15, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Technology Transfer Office just sent the command's third employee through the Fed Tech program, a national program based in the capital region to promote the smooth transfer of technology from federal labs to market or industry... MORE

Stephen Shepherd (center left), a mechanical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divisions Maritime Systems Hydromechanics Branch, discusses potential uses for an invention by a Navy engineer for the underwater towing of marine vessels, with attendees of the final Fed Tech event May 8, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Navy photo by Dr. Joseph Teter/Released)

Holocaust Survivor Tells His Story During Carderock Remembrance Event
May 4, 2018 — Fred Flatow, born Siegfried Friedel Ernst Flatow, spoke about his personal experiences growing up a Jewish boy in Germany during the Nazi regime at the Holocaust Remembrance event April 24 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland... MORE

Fred Flatow shows the audience a Torah Scroll he found as a child in a burned-down synagogue. Flatow gave a detailed account of his memories as a Jewish boy growing up in East Prussia at the time of the Nazi regime during the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Holocaust Remembrance event in West Bethesda, Md., on April, 24, 2018. Flatow was joined by his wife, Ursel. (U.S. Navy photo by Jake Cirksena/Released)

Kelley talks unmanned systems, future capabilities, to Carderock workforce
May 2, 2018 — Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Unmanned Systems (UxS) Frank Kelley visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division April 20 to hear about Carderock's contribution to unmanned systems, aeronautical expertise and legacy of innovation... MORE

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems Frank Kelley (right) listens to Garry Shields, director of the Disruptive Technologies Lab, on April 20, 2018, as Shields explains the second version of the Optionally Manned Technology Demonstrator that is being readied for hydrodynamic testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

Basketball Player from Mali Scores a Job at Carderock
April 25, 2018 — Saliou Telly's path to becoming a mechanical engineer in Carderock's Structural Acoustics and Target Strength Branch is not only different than any other person at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, but also very interesting... MORE

Yared Amanuel, right, retrieves his luggage after his arrival in Hawassa, Ethiopia, on March 9, 2018. Amanuel, an engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, was in Ethiopia on personal travel to help run his non-profit organization, EthioAthletics, which he normally does from his home in Maryland.

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