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Leading Change Below the Surface: Jessica Klotz Champions Safer Seas Through HazMat Reform
November 17, 2025 — For Jessica Klotz, a 25-year veteran of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, creating organizational change doesn’t happen in the limelight — it happens in the unseen safety of every Sailor who steps aboard a Navy ship. Klotz serves as the Technical Area Leader for the Hazardous Materials and Pollution Prevention Team within the... MORE

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NSWCPD Honors Employees at Quarterly Awards Ceremony
November 17, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) celebrated more than 150 employees at its Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter Awards Ceremony, a gathering marked by gratitude, pride, and recognition of excellence throughout the command on Sept. 11, 2025.NSWCPD Awards Program Manager Celynda Cortez welcomed attendees and served as emcee,... MORE

NSWCPD Technical Director Nigel C. Thijs, SES, presents Thomas M. Miller with the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal in recognition of his exceptional professional achievement as the Machinery Silencing RDT&E Lead for the Columbia Class Submarine Program. Throughout his 40-year career, Miller’s visionary leadership and technical expertise were instrumental in advancing submarine stealth through innovative quieting technologies and methodologies—critical to maintaining the U.S. Navy’s strategic advantage in undersea warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Jay Butterbaugh, CTR)

Dr. Michael Robert Receives Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Award for Scientific Achievement
November 14, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Dr. Michael A. Robert, a Technical Project Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Rear Admiral David W. Taylor Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for his work in developing a fully autonomous, continuously monitoring prognostic health system for submarines. The award recognizes Robert’s... MORE

New Puget Sound Navy Museum exhibit to celebrate 250 years of Navy history
September 30, 2025 — The Puget Sound Navy Museum is set to open a new exhibit featuring the daily lives of U.S. Navy Sailors throughout the service’s 250-year history, with an emphasis on life at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The exhibition, “Celebrate - The Legacy of the Sea,” opens Sept. 26 at 10 a.m., with keynote addresses from... MORE

Puget Sound Navy Museum Curator Megan Churchwell, middle, Carolyn Lane, left, museum educator, and volunteer
Claudia Davis preview the museum's new Navy exhibit — "Celebrate - The Legacy of the Sea," Sept. 17, 2025, at the museum in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Efficiency expert: Stevens leads contracting modernization at NSWC PCD, awarded for excellence
September 29, 2025 — Nicole Stevens, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures (SAP) branch head at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), received the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal for her exceptional contributions to the command's contracting department (Code 02) Sep. 26... MORE

Capt. Paul Stence, Jr., Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) commanding officer, recognized outstanding NSWC PCD member, Nicole Stevens, for her exceptional contributions to the command's contracting department with the Civilian Service Achievement Medal.

Carderock Engineer Honored with Prestigious Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management
September 26, 2025 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. — Frederick Merkel, an electrical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management. The award recognizes his leadership in establishing a critical new program for the Navy’s submarine force. Merkel, who joined Carderock as a contractor... MORE

Frederick Merkel, an electrical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

BlueTIDE event connects NUWC Division Newport with technology companies to advance US Navy capabilities
September 26, 2025 — Fifteen technology companies participated in a mission-driven prize challenge, and dozens of others exhibited their capabilities on Aug. 28 during the 2025 Blue Technology Innovation Demonstration Event (BlueTIDE) held at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Narragansett Bay Test Facility (NBTF) and Sail Newport at Fort Adams State Park... MORE

Carderock Blends Heritage and Innovation at University of Michigan Mixing of the Waters Ceremony
September 24, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is contributing history and innovation to the University of Michigan’s upcoming Mixing of the Waters ceremony, an event marking the commissioning of the university’s new Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory.As part of the ceremony, Carderock will collect water samples from... MORE

Custom vessel to carry water from NSWC Carderock to U of M hydrodynamics lab

Close-in Weapons Systems: The last line of defense
September 24, 2025 — When a threat is seconds from impact, the close-in weapon system provides Navy ships with a final line of protection. Created for automated responses that exceed human reaction times, CIWS is the ultimate safeguard in high-stakes combat.CIWS is a point-defense system designed to detect, track and engage short-range targets such as anti-ship... MORE

ATLANTIC OCEAN – A Phalanx Close-In Weapon System fires from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) during a gun exercise in the South Atlantic Ocean, May 18, 2024. James participated in a gun shoot with Brazilian navy frigates Independência (F 44), the União (F 45), and the U.S. Navy USS Porter (DDG 78) in support of Operation Southern Seas 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Kaczmarek)

Employee Spotlight: Sally Sutherland-Pietrzak, NAVSEA Warfare Centers Headquarters
September 22, 2025 — Sally Sutherland-Pietrzak won the “Strengthen the NAVSEA Team” award earlier this year for development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) Talent Pipeline knowledge sharing site, but that’s only a small part of what she does... MORE

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