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NSWC IHD COMSEC Team Reduce Software Upgrade Time Almost 90% Using CHIMERA, Win DON Information Superiority Excellence Award, NAVIFOR Big Ideas Challenge
May 27, 2026 — The Communications Security (COMSEC) team at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) were recently honored with two awards: the Department of the Navy’s (DON) Information Superiority Excellence Award for Innovation, presented May 11 at the 2026 DON Digital Warfighting Symposium East in Norfolk, Virginia; and the Advancing... MORE

Photograph of three men from NSWC Indian Head's COMSEC team standing on steps in front of a brick building.

Navy Leaders Emphasize Speed and a Unified Digital Ecosystem at the 2026 Digital Warfighting Symposium
May 27, 2026 — Navy leaders joined academia and industry representatives at the Department of the Navy Digital Warfighting Symposium 2026 from May 11-14 in Norfolk. The Navy-focused event, held in conjunction with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) East 2026 Maritime Operations and Information Warfare Summit, highlighted... MORE

Capt. Chris Matassa, commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, discusses the implications of maritime warfare dominance with fellow Warfare Centers leaders during a panel session of the Department of the Navy Digital Warfighting Symposium East 2026 in Norfolk, Va., on May 12. Moderated by Dr. Julie Stark, director of the Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge, the panel deep dived into driving the future of information warfare, how industry and academia can help, and the resources required to accomplish information dominance. From left: Stark; Matassa; Nigel Thijs, technical director of NSWC Philadelphia; Stephen O’Grady, deputy technical director from Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport; and David Smoak, chief engineer from Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic.

NUWC Division Newport hosts Memorial Day ceremony honoring 34 deaths in the line of duty
May 22, 2026 — On the morning of Oct. 25, 1941, Alexander MacLellan Jr., a research expert at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, sat in the passenger seat of a plane set to perform tests on a torpedo release mechanism. Such flights had become routine for MacLellan over the course of his 25-year career, though this would be his last... MORE

Engineer Rotates Into STEM Outreach at Carderock
May 21, 2026 — BETHESDA, Md. — Erin Ripley, a mechanical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is trading coding for crayons as she rotates from structural reliability to STEM outreach, bringing a full-circle perspective to the Navy lab’s popular Take a Child to Work Day. Ripley, who has been with Carderock since July 2025, began her... MORE

NSWC Crane Employee Recognized for National Technical Excellence
May 21, 2026 — An NSWC Crane technology transfer expert was recognized nationally for her efforts to advance commercialization. Amanda McCullough, Technological Transfer (T2) Agreements Program Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), earned an honorable mention for the 2026 Technology Transfer Rookie of the Year Award, recognizing... MORE

Amanda McCullough, Technological Transfer Agreements Program Manager at NSWC Crane (pictured left), at the awards ceremony for 2026 Technology Transfer Rookie of the Year Award.

Capt. Ashley Wright Relieves Capt. Joseph Darcy as NSWC Philadelphia Commanding Officer
May 19, 2026 — Capt. Ashley S. Wright relieved Capt. Joseph Darcy as Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division’s Commanding Officer during NSWCPD’s Change of Command Ceremony in Philadelphia on May 15, 2026.The ceremony, held at NSWCPD, included honors, the national anthem, an invocation, the presentation of the Legion of Merit to Darcy, the reading of... MORE

NSWCPD welcomed Capt. Ashley S Wright (right), who relieved Capt. Joseph Darcy (left) as Commanding Officer during NSWCPD’s Change of Command Ceremony in Philadelphia on May 15, 2026. Commander, Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers Rear Adm. Peter Small (center) served as the ceremony’s guest speaker and presided over the change of command. (U.S. Navy photo by Phil Scaringi, CTR)

Navy’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab to Train Sailors on Laser Weapons
May 18, 2026 — Sailors can now get certified in operating and maintaining the fleet’s most prevalent directed energy system through a new training program at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL), with the first course completed in late March.The Navy recently designated DESIL as... MORE

Warfare Center Develops New Tool to Help Sailors Keep Vertical Launching System Latch Rods Moving
May 15, 2026 — Launcher support personnel at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California have developed and tested a new tool to aid Navy sailors in maintaining MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) cell hatches without damaging them in the process.Eric Csorba, a VLS canister and launcher support equipment engineering technician... MORE

Figueroa-Valentin’s Natural Curiosity, Math Skills Led to Engineering Career
May 15, 2026 — Her natural curiosity and a mother who encouraged her to pursue a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related college degree led Puerto Rico native Maria Figueroa-Valentin to a successful career in engineering, the last two-plus years of which have been at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands... MORE

NUWC Division Newport will host in-person hiring event on May 30
May 12, 2026 — Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport will hold an in-person recruiting event on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held inside the gymnasium of Building 80 located at 80 Fleet Access Road, outside of NUWC’s main gate... MORE

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