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Carderock’s Combatant Craft Division Celebrates 55th Anniversary
August 16, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division has seven detachments throughout the United States — the Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho; the Acoustic Trials Detachment in Titusville, Florida; Detachment Puget Sound in Silverdale, Washington; the Memphis Detachment in Tennessee; the Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility in... MORE

A PTF Nasty-class patrol boat underway near Little Creek, Virginia, circa early 1970s. The Nasty-class of fast patrol boats ran in shallow water, were equipped with a .50 caliber and were purchased for operations during the Vietnam War. The Combatant Craft Division militarized and ruggedized them in preparation for use in the Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo provided by John “Jack” Mathias)

Carderock Engineers Earn Prestigious Dr. Delores M. Etter Awards
August 3, 2022 — The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition 2022 Dr. Delores M. Etter Awards for Top Scientist and Engineers is presented to Navy civilian and military scientists and engineers in recognition of their contributions to the Navy and the Department of Defense. The ceremony took place on June 16, 2022, at Naval Surface... MORE

PSNS, Carderock team installs sensors on ex-Buffalo to test new tech
July 14, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility supported Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock with the temporary installation of two new structural health monitoring systems March 28 - April 1, aboard ex-Buffalo, a decommissioned Los Angeles-class submarine here.Structural Health Monitoring systems are an offshoot of traditional... MORE

An experimental sensor used to measure structural hull health is installed inside the ex-Buffalo (SSN 715) March 30, 2022, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

New Maker Space Opens in Carderock's Building 9
July 5, 2022 — Envisioned as a spiritual successor to the Manufacturing Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab that was previously in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s building 60, a new maker space, the Advanced Manufacturing Prototyping (AMP) Lab, has been created in the Model Fabrication Facility at Building 9. An open house and ribbon cutting... MORE

From left: Scott Ziv, a mechanical engineer in Carderock’s Additive Manufacturing Branch; Capt. Todd Hutchison, Commanding Officer; Paul Young, head of the Fabrication and Technical Support Division; and Ryan Franke, a technician in Carderock’s Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing Branch, cut the ribbon during the grand opening of Carderock’s new Advanced Manufacturing Prototyping (AMP) Lab on June 23, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Devin Pisner)

Carderock Engineer Supports Stability Tests for Deep Submergence Vehicle
June 21, 2022 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Alan Bryden, a general engineer in the Weight and Stability Branch, assisted an overhaul of the Navy-owned Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) Alvin. Carderock , Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) supported sea trials of the... MORE

Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin is craned on the RV Atlantis.

Carderock Collaborates on Tow Body Dynamics Effort
June 15, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division has collaborated with Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division in Rhode Island on an ongoing tow body dynamics effort known as MOLA.The purpose of the MOLA is to bring a tow body that can collapse in on itself so a surface vehicle can pick it up out of the water and tow it via a cable. Its... MORE

The MOLA tow body is expanded during testing in the David Taylor Model Basin in March 2022. (Image is screen capture from testing video by Neubar Kamalian)

NSWC Carderock helps lead Controlled Damage Tests
March 17, 2022 — Naval ship Live-Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) programs typically conduct a Total Ship Survivability Trial (TSST) to address recoverability critical issues. However, with ships, such as the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC 100), Controlled Damage Tests (CDTs) are a more suitable alternative to the TSST, considering the craft’s limited crew size... MORE

BM2 Michael Tige goes below deck of the Landing Craft Air Cushion.

Carderock Employees Graduate from NAVSEA Next Generation Leadership Program
February 11, 2022 — Four Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division employees graduated from the Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) Next Generation Leadership Program on January 19.The graduation was streamed live via Microsoft Teams, with Vice Adm. William Galinis, the Commander at NAVSEA, and Giao Phan, the Executive Director at NAVSEA Command, presiding.The... MORE

Dr. Kylee Fazende, the Corrosion Control Assistance Team Deputy Project Engineer

USMC and NSWC Carderock Utilize 3D Virtual Reality-Based Training to Improve Painter Efficiency
January 26, 2022 — Painting is, by its nature, a wasteful process. Coatings have a limited shelf life for storage, a limited pot life once mixed and do not achieve 100 percent transfer efficiency — the amount of product on the intended target — when applied. Furthermore, poor application practices can lead to costly rework or premature coating failure.The U.S. Marine... MORE

A painter at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., practices painting.

Carderock's RAPx Program Completes In-Water Demonstrations
January 12, 2022 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division fiscal year (FY) 21 Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) funded Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Program (RAPx) of Unmanned Systems program concluded with two in-water demonstrations at the end of this past summer, and is continuing to progress as an FY22 effort.The RAPx... MORE

Unmanned undersea vehicle squadron one (UUVRON-1) team members launch the Large Training Vehicle (LTV) 38.

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