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Stiletto, A Platform for Maritime Innovation
September 16, 2025 — On June 2, 2025, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s Joint Prototyping and Experimentation Maritime (JPEM) Stiletto Program demonstrated a new system for autonomously launching and recovering small boats in Norfolk, Virginia. The demonstration showcased a significant improvement over traditional methods of maritime small boat... MORE

Stiletto underway for an autonomous boat launch and recovery demonstration in Norfolk, Virginia, on June 2, 2025.

Carderock Tailcone Project Team Receives Rear Adm. Benjamin F. Isherwood Award for Exceptional Fleet Support
September 15, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Tailcone Project Team was honored with the Rear Adm. Benjamin F. Isherwood Award for Exceptional Fleet Support. The team earned the award for developing an improved tailcone design that will enhance the performance of Virginia-class submarines.The annual award recognizes outstanding fleet support... MORE

Headshots of Carderock Tailcone Project Team

NSWC Dahlgren Division advances shipboard self-sufficiency with fiber optic test and repair certification in 7th Fleet
September 15, 2025 — The Navy’s Fiber Optic Test and Repair (FOTR) Certification Program reached a significant milestone by certifying the first certification site and inspector within the 7th Fleet. This achievement marks a critical step toward enhancing shipboard self-reliance in fiber optics maintenance. Managed by the Cybersecurity and Fiber Optics Engineering and... MORE

Carderock HR Specialist Graduates from Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program Part 2: Meredith Miller
September 11, 2025 — Human Resource Specialist Meredith Miller recently graduated from the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program (DCELP), a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative designed to prepare entry-level and emerging civilian leaders for greater responsibility.DCELP offers leadership development for employees in the GS-7 to GS-12 pay grades, focusing on... MORE

An LED-based UVC sanitizer, developed by a team of innovators to combat COVID-19 at the shipyard, is granted a U.S. patent
September 11, 2025 — In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, a team of innovators from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility learned ultraviolet-C light could potentially be used to disinfect surfaces. At the time, commercial UVC surface sanitizing devices generally used mercury bulbs, which cannot be taken into all areas of a... MORE

Wilson Davenport, electrical engineer with Code 293C, Combat Systems Electrical Carrier Group, Chris Doyle, nuclear engineer, Code 2310.8 Nuclear Engineering & Planning and not pictured, Branden Doyle, then-nuclear innovation program manager with Code 2301, Nuclear Project Engineering, a team of three from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, designed and built an LED-based device UVC sanitizer to combat COVID-19 on surfaces throughout naval vessels. The device the team eventually ended up creating was granted Patent No. US 12,337,070 B1 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, June 24, 2025.

Confidential resources available to command employees struggling with their mental health
September 11, 2025 — As the nation observes National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month this September, leaders at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are reminding employees that seeking mental health support is not only encouraged—it’s also protected.Aaron Saylor, supervisor, Shop 740, Riggers and Handlers, knows firsthand how important it... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility 2025 Suicide Prevention Awareness Month graphic. (U.S. Navy graphic by Geno Hernandez)

Standing watch: Inside NSWCDD's Crisis Response Center
September 9, 2025 — When crisis strikes, every second counts. At Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), a command-and-control capability stands ready to respond – the Crisis Response Center (CRC).This isn't just another emergency response system; it's an operational nerve center designed to ensure the continuity of mission-critical support to the... MORE

NSWCDD Command Team and CRC Lead pose for group photo.

Dual duty: Bridging military leadership and engineering excellence at NSWCDD
September 9, 2025 — At 19, Vijay Ahluwalia was adrift. He’d recently returned to New York after more than a decade away in his mother’s native Uganda, where they’d moved after his father died.College was off the table, for the moment. So was a dream to become a travel documentarian. He needed time and space to figure out what he wanted to do with his life.The answer... MORE

Engineer standing in front of flags in a lab

Dr. Michael Robert Receives Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Award for Scientific Achievement
September 9, 2025 — 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 leadership in a... MORE

Modern hyperbaric chamber helps train, protect next generation of divers
September 9, 2025 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility divers with the Bangor Dive Locker recently received a new hyperbaric chamber in case they have to respond to a diving related emergency.According to Master Chief Petty Officer Jonathan J. Gregg, master diver, Code 760, Bangor Dive Locker, their new hyperbaric chamber creates a... MORE

Navy Diver 1st Class Josh Amberson, right, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Hale Gage conduct a simulated emergency inside the new hyperbaric chamber, July 29, 2025, at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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