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Recent Tests Advance Drone Use for Laser Target Firing
November 24, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) researchers recently took an idea to use drones to test and evaluate ships’ new laser weapons a step further by successfully launching and landing one from a moving ship.From a few miles off the Port Hueneme coast, NSWC PHD Research and Technology Applications Manager Alan Jaeger and... MORE

Alan Jaeger, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Office Of Technology (00T) research and technology manager, and Ian Wilson, 00T’s cybersecurity researcher, test out the capabilities of a quadcopter drone at the stern of a ship on Friday, Sept. 18.

Warfare Center Partners with Students from Local Universities on Navy-Funded Capstone Projects
November 17, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) is leveraging its local college and university partnerships to solve materials issues and develop new industrial targets for range testing.Armen Kvryan, PHD's lead materials engineer, is working with the University of California, Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Mechanical Engineering Department... MORE

Rusting of metal parts due to the ocean environment is a reoccurring problem aboard Navy ships. Armen Kvryan, lead materials engineer for PHD, is partnering with local university students to build a device to better test materials for rust.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Veterans Reflect on Veterans Day
November 9, 2020 — As veterans account for nearly half of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) workforce, what better way to honor Veterans Day than to share some of their stories and past experiences serving the nation?According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, over 32% of all federal employees are veterans.NSWC PHD has a... MORE

This year, NSWC PHD Procurement Coordinator and Logistics Management Specialist Frank Sellin is reflecting on the many experiences he’s had throughout his military career in honor of Veterans Day.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Celebrate Refurbished Building and New Partnership
November 5, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) senior leaders and private contractors gathered in a small group Nov. 4 at the PHD campus to celebrate the extensive renovation and modernization of a new space for the command’s growing Air Dominance Department (A Dept.).Not only was Building 1385 the first building at the command over... MORE

From left: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) NSWC PHD Technical Director Paul Mann, Commanding Officer Capt. Andrew Hoffman, Air Dominance Department Director Mike Horton, PHD Facilities Project Manager James Thompson and Mark Vaca Sr., president of OCS Construction Services, celebrate the Nov. 4 ribbon cutting of the refurbished Building 1385. OCS Construction Services completed the work under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Small Business Was Big Business for NSWC Port Hueneme Division in 2020
November 3, 2020 — Despite a pandemic impacting most of the nation’s economy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) contributed substantially to the federal government’s vision of a diverse contractor base by significantly exceeding the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) small business goals for the 2020 fiscal year.NSWC PHD actively supports... MORE

Warfare Center Team Quickly Relocates to San Diego to Assess USS Russell
October 27, 2020 — When USS Russell (DDG 59) officers recently learned the ship would stay at its homeport in San Diego, California rather than travel to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) for its Combat Systems Assessment and Training (CSAT), the crew immediately alerted NSWC PHD.Showing flexibility and a mission-first attitude, the Port... MORE

Warfare Centers Provide Robust Support During 2020 Valiant Shield Exercise in Indo-Pacific
October 22, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), alongside NSWC Dahlgren, supported the 2020 Valiant Shield exercise by ensuring program sponsors halfway around the world could tune into the event.Valiant Shield is a large joint force exercise which concluded on Sept. 25 involving all branches of the military. The biennial 12-day... MORE

Valiant Shield is a large joint force exercise which concluded on Sept. 25 involving all branches of the military. NSWC PHD partnered with NSWC Dahlgren and other warfare centers to support the exercise.

Coastal Trident/ANTX Team Executes Critical Event Despite Pandemic-Related Restrictions
October 1, 2020 — In the middle of planning one of the nation’s largest asymmetric threat training exercises, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) faced a real asymmetrical threat—the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions that put the event at risk.Since early fall 2019, the Port Hueneme Division team had been planning this year’s... MORE

Researchers from NSWC PHD evaluate the capabilities of shipboard fire hoses to counter small unmanned aircraft during field experiments as part of the recent annual Coastal Trident Port and Maritime Security Program/Advanced Naval Technology Exercise Sept. 14 offshore of Port Hueneme, Calif.

Full Ship Scan of USS San Diego Marks First Step in 3D Scanning Project
September 18, 2020 — A team from NSWC PHD recently worked with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on the first full-ship scan of an LPD-class ship using the laser light sensing technology known as lidar—the first step in a 3D scanning project proposal being developed by a coalition of multiple warfare centers.A cross-warfare center team based in San Diego... MORE

Warfare Centers Collaborate with Industry to Address Navy Ship Combat Systems Corrosion
September 16, 2020 — NSWC PHD Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan and several allies are using a unique strategy to take on a long-time enemy of Navy ships—corrosion."Corrosion is a big issue for the Navy and combat systems because it's so aggressive in the marine environment,” Kvryan said. “With these assets, corrosion happens quicker than what we anticipate, and... MORE

Navy ships, similar to the one pictured may get some help with corrosion issues. NSWC PHD’s Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan along with PHD’s Fathomwerx Lab, Matter Labs and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division are hosting a Rust-A-Thon competition to help find coatings that can mitigate and control corrosion on Navy ships.

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