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Carderock Conducts Li-ion Battery Burn in the CLASSIC
December 8, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery burn demonstration involving the Charging-capable Li-ion Autonomous Safe Storage Interservice Container (CLASSIC) on Nov. 4, 2021, at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.The demonstration, led by Materials Scientist Dr. Thomas Hays in Carderock’s Expeditionary... MORE

Fire and smoke flare up during a battery burn demonstration on Nov. 4, 2021, at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Participates in Naval Engineering Education Consortium Program with NSWC Carderock Division
December 6, 2021 — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a private university in Daytona Beach, Florida, is one of eight schools currently participating in the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.The project, “Robust Multi-Domain Situational Awareness through Sensor Fusion,” is being overseen and... MORE

Minion, a 16-foot-long autonomous surface vessel, was designed by engineers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Carderock Collaborates with Warfare Centers on Digital Twin Prototype
September 1, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division is part of a new collaboration that involves NSWC’s Port Hueneme Division and Philadelphia Division, along with academia and several small businesses. The collaboration is a Naval Innovation, Science and Engineering (NISE) project.The goal of the NISE project is to design, develop and... MORE

The Navy’s Self Defense Test Ship, formerly the USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964), conducts a successful demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use.

Carderock Interns Participate in Navy's First Soft Robotics STEM Initiative
August 31, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division high school interns completed a summer program assignment to learn about, evaluate and improve SeaJelly, a free-swimming biomimetic underwater robot. This project was one of six projects that high school interns worked on this summer, as participants in the virtual Science and Engineering... MORE

SEAP Intern Darwin Otchere assembling materials for a SeaJelly launch.

Carderock’s Dr. Meagan Schaal receives Knowledge Sharing Award
August 4, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Dr. Meagan Schaal, Physicist, Underwater Electromagnetic (UEM) Signature Control, Analysis and Susceptibility Branch, has been awarded the Knowledge Sharing Award as part of the 2021 Warfare Centers Awards.Established in 2005, the Warfare Centers Awards were created as a way to recognize employee... MORE

NUWC Keyport identified as engineering agent for unmanned undersea vehicles
August 4, 2021 — In June, Naval Undersea Warfare Division Keyport was selected as the In-Service Engineering Agent, or ISEA, for the Orca class Unmanned Undersea Vehicle, Large Displacement UUV and Razorback dry deck shelter launch and recovery UUV.Formally assigned through an Engineering Agent Responsibility Document, or EARD, Keyport is assigned as the primary... MORE

Carderock's Dr. Stephen O' Regan Receives Cross of Merit Medal
July 27, 2021 — Dr. Stephen O’Regan, engineer, Lake Pend Oreille Test and Engineering Branch, received the Cross of Merit medal on June 30 from the Czech Republic Minister of Defence, Lubomir Metnar, during an Armed Forces Day ceremony in Prague, Czech Republic.O’Regan, who has been a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employee for more than 18... MORE

Czech Republic Minister of Defence, Lubomir Metna, greeting Dr. Stephen D. O’Regan.

Portable Vacuum Blast Boosts Productivity for USMC and Carderock
July 20, 2021 — The Marine Corps Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPAC) Program operates Corrosion Repair Facilities (CRFs) throughout the world in locations such as Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; Camp Kinser, Okinawa; and Marine Corps Base, Hawaii. In the performance of its mission and in an effort to mitigate the damaging effects of... MORE

Corrosion Service Team member Alberto Ramirez using the portable vacuum blast system.

vISR 16 Concludes; Award Winners Announced
July 8, 2021 — June 25, 2021, marked the conclusion of the first-ever virtual International Submarine Race (vISR) hosted by the Foundation for Underwater Research (FURE) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. The event, which welcomed 12 teams from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, presented students with several human-powered... MORE

NASA Astronaut Sends Message to ISR Contestants
June 23, 2021 — Houston, do you copy?Megan McArthur, a former International Submarine Race (ISR) contestant and now NASA Astronaut, delivered an inspiring message to this year’s virtual ISR 16 contestants from the International Space Station. Although ISR competitions are usually held in-person and hosted biennially at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock... MORE

Astronaut Megan McArthur gives a pep talk in a video from the International Space Station to students participating in the 16th International Submarine Races in June 2021.

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