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NSWC Panama City adds new facility to impact fleet subsea and seabed, mine warfare missions
February 12, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) continued its commitment to warfighter solutions with the addition of its new Acoustic Test Facility and Instrumentation building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Panama City, Feb. 5. This 1,400 square foot facility will provide instrumentation, data acquisition, and electronics staging areas, supporting the NSWC PCD Acoustic Test & Calibration Pier Service Cost Center. It will enable the Navy lab’s team to develop and test advanced sensors, systems, payloads, and platforms for subsea and seabed warfare and mine warfare mission areas... MORE

The official party ceremonially open the new Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Acoustic Test Facility and Instrumentation Building onboard Naval Support Activity Panama City, Feb. 5. (from left) Amanda Davis, NSWC PCD (acting) Accounting Division head, Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director, Dr. Joseph Lopes, NSWC PCD Subsea and Seabed Warfare and Maritime Operations Department deputy, Capt. Paul Stence Jr., NSWC PCD commanding officer, Cmdr. Michael Mosi, NSA PC commanding officer, and Dr. Jermaine Kennedy, NSWC PCD Littorals and Undersea Surveillance Division head. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Adair selected as NSWC Panama City technical director
August 17, 2020 — Dr. Peter Adair was recently selected for a new role as the technical director at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD).In this role, Adair serves as the senior civilian at the command, which consists of more than 1,500 military and government civilians. NSWC PCD provides the Navy with mine warfare, naval special warfare,... MORE

Dr. Peter Adair, SES, was selected as the NSWC PCD technical director.

MCM USV testing continues despite Coronavirus limitations
April 2, 2020 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Off-board Systems Development Branch are continuing to meet mission requirements during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.The Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MSM USV) project team is supporting contractor testing onboard NSWC PCD using the Coastal Test Range (CTR)... MORE

The Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vehicle project team conducts underway missions in support of contractor testing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division.

U.S. Navy Successfully Completes Developmental Testing of ‘Q-20C Towed Minehunting Sonar
April 8, 2019 — After completing Developmental Testing (DT) in February of 2019, the U.S. Navy is another step closer to delivering the AN/AQS-20C (Q-20C) towed minehunting sonar to the Fleet. The Q-20C has advanced acoustic and electro-optic sensing capabilities that will detect, localize and classify bottom, close-tethered, moored, and volume-moored mines... MORE

The AN/AQS-20C Towed Mine-hunting Sonar is streamed into Gulf of Mexico waters of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Gulf test range. Developmental Testing was completed on Feb. 12, 2019.

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