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Corona Launches New University
November 28, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona launched a new learning framework for its government employees Nov. 15, with the goal of fostering training across the command and empowering today’s workforce to lead the Navy into the future. ... MORE

White Hot: Warfare Center Reaches Record Year in STEM Outreach
November 8, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona’s outreach efforts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) hit a record number of students, parents and teachers in 2018 – a strategic effort to promote STEM while providing a hiring opportunity focused on talented science and engineers to keep pace with growing demand for its mission. By targeting in local education and career fairs throughout the year, on-site summer internships with high school and college students and a capstone annual Open House and STEM Career Fair on Nov. 3, the command extended its education outreach to more than 10,000 people. ... MORE

Norco Navy to Host Open House Science Experience and STEM Career Fair
October 26, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, will host a public open house and career fair at the Norco naval base on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for all ages to discover the fun of science and engineering. The free event is an opportunity for the public to visit one of the country's prestigious federal laboratory facilities. The command’s human resources department will be on hand to discuss job opportunities and make employment offers on the spot to qualified candidates. High school and college students can lean about Navy internship programs and the Department of Defense SMART Scholarship program for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees. In addition, the command’s small business office will be available to advise on how to do business with the warfare center. ... MORE

Corona Warfare Center Receives Top Women Engineer Award
October 26, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona received a top Society of Women Engineers (SWE) award Oct. 20 at the annual Women in Engineer conference in Minneapolis, the world’s largest conference for women engineers.... MORE

Revolutionizing Readiness: Fleet Forces Commander Sees Warfare Center’s Latest Advances
August 23, 2018 — Adm. Christopher Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, spent a full day at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division Aug. 21 to get a first-hand look into the command’s leading role in independent assessment, data analytics, measurement science and fleet live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training.... MORE

Navy Showcases Local Contracting Opportunities at Industry Day, Expects $1 billion in Next Five Years
June 21, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division held its annual Industry Day at Corona City Hall Tuesday, June 19, highlighting how industry can help the warfare center meet $50 million of growth in contracting requirements. Demand for the warfare center’s mission continues to increase and the additional growth comes on top of the $1 billion in contracting expected in the next five years. ... MORE

Camp Pendleton hosts Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona for explosive breach testing
February 15, 2018 — Camp Pendleton hosted Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona’s range systems department for explosive breach testing on January 30, 2018. The explosive breach test was conducted to evaluate a new rail system that will be used as a training aid for Marine Corps Special Operations Command to set up multiple different scenarios for door breaching simulations. ... MORE

Olympics 2020: Norco Sailor Runs Marine Marathon for Team Navy
October 20, 2017 — Navy Lt. Patrick Hearn may do pretty well in Sunday's 42nd Marine Corps Marathon, if home-court advantage works for marathoners. He will be competing against 50,000 other runners and representing a very...... MORE

Navy Measurement Laboratory Turns 15
August 30, 2017 — On Aug. 30, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Navy's unique Measurement Science and Technology Laboratory, a cornerstone facility the warfare center uses to provide precise measurements and calibrations to accurately guide missiles and...... MORE

Naval Aviation Hits Historic Milestone
August 23, 2017 — The Navy completed the debrief for the 100,000th sortie using the Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) Aug. 2, at Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, marking the most sorties flown on naval ranges using the system. The sophisticated TCTS - in use for more than a decade - is the high velocity learning tool managed by Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona for the Navy and Marine Corps. It provides live monitoring and control during mission execution, plus a fully instrumented event reconstruction debrief, similar to "coaching tape" debriefs in pro football. ... MORE

Navy's Small Business Goes Big at Corona Industry Day
June 8, 2017 — NORCO, Calif. - The U.S. Navy's Director of Small Business Programs addressed nearly 250 defense industry professionals, offering participants details on planned future contracts during Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona's Industry Day in Corona, California, June 6. ... MORE

NSWC Corona Division 75th Anniversary Kickoff Event
December 7, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division will be hosting a Kickoff Event on Friday, December 16, 2016 in celebration of 75 years of the U.S. Navy in the Inland Empire. ... MORE

NSWC Corona to Host Open House
October 21, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona, located in Norco, is hosting an Open House Science Experience with hands-on exhibits...... MORE

Inland Empire Celebrating Navy's 241st Birthday
October 11, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division's top officer will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd annual Inland Empire Navy Birthday Ball on Oct. 14 at the Riverside Convention Center...... MORE

Daring Designer
August 29, 2016 — A glimmer of morning rises through evergreen trees along slopes of weathered granite, as rays of California orange expose the red clay rooftops of neatly groomed rows of American dreams. Above it all...... MORE

Conceiving Contracts
August 29, 2016 — Despite its technical excellence, it’s hard to imagine that NSWC Corona not long ago was considered a “backwater,” a remote place that...... MORE

3D Printing
August 26, 2016 — Vincent Capobianco of Corona’s Measurement Science and Engineering Department first anticipated the potential of 3D printers over three years ago, sending him on a laborious but rewarding process to...... MORE

An Eye on CYCLOPSS
August 25, 2016 — An innovative idea making naval gunnery ranges more efficient almost got torpedoed at the door of the Pentagon when Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division engineers Gary Lunt and Michael Yeh encountered some skeptical security guards who thought...... MORE

Inland Empire to Commemorate Navy’s 240th Birthday in Inaugural Ball
September 17, 2015 — NORCO, CA — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division’s top officer announced on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, that his command has partnered with the local community to commemorate the Navy’s 240th birthday with a first-ever formal ball that will incorporate traditional military ceremonies, dinner, dancing and a keynote address by Congressman Ken Calvert.... MORE