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Navy’s White Sands Team Taps Deep Rocket Expertise to Deliver Low-Cost Targets That Prep Fleet for New Threats
August 27, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) launches simulated threats at U.S. Navy ships before adversaries can fire the real thing at them.The New Mexico-based detachment, which marks its 80th anniversary this year, has for decades been designing and launching new variations of its targets that...

With Three Patents Under His Belt, Kvryan Is Ready to Share His Expertise on the Process
August 26, 2026 — Armen Kvryan, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) corrosion and additive manufacturing lead, is considered an excellent example of how an idea can become an official patent that ultimately could benefit the U.S. Navy and the warfighter.Kvryan was issued two patents in June from the United States Patent and Trademark...

On Remote Wake Island, Navy’s White Sands Team Launches Its Biggest Sounding Rocket to Test Plasma Energy Conversion in Space
August 4, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) recently hit a high mark in its suborbital vehicles capabilities, launching its biggest sounding rocket for an experiment to bolster national security.The Space Measurement of A Rocket-released Turbulence (SMART) mission, which blasted off from Wake Island...

Underway Replenishment Veteran Dan Byrd Draws on Navy Experience, Shop Skills to Mentor Students in Robotics
August 4, 2026 — Dan Byrd’s venture into robotics mentoring began in 2018 with a late-night phone call from his son Robert, whose high school team needed a hand readying its robot for a fast-approaching competition: “Dad, can you help?”Byrd hadn’t exactly worked on robots, but he tapped his experience as a machinist’s mate in the Navy and an Underway Replenishment...

Capt. Nicholas Hoffman Relieves Retiring Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division
July 20, 2026 — Capt. Nicholas Hoffman took the helm as commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), relieving Capt. Anthony Holmes in a traditional Navy change of command ceremony July 17.Rear Adm. Peter Small, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) chief engineer and NAVSEA Warfare Centers commander, presided over the event...

Warfare Center Cyber Test Team Achieves Certification
June 17, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) last year became the first warfare center on the West Coast to be certified as a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) cybersecurity penetration test team, thanks in part to Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) funds.NSWC PHD’s cybersecurity engineering branch had already begun...

Warfare Center’s Success with Reenlistments Earns Recognition for Second Consecutive Year
June 16, 2026 — The yellow pennant with a blue anchor symbol flying below the American flag on the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) campus might be small, but it’s significance for the command is mighty.The pennant represents the federal government’s Retention Excellence Award (REA), which NSWC PHD has earned for exceeding the...

Computer Science Education Propels Jose Medina Medina Into Career Boosting Navy Fleet’s Firepower
June 2, 2026 — Jose Medina Medina applies his computer science education and experience to helping Sailors defend themselves.As a computer engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California, Medina installs software and troubleshoots technical issues for the MK 160 computer system that controls the 5-inch Gun Weapon System on...

Command’s First Other Transaction Agreement Will Shorten Acquisition Prototype Process
June 2, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California has begun working with a South Carolina-based nonprofit organization to expedite the creation of new technology by seeking prototypes from industry.The agreement, the command’s first case using its new Other Transaction Authority (OTA), establishes Advanced Technology...

Navy’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab to Train Sailors on Laser Weapons
May 18, 2026 — Sailors can now get certified in operating and maintaining the fleet’s most prevalent directed energy system through a new training program at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL), with the first course completed in late March.The Navy recently designated DESIL as...

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