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NSWC Crane employees provide critical Maritime Electronic Warfare expertise throughout months of public health restrictions
June 10, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. –Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employees continue to provide critical Maritime Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) support to ships across the country during healthcare-related restrictions from the COVID-19 global pandemic. EW employees are ensuring NSWC Crane stays open for business to continue to provide for... MORE

PSNS & IMF honors 33 employees, Sailors with Employee of the Year awards
June 3, 2020 — BREMERTON, Washington – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has relied on innovation to safely complete its mission; from producing hand sanitizer and facemasks to the construction and development of hand-washing stations and biocontainment systems.When the time came to hand out Employee... MORE

2019 PSNS & IMF Employee of the Year Coin

NSWC PHD Employees Shift Face Covering Production Into High Gear for the Greater Community
May 22, 2020 — What began as a few face shields and masks made by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) personnel for friends and family has ballooned into hundreds of protective coverings donated to keep the local community and beyond safe during the COVID-19 global pandemic.For local health care workers, at-risk individuals and others... MORE

PSNS & IMF Employee Supports Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management
May 22, 2020 — For more than 10 weeks, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has been adapting and exploring new strategies to support its workforce and the local community during the COVID-19 pandemic. From developing and manufacturing hand sanitizer, to supplying thousands of face masks to its employees and local first responders, the... MORE

Malynda Green, emergency management specialist with Code 105.53 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenence Facility in Bremerton, Washington, recently completed a two-month assignment with the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management.

Command builds hand-washing stations to help protect workers from COVID-19
May 21, 2020 — A team of woodcrafters from Shop 64 built 12 hand-washing stations for distribution and use across the shipyard. These stations are part of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s efforts to keep the workforce healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.According to Wayne G. Johnson, Waterfront Facilities Support branch head, Code... MORE

Shop 740 crew members lift a new hand washing station into Dry Dock 4 May 19, 2020 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

NSWC PCD Procurement Lead Designs Lip Reading Kit
May 21, 2020 — Jonathan Chapman, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) procurement lead designed a lip reading kit for the hearing impaired with the help of fellow employees and a 3D printer.“A need was brought to my attention to help people with hearing impairments during COVID-19,” said Chapman. “Masks are a wonderful answer to keep the... MORE

Jonathan Chapman, NSWC PCD procurement lead, speaks with Deanna Pedersen, NSWC PCD procurement branch head, using the lip reading kit he designed. Chapman designed the kit for use by hearing impaired team members at the command.

PNSY Partners with USAMMDA on 3-D Printed Test Swabs
May 18, 2020 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) finalized a memorandum of agreement Thursday, May 14 to support the production and delivery of 3-D printed nasopharyngeal swabs needed to support diagnostic testing for COVID-19.This partnership will ensure the test swabs being produced are safe and effective... MORE

Oscar Savastio removes a completed swab batch from a 3-D printer

PSNS & IMF fulfills urgent request for COVID-19 testing gear
May 12, 2020 — When the Navy had an urgent need for a deployable biocontainment system the fleet could use to protect medical professionals processing COVID-19 testing kits, Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, knew just who to call upon.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility received a request from NAVSEA to... MORE

Sarah Higgins, a fabric worker with Shop 64, Sail Loft, installs a vacuum hose for the negative pressure air handling system on a prototype biocontainment system May 11, 2020 in Building 460, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

Undersea Warfare Center's Additive Manufacturing Center is Open for Business
May 11, 2020 — KEYPORT, Wash. -- The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport’s additive manufacturing center has remained open for business during the Coronavirus pandemic through innovative thinking and creative adjustments to the work center.Additive manufacturing (AM) allows for the rapid development and production of items ranging from personal... MORE

Jose Ruiz, a manufacturing engineer with the Rapid Prototyping and Fabrication Technology Division at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport, manufactures personal protective equipment (PPE) with additive manufacturing technology.

Back relieves Peters as commander of NSWC PCD
May 8, 2020 — Capt. David N. Back relieved Capt. Aaron S. Peters as commanding officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) in a small ceremony at the headquarters flagpole May 8 in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing requirements.During the ceremony, Peters passed his command pin to Back as a symbol of camaraderie to begin a... MORE

Capt. David N. Back relieved Capt. Aaron S. Peters as commanding officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) in a small ceremony at the headquarters flagpole May 8. After leading the command through Category 5 Hurricane Michael and the rebuilding process, and now through the COVID-19 pandemic, Peters will retire without the fanfare typically afforded a Navy leader after more than three decades in service to the nation.

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