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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...

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...

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...

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...

With Grant in Hand, Local Robotics Students and Their NSWC PHD Mentors Await Word on How This Year’s FIRST Robotics School Competitions Will Take Place
September 3, 2020 — Robotics teams from 13 schools in Ventura County recently learned they will receive financial help to participate in a prestigious robotics competition, thanks to a Department of Defense (DOD) grant and the efforts of NSWC PHD’S Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) coordinator. How PHD mentors will interact with the teams amid COVID-19...

Integrated Warfare Systems Awards NSWC PHD’s Juan Carlos Gordillo the Civilian Service Achievement Medal
August 17, 2020 — As deadlines tighten and requirements get tougher and more complex, that’s when Juan Carlos Gordillo shines as brightly as the Navy medal he received.Rear Admiral D. W. Small, program executive officer, integrated warfare systems, awarded Gordillo the Civilian Service Achievement Medal last week for leading teams for the past five years on nearly...

NSWC PHD Welcomes ‘Virtual’ Interns During Global Pandemic
August 13, 2020 — Summertime typically sees dozens of undergraduate and graduate students coming to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) for internships that not only benefit the command but also the larger Department of Navy.Among those summer offerings is the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) hosted by the Office of...

Civilian Service Award Honors Mounce for Collaboration, Innovation and Achievements
August 11, 2020 — Janet Mounce, supportability manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), retired from the command on July 31 with wishes of “fair winds and following seas” from her teammates—and one last U.S. Navy accolade under her belt.Mounce was presented with the Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award at the command’s July 28...

First Additive Manufacturing Grand Challenge Deemed a Success and Names Winners
July 20, 2020 — Engineers’ redesign of a costly wrench that will help Sailors fix hard-to-reach cables took First Place at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) first-ever Office of Technology (00T) and In-Service Engineering Agent of the Future (ISEAotF) Additive Manufacturing Grand Challenge.Electronics Engineer Tyler Jones and Senior...

NSWC PHD’s Office of Technology Named Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year
July 8, 2020 — NSWC PHD launched its research and development program just five short years ago, and already the work has earned national recognition as one of the winners of the 2020 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year award. The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition awarded a team from...

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