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NUWC Division Newport hosts the commander of Submarine Group 7 for tours, briefings on May 2
May 20, 2025 — The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport welcomed Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck, Commander of Submarine Group 7 (CSG7) and Task Forces 54 and 74 based in Yokosuka, Japan, on May 2... MORE

NUWC Division Newport-sponsored robotics team finishes among top alliances at world competition
May 19, 2025 — Team 78 AIR STRIKE, a Rhode Island-based FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) high school robotics team, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, concluded its 2025 competition season with distinction, reaching the playoffs and finishing among the top 16 alliances in the world in the Daly Division at the 2025 FIRST Robotics World Championship held in Houston, Texas, April 16-19... MORE

From hurricane recovery to complex acquisitions: NSWC PCD contract specialist excels, earns recognition
May 12, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is committed to serving the nation, the warfighter and the mission, but that’s nearly impossible without the infrastructure to achieve success.Matthew Hammond, NSWC PCD contracting officer, has been with this Navy lab over five years and has helped the command by navigating through... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's Mission:
To conduct research, development, test and evaluation, in-service support of mine warfare systems, mines, naval special warfare systems, diving and life support systems, amphibious/expeditionary maneuver warfare systems, other missions that occur primarily in coastal (littoral) regions and to execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Vision:
Ensuring Warfighting Dominance in the Littoral Battlespace.

Two NUWC Division Newport employees win 2024 American Society of Naval Engineers awards
May 9, 2025 — Two Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport engineers have won American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) awards for 2024. Michael Connelly, technical project manager for the Undersea Warfare Platforms and Payload Integration Department, is the winner of the Frank C. Jones Award, and Dr. Thomas Ramotowski, a senior chemist for the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, is the winner of the Solberg Award... MORE

NSWC Panama City contracting officer streamlines acquisition to enhance readiness
May 6, 2025 — Dr. Luis R. Gely, supervisory contracting officer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), received the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal for exceptional contributions to the command's Contracting Department (Code 02), March 14.He was recognized for his dedicated effort that provided improved... MORE

(right) NSWC PCD Commanding Officer Capt. Paul Stence, Jr., awards Dr. Luis Gely, NSWC PCD supervisory contracting officer, the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal, Mar.14. His dedicated effort was recognized for providing acquisition professionals with improved resources and processes directly supports the warfighter's littoral dominance from seabed to space. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

NUWC Division Newport hosts MIT’s Dr. Steven Spear for problem-solving discussion
May 6, 2025 — Dr. Steven Spear, a renowned author and senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, spoke to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce and toured the command on April 28... MORE

NUWC Division Newport engineer mentors university students on underwater vehicle projects
May 1, 2025 — Two university senior design teams, and their Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport mentor, presented their unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Capstone projects to Division Newport staff on April 9... MORE

NSWC PCD Administrative Professionals Day Highlight - Richard Gillis
April 23, 2025 — Richard Gillis serves as the Integrated Product Support (ILS) Division Administrative Assistant for the Integrated Logistics Division (S40) at NSWC Panama City Division.Following a traditional Navy family lineage and upbringing in San Diego, Calif., Gillis enlisted in the Navy and served as a diver for more than two decades. His diving career... MORE

Richard Gillis, NSWC PCD Integrated Product Support (ILS) Division administrative assistant, supports the Integrated Logistics Division. He was selected to represent NSWC PCD for the NAVSEA 2025 National Administrative Professionals Day highlight.

Australian Department of Defence air vice-marshal visits NUWC Division Newport for tours, briefings
April 22, 2025 — The U.S. and Australia have a long-standing military relationship that only continues to grow through collaboration. In helping to bolster that relationship, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on April 7 welcomed Air Vice-Marshal Gerry van Leeuwen, head of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Systems for the Department of... MORE

Panama City contracting officer impacts littoral, mine systems warfighting readiness
April 17, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) strives to apply its expertise to emerging subsea and seabed warfare mission areas to support U.S. Navy dominance within the littoral battlespace. Yet these results of balanced science and technology, and research, development, testing and evaluation do not happen without contributions... MORE

Ms. Anna Belle Tiller, NSWC PCD contracting officer, is presented the Dept. of the U.S. Navy's Civilian Service Achievement Medal by Capt. Paul Stence, Jr., NSWC PCD commanding officer, March 14. Her actions to ensure the fleet can continue receiving in-service engineering agent support on the unmanned surface vehicles being deployed as part of the mine countermeasure mission package on littoral combat ships resulted in cost savings of nearly $80M. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

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