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NAVSEA Recognizes Carderock Innovators, Partners for Unprecedented Naval Asset
July 20, 2017 — Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division's Disruptive Technology Laboratory (DTL) and their partners were awarded a 2017 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Commander's Award for Innovation July 19 for achieving an unprecedented feat through additive manufacturing (AM).With sponsorship from the Office of Naval Research... MORE

Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. David Hahn listens as Garry Shields (left), head of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Disruptive Technology Laboratory, describes the Optionally Manned Technology Demonstrator (OMTD) Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) test article, which is a 30-foot-long, proof-of-concept hull print modeled after a SEAL delivery vehicle. Hahn was at Carderock's headquarters in West Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 28, 2017, for the annual Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM). (U.S. Navy photo by Devin Pisner/Released)

Warfare Center Working Group Quickly Meets NAVAIR Requirement with 3-D Printers
July 12, 2017 — In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Warfare Center Working Group (WCWG) recently combined their knowledge and resources to use 3-D printing to rapidly respond to a critical need from the fleet.The group, comprising members of all of Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) warfare centers, began working in late May to respond... MORE

Dung Su, Frank Neukam, Sam Pratt, Jonathan Hopkins, Keith Brennan and Ryan Franke, all employees with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, display additively manufactured aviation part they rapidly produced in a first-of-its-kind response to a critical fleet need in West Bethesda, Md., May 31, 2017. Carderock engineers collaborated with other commands from the Additive Manufacturing Warfare Center Working Group, including NSWC Indian Head and Dahlgren and Combat Directions Systems Activity Dam Neck, to fulfill a request from Naval Air Systems Command for parts to restore stalled training operations for the T-45 Goshawk. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Carderock Welcomes NHHC to Sub Races, Educates Participants on Hunley
July 5, 2017 — Students of engineering from around the world participating in the 14th biennial International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) June 25-30 were enlightened on the historical significance of the human-powered submarine.Personnel from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) were at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West... MORE

Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Cliff Davis and Heather Brown from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) pose with an artifact found from the remains of USS Housatonic, which was sunk during combat by the submarine H.L Hunley on Feb. 17, 1864. Davis and Brown were in attendance at the 2017 International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) held in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divisions David Taylor Model Basin in West Bethesda, Maryland, June 25-30. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis/Released)

US Navy Divers Keep Students Safe at Carderock During International Human-Powered Submarine Races
June 29, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Every other year, hundreds of college and high school students come from around the world to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), to race human-powered submarines they designed and built themselves in the command's David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB)... MORE

Sailors assigned to Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) stand by to assist in the David Taylor Model Basin during the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., June 28, 2017. NEDU and supporting dive-qualified Sailors in the National Capital Region are helping ensure a safe competition between the students at Carderock racing human-powered submersibles they designed and built for the biennial event, which is sponsored by the Foundation for Underwater Research and Education and is considered the capstone event for science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach at Carderock.

Carderock Sub Races Draw Worldwide Teams, Promote STEM
June 28, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Students of engineering from universities and organizations across the country and abroad converged at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, for the 14th biennial International Submarine Races (ISR), June 25-30... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, hosts the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races, at West Bethesda, Md., June 26. During this biennial engineering design competition, high school and college engineering students team up to design, build and operate a human-powered submarine and navigate it through an underwater course.

Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony held at Carderock
June 8, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held a Memorial Day ceremony in the rotunda of Building 2 in West Bethesda, Maryland, May 30.Carderock's Veterans Employee Resource Group (VERG) Acting Chair Laurel Martin commenced the ceremony with a message of appreciation to those who serve or have served in uniform, and acknowledged those who... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Technical Director Dr. Tim Arcano (left), Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff and Lt. Cmdr. Jon Burrow carry a wreath while Sailors stand at attention in honor of those who have died in service of the country during a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2017, at the West Bethesda, Maryland, headquarters. (U.S. Navy photo by Kristin Behrle/Released)

Carderock Engineers Work With VMI Cadets to Design Automated Ramp for Unmanned SURC
June 8, 2017 — As leaders in innovation for the U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division often brings together their workforce of scientists and engineers and partners with other government agencies, private companies and universities under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements. A CRADA with the Virginia Military Institute led to a... MORE

Carderock Employees Take Their Daughters and Sons to Work
May 4, 2017 — Children of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees learned about their parents' roles in the Navy team firsthand on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 27.More than 200 children aged 7-18 visited the West Bethesda, Maryland, campus to see where and how their parents use their talents as scientists, engineers,... MORE

Chris Greenhough, a marine engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divisions Center for Innovation in Ship Design, teaches visiting children ship design and buoyancy principles during Carderocks event for Take Our
Daughters and Sons to Work Day in West Bethesda, Maryland, April 27, 2017. More than 200 children aged 7-18 visited Carderock to see where and how their parents use their talents as scientists, engineers, technicians and other roles in support of the Department of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Students Build LEGO Robots for Carderock Competition
April 26, 2017 — In what has become an annual competition hosted at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, students from local schools spent the day April 21 at the command in West Bethesda, Maryland, demonstrating teamwork in an effort to design and program fully-functioning autonomous LEGO robots.This is the fourth time Carderock has hosted the LEGO... MORE

A team of students look on as they test out their final product during Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's LEGO Robotics Competition in West Bethesda, Maryland, on April 21, 2017. This is the fourth annual competition Carderock has hosted in which engineers assist elementary and middle school students with the designing and programming of fully-functioning autonomous LEGO robots. (U.S. Navy photo by Jake Cirksena/Released)

Earth Day at Carderock
April 26, 2017 — Employees at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division celebrated Earth Day during the command's annual base-wide event at West Bethesda, Maryland, April 20.Carderock's Environmental Branch hosted the event, an early observance of the 48th Earth Day on April 22, and organized an environmental information fair, a food truck picnic and a tree... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees help Capt. Mark Vandroff, Carderock Division Commanding Officer, plant four trees on the command's West Bethesday campus during Carderock Division's annual Earth Day celebration April 20, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

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