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High-Velocity Learning Continues at Carderock
August 14, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is embracing Navy leadership's vision of strengthening its people through culture change with high-velocity learning (HVL) as the tool to identify and implement this change... MORE

Image: Reid McAllister, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divisions director of unmanned vehicles and autonomous systems

Carderock, DOE Collaborate on Advanced Wave Energy Conversion Tests
August 7, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineers worked with partners from Sandia National Laboratories to test new control strategies for producing, converting and gathering wave energy in the command's Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 24 through Aug. 4.The combined engineering team members are testing a... MORE

Miguel Quintero, an ocean engineer assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Model and Testing Branch for Surface Ships, records and analyzes data collected from a wave energy converter being tested in the command's Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin in West Bethesda, Md., Aug. 3, 2017. This WEC test was the second of its kind done as a knowledge share in collaboration with engineers from Sandia National Laboratory in the MASK as part of an effort to increase the efficiency and amount of power generated and collected by these devices. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Carderock Joins International Team to Test New Icebreaker Designs
August 4, 2017 — ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland (NNS) -- Engineers and scientists from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division are working with an international, multiagency team to define requirements for and create the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) next heavy polar icebreaker. On July 26, Carderock employees joined representatives from the Coast Guard, U.S... MORE

A model icebreaker (yellow) maneuvers to free a beset vessel during a test at the National Research Council of Canada's facility in St. Johns, Newfoundland, on July 26, 2017. The test showcased the progress made on the testing and evaluation of design models for the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker acquisition program, which is being supported by an international, multiagency team including engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. (U.S. Navy photo by Stephen Minnich/Released)

Pulitzer Finalist Author Returns to Carderock to Discuss American Naval History
August 1, 2017 — The United States of America is the dominant naval power in the world, but it wouldn't be here today if not for allies with common interests.So says naval engineer and 2017 Pulitzer finalist for History Dr. Larrie Ferreiro, who visited his former colleagues at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, to discuss... MORE

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)

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