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Ventura County Educators Celebrate with Warfare Centers’ $80,000 win in STEM Robotics Grants
October 22, 2019 — Gratitude, excitement and a sense of accomplishment filled the air at a recent event in Oxnard celebrating the collaboration of three warfare centers that won $80,000 in grants for local schools.Ventura County educators and others officially celebrated on Oct. 16 at Oxnard College the successful win by Naval Surface Center Warfare, Port Hueneme... MORE

Naval Base Ventura County held a celebration Wednesday Oct. 16 distributing a check to fund FIRST Robotics programs in the county. Captain Matthew Riethmiller, Executive Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, (far left), Capt. Matthew Sniffin, Vice Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Divison, Capt. Ray Acevedo, Commanding Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, with Velma Lomax (far right), FIRST Robotics Regional Director-Southern California, hold the check that was presented at Oxnard College.

NSWC PHD Boosts USS Ralph Johnson’s Readiness with Training, Troubleshooting, Repairs and Parts
October 7, 2019 — USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), one of the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers, dropped anchor recently at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), and met its No. 1 ally in the fight against dust, vibration, corrosion, weather, age and missing or impaired parts.For roughly a week, 70-plus engineers,... MORE

NSWC PHD Commanding Officer Capt. Ray Acevedo, Technical Director Paul Mann, and Deputy Technical Director Vance Brahosky pose for a photo with USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Casey Mahon during a meet and greet aboard the ship, Aug. 26.

NSWC PHD Licenses Technology so Ship Maintenance Programs Can Use Augmented Reality
October 3, 2019 — Software developed at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), and recently licensed to a private company, could potentially help transform Navy ship maintenance and training.The command in August agreed to non-exclusively license NSWC PHD-developed software to Oakland, Calif.-based startup Axis3, which plans to use the... MORE

Warfare Centers Win $80,000 in Grants to Fund School Robot Competitions
September 23, 2019 — Thanks to the successful joint efforts of three warfare centers to secure nearly $80,000 in grants, local students will compete in regional robotics competitions, a step that could potentially lead them to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, careers.Ramon Flores, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s STEM... MORE

Warfare Center participants gain wins at 2019 Hack the Machine contest
September 17, 2019 — More than 600 participants from across the NAVSEA enterprise, government, industry and academia partnered together to help solve complex cybersecurity problems for the Navy at the 2019 Hack the Machine contest held in the New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Sept. 6-8.This was the fifth Hack the Machine event the Navy has hosted, which occurs... MORE

At the 2019 Hack the Machine event held in New York City, Sept. 6-8, members of the first place winning team, "Ahh Ship!" in the educational option of track one, "Hack the Ship," from left to right, Pete Frye, Eric Monette, Emmuel Delgado, Courtnee Mendes, Hanna Salian, Ian Wilson, Chris Draper, and Kiera Wells. The golden water bottle was used in lieu of a trophy.

NSWC PHD Launches “Train the Trainer” Course
August 27, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) sailors will pass on the know-how of valuable 3D printing knowledge to other sailors, thanks to a new course offered by the command.The first class of NSWC PHD sailors just finished the two-week Fleet Outreach Additive Manufacturing Course July 31, and will now teach crew from visiting... MORE

Sailors from NSWC PHD observe the printing phase of the LulzBot TAZ 6 3D Printing Machine during the Fleet Outreach Additive Manufacturing Course, July 16.

Warfare Centers’ individuals and teams recognized at PEO IWS Awards ceremony
May 21, 2019 — Six of the ten Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Center Divisions, including individuals and teams, from across the nation were recognized at the FY19 1st and 2nd Quarter Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard, May 9. The PEO IWS... MORE

NSWC PHD inspires students to pursue STEM
May 9, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) professionals recently waded into the realm of junior high school classrooms to spread the word about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)... MORE

Ramon Flores, the science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) coordinator at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division gives a presentation to students at Blackstock Middle School as part of a career day event, April 26.

NSWC PHD Provides Fast Mobile Repair Triage to Surface Ships
May 1, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) is heading up an effort by the Navy to quickly get help to stricken ships... MORE

Rick Heinly, Logistics Management Specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, supplies power to the newly established Mobile Command center at Port Hueneme. The center is part of the command’s efforts to provide Navy ships with mobile repair capability.

NSWC Port Hueneme Division readies new facility to foster innovation
April 17, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) is set to open a facility where innovation and technology will be researched and developed to service the fleet faster and at a lower cost, now and into the future... MORE

From left to right: Armen Kvryan, Michael Jastrzembski, Tim Tenopir, Keith Sanders, Scott Sanders, Zachary Stephens, and James Powers in front of Lathe, one of the many pieces of equipment used for research and prototype fabrication.

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