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Capturing the unseen: The role of high-speed cameras in weapon advancements
May 29, 2025 — The spin rate and velocity of a projectile shot from a five-inch gun are so fast only a camera capturing 75,000 frames per second can freeze it mid-flight. At this speed, unseen phenomena become visible, revealing critical data that underpins the precision and impact of modern weapon systems. At Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. — Since arriving at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in 2006, engineer David Dukes has witnessed the evolution of high-speed cameras. From limited cameras that could only capture images for a few seconds at a few thousand frames per second (fps) to modern equipment capable of capturing 75,000 fps for a full minute at maximum resolution, Dukes has seen it all. (Dave Ellis/NSWCDD Photo)

Beneath the surface: How Panama City keeps military divers on the cutting edge
May 29, 2025 — For the military diver, the unforgiving depths can be a perilous arena. Since August 1, 1882, U.S. Navy sailors have executed essential underwater operations around the globe, from special operations and reconnaissance to ship repair and force protection. Yet these military divers are also at the forefront of subsea and seabed warfare, wielding... MORE

David Coan, extra vehicular activity lead for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center dives at the Aquarius Reef Base underwater habitat.donning a Kirby Morgan-37 helmet equipped with the Divers Augmented Vision Device Generation 1.0 heads-up display during the 23rd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations in June 2019.

Code 200 employee named NCMA Administrative Professional of the Year
May 29, 2025 — Krista Fontenot, executive administrator, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, has been named Administrative Professional of the Year for 2024 by the Naval Civilian Managers Association, according to a recent NCMA announcement.Over the past 13 months, Fontenot has made a number of fundamental improvements in key areas that have had broad and... MORE

Krista Fontenot, executive administrator, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, has been named NCMA Administrative Professional of the Year. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NUWC Division Newport commander advises SeaPort Council representatives that warfare center is ‘open for business’
May 28, 2025 — Despite rapid and dramatic changes within the federal government under the current administration, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport remains “open for business.” That was the message delivered by Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings at a well-attended SeaPort Next Generation (NxG) and Contracts Council meeting held May 14 at Division Newport... MORE

NUWC Division Newport’s 70th anniversary of explosion demonstrates the importance of honoring Memorial Day
May 23, 2025 — On the morning of April 26, 1955, five civilian workers at the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, a precursor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, were killed in an explosion during a test event. This year marks the 70th anniversary of that incident and the deaths... MORE

Program enables collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, provides source for specialized NSWC Panama City Division talent
May 23, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is collaborating with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) project, led by professor Dr. Manhar Dhanak, to develop “an integrated sensor system for concurrent measurement of electrical and magnetic fields in the water column.”The current... MORE

Garrett Flitton, (now) NSWC PCD engineer, tests an attitude sensing system he developed for a tow-fish based sensor package as a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program student at Florida Atlantic University, March 5, 2024. He is one of several FAU students who were hired at NSWC Panama City Division through the NEEC program. (courtesy photo)

Fleet Maintenance Officer Engages Forward Deployed Maintainers
May 23, 2025 — U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) Fleet Maintenance Officer Rear Adm. Dianna Wolfson visited Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC), engaging with critical surface ship maintainers and stakeholders across U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets May 4-13. Accompanying Wolfson, Eric Lind, Executive Director of Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Command (CNRMC), provided regional maintenance center (RMC) enterprise oversight... MORE

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain – Rear Adm. Dianna Wolfson, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) fleet maintenance officer, and Eric Lind, Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) executive director, tour JEMANDIZ, the Spanish Armada intermediate-level maintenance facility, alongside Spanish Armada Capt. Juan Jose Nieto and Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) and Spanish Armada personnel.

A New Strategy for High-Performance Computing at Carderock 
May 22, 2025 — When Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock’s engineers are modeling failure conditions, simulating acoustics or optimizing hydrodynamics, they need massive amounts of data to be processed and computing power to do it. Fortunately, Carderock received a major upgrade to its High-Performance Computing (HPC) capability May 9, 2025, increasing the... MORE

Personnel from Penguin Computing were onsite on May 9, 2025 to install new High-Performance Computing server clusters in Carderock's Ship Engineering and Analysis Technology Center (SEATech). The upgrades are part of a first-of-its-kind lease agreement for Carderock, ensuring faster computation times, greater efficiency, and fewer obstacles for technical teams tackling critical naval research programs.

MIT lecturer, author shares research on innovation with NUWC Division Newport workforce
May 22, 2025 — Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, delivered a briefing titled “MIT’s Approach to Innovation” to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce on May 7, as part of a monthlong focus on innovation.NUWC Division Newport and MIT have a relationship... MORE

Command employees spend the day teaching students from 15 area elementary schools about the work they do each day at the shipyard
May 21, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees joined forces at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, May 13, in support of the 2025 Kitsap Water Festival.The educational event was open to third and fourth graders from 15 Kitsap County elementary schools, teaching them how their everyday actions impact water quality in Kitsap... MORE

James Parkhurst, work leader, Shop 64, Woodworkers, Shipwrights, Insulators and Plastic fabricators, demonstrates how dry docks work May 14, 2025, during the 2025 Kitsap Water Festival at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

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