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Steve Anthony Becomes Deputy Technical Director of NSWC Indian Head Division
February 21, 2023 — John Steve Anthony has been selected as Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) new Deputy Technical Director. He will provide leadership and oversight for NSWC IHD’s technical capabilities and serve as an advisor to NSWC IHD Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll, Technical Director Ashley Johnson and the entire command... MORE

NSWC IHD Deputy Technical Director Steve Anthony

NSWC IHD Hosts Innovation and Improvisation Wargame
January 11, 2023 — Gray zone operations, competitive interactions that fall between the traditional war and peace duality, are an increasingly important battlespace with peer U.S. competitors. To explore the ways of countering aggression in competition before conflict, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) hosted the Wargame for Innovation and... MORE

Department of Defense active duty and science and technology professionals participate in the Wargame for Innovation and Frontline Improvisation at the United States Bomb Technician Association in Indian Head, Maryland, Dec. 15. The forum explored how existing non-lethal weapons and technologies could be used to further U.S. interests in the competition space and sought to innovate by imagining new tools and tactics for the gray zone.

NSWC Indian Head Division Employee Recognized with Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
November 21, 2022 — Recently retired Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) employee Ralph Lee Gootee Jr. was presented with the Department of the Navy (DON) Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the third highest Navy civilian award, during an award presentation in Port Tobacco, Maryland, Nov. 10. The Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award is... MORE

NSWC IHD Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll presents former NSWC IHD employee Ralph Lee Gootee Jr. with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the third highest Navy civilian award, Nov. 10.

NSWC IHD Signs NEST OTA Agreement for TATB Production
November 16, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) recently signed a Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies (NEST) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Global Military Products (GMP) for the production of triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB). The agreement – sponsored by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous... MORE

NSWC IHD Officially Breaks Ground on Renovation of Dual Purpose CBRD Facility
November 3, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) hosted a ground breaking ceremony to kick off renovation efforts for the command’s Chemical, Biological & Radiological Defense (CBRD) Division’s maritime chemical detection laboratory and modeling and simulation (M&S) center, Oct. 28.The command’s former conference center will now serve... MORE

Naval Support Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) host a ground breaking ceremony for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological Defense Division’s maritime chemical detection laboratory and modeling and simulation center, Oct. 28. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Department Director Heather Hayden; Intercontinental Construction Contracting, Inc. President Ketan Shah; Naval Sea Systems Command Technical Warrant Holder for CBR Defense John Larzelere; NSWC IHD Technical Director Ashley Johnson; NSWC IHD Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll; Naval Support Activity South Potomac Commanding Officer Capt. Todd Copeland; and Army Corps of Engineers Projects and Program Management Division, Military Branch Program Manager Ian Griffith officially break ground on the command’s new facility.

NSWC IHD Employees Receive DON Civilian Service Commendation and Service Achievement Medals
October 27, 2022 — Former Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) Business Director Christina Adams was honored with the Department of the Navy (DON) Civilian Service Commendation Medal during her retirement ceremony aboard the command, Sept. 29. Adams served as a government civilian for 35 years, with 18 of those years spent at NSWC IHD.During... MORE

Former NSWC IHD Business Director Christina Adams poses with the Civilian Service Commendation Medal alongside NSWC IHD Technical Director Ashley Johnson and Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll during her retirement ceremony, Sept. 29.

NSWC IHD Employees Recognized with 2022 NAVSEA HR Community Awards
October 19, 2022 — Two employees from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Human Resources (HR) Division were recently recognized with 2022 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) HR Community Awards. NSWC IHD’s Workforce Development (WFD) Team Lead Christine Rose and staffing and Classification Specialist Jennifer Hughes were honored for their... MORE

EXU-1 Officer Receives Prestigious Leadership Award
October 11, 2022 — Lt. Patrick Gest, Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1), received the Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman Leadership Award in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sept. 30. Kauffman organized the first U.S. Navy Demolition Team in 1943 and is widely regarded as one of the forefathers of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). The annual award is presented to an... MORE

Rear Adm. Joseph DiGuardo Jr. and Adm. Darly Caudle, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, present Lt. Patrick Gest (center) with the Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman Leadership Award, Sept. 30. DiGuardo also retired from the U.S. Navy following the event.

NSWC IHD CAD/PAD Employees Eliminate Risks to Military Aircraft Ejection Seats
August 22, 2022 — In April, an ejection seat manufacturer officially notified the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD) Joint Program Office (JPO) and the F-35 JPO of a quality escape that would prevent a CAD installed on the F-35 ejection seat from functioning properly. The... MORE

A shipment of critical F/A-18 aircraft CAD/PAD bound for Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, is loaded onto a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter attached to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12). After an ejection seat manufacturer revealed a quality escape, NSWC Indian Head Division personnel identified acceptable assets and dispatched the replacements needed to maintain worldwide naval aviation readiness. (U.S. Navy photo)

NSWC IHD’s New STEM Apprenticeship Program Makes a Splash
August 18, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Naval Energetics Technology Apprenticeship Program (NETAP) made a splash with its underwater robotics competition at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head’s Aquatics Center, recently. The competition was the culmination of the high school students’ three-week summer internship with... MORE

NSWC IHD recently held its first STEM underwater robot event. Local high school students selected across Charles County, Maryland, were given the opportunity to participate in a three-week Naval Energetics Technology Apprentice Program (NETAP) and work alongside NSWC IHD engineers and scientists in a hands-on environment. Students were divided into three teams where they worked together to design, program, build and test robots to compete in three underwater challenge courses. Here, NSWC IHD Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll (center) asks NETAP students about their underwater robot.

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