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NSWC Crane places in HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned, leverages prize challenge to develop cybersecurity workforce pipeline
January 13, 2022 — Technically diverse teams from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) competed and placed third and fifth in a virtual technology prize challenge. NSWC Crane competed against teams across the country in HACKtheMACHINE from The Dimension Mill coworking and entrepreneurship center in Bloomington, Indiana on November 16-19. Dr... MORE

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NSWC Crane, ONR, NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge award winners of Artificial Intelligence Prize Challenge
December 29, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge (MTB) recently announced the winners of the Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuvers (AISUM) Prize Challenge.EpiSys Science, Inc. (Episci) took first place and Draper, Inc. (Draper) took second place. According to... MORE

NSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) with mission areas in Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions and Electronic Warfare. The warfare center is responsible for multi-domain, multi- spectral, full life cycle support of technologies and systems enhancing capability to today's Warfighter.

NSWC Crane, USI Graduate First Cohort of Tech to Engineer Students
December 22, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the University of Southern Indiana (USI) graduated their first cohort of the Tech to Engineer (T2E) Students on December 18. In the program, ten NSWC Crane employees in technician positions took USI classes part-time while continuing to work full time. Now, the employees all have... MORE

NSWC Crane uses S²MARTS OTA to rapidly prototype Electronic Warfare technology for the Fleet
December 20, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) uses its unique Other Transaction Authority (OTA) to rapidly prototype and evaluate innovative Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions for the fleet. The Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS) OTA is an agile acquisition tool NSWC Crane has leveraged for more... MORE

NSWC Crane supports DoD to successfully launch three rockets for hypersonic research at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
December 15, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) served as the executing agent for the Department of Defense (DoD) flight test campaign known as High Operational Temp for Hypersonics (H4H). The flight test campaign was jointly planned and funded by the Navy Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) program, the Army Hypersonic Program Office... MORE

NSWC Crane exceeds significant 50K transducer-delivery milestone, boosting undersea sonar capabilities for Navy Fleet
December 9, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has reached a milestone in its delivery of 50-thousand TR-343 transducers to the US Navy Fleet over the past decade. As an offshoot of the technical lessons learned in this project NSWC Crane along with Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division (NUWC Newport) and PMS 401 has initiated... MORE

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NSWC Crane looks at its 80 year history to continue to innovate for tomorrow’s Navy
December 2, 2021 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) is celebrating 80 years of history supporting the warfighter. There are several points in its history that provide key insights to prepare for future challenges.Dr. Angela Lewis, the Technical Director at NSWC Crane, says Crane’s 80-year history is exciting to celebrate.“We are... MORE

NSWC Crane department head awarded for Department leadership
November 17, 2021 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Department Head was awarded the Department of the Navy (DoN) Meritorious Civilian Service Award, which is the third highest Navy Civilian Award.Benjamin Harkness, the Deputy Technical Director at NSWC Crane, was recognized for his “outstanding contributions” in this role as the Department... MORE

NSWC Crane department head Ben Harkness awarded for Department leadership

NSWC Crane engineer receives international award for research in cutting of a rare, superior metal
November 9, 2021 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) mechanical engineer (ME) received an international award for analyzing the cutting of tantalum, a rare metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. Dr. Jason Davis, an ME at NSWC Crane, led the U.S.-Japanese research team from the Center for Materials Processing and Tribology at Purdue... MORE

NSWC Crane increases USNA Midshipmen internships over the summer, strengthening partnership
November 3, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) continues its partnership with the United States Naval Academy (USNA), more than doubling the number of midshipmen in internship positions from its first year.This partnership between both NSWC Crane and USNA launched with five USNA midshipmen interns in 2019. Due to COVID-19, the program... MORE

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