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3% Hydrogen Peroxide Spray, 100% Teamwork and Care: Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Newest Solution to Fight COVID-19
July 9, 2020
Mid-Atlantic Regional Materials Test Laboratory’s (Code 134) lab director Lyndon Clark and Senior Chemist Dickson Aweanung prepare hydrogen peroxide spray.

Eye on Innovation: NNSY Takes on Innovative Solutions during COVID-19 Pandemic By Producing Face Shields
July 9, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Technology and Innovation (T&I) Lab Team Member James Klein displays 3-D printed headband from the T&I Lab's 3-D printer.

Misting Disinfectant Utilized at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to Help in the Fight Against COVID-19
July 9, 2020
Contractor Derek Lankford mists the Gate N turnstiles in an effort to sanitize all high traffic areas.

Carderock Team Uses Talents to Manufacture COVID-Fighting Tools
July 8, 2020
composites materials engineer in the Additive Manufacturing Project Office at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, receives manufacturing process feedback from engineer in Carderock’s Non-Metallic Research and Engineering Branch.

NSWC Dahlgren Technical Library Helps Scientists and Engineers “Rock the Research” During Telework Status
July 6, 2020
IMAGE: The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Technical Library is a resource still available to employees while they work from home. “The only thing that’s different during this work from home period is that if you want to check out a physical book from the library, you have to make an appointment with me,” said Sara Krechel, NSWCDD Technical Library specialist. “Our online database is accessible via your NMCI computer – and it’s free. All you need is CAC access.” Krechel is pictured in the NSWCDD Technical Library. (U.S. Navy photo/released).

Service With a Smile
July 6, 2020
Code 1123 Security Assistant Walter Fung issues a pass to a
visitor at Bldg. 207 Pass & ID. Code 1123 Industrial Security
Branch is dedicated to providing quality professional service,
while ensuring the safety and security of personnel and
critical assets.

NSWC PCD Mine Warfare team overcomes challenges to support fleet sustainment needs
June 29, 2020
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Mine Warfare Sustainment Division completed combat systems equipment harvesting on three Avenger Class Mine Countermeasure  ships scheduled for decommissioning in August 2020.  The effort led by the NSWC PCD, crossed multiple PMS 495 programs, and was internally supported by NSWC PCD’s contracting and property management teams.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: NSWC Crane employees provide rapid response to ensure special operators worldwide received personal protective gear during pandemic
June 29, 2020
NSWC Crane employees in the Mobile Technology and Repair Complex (MTRC) program used their unique skillset to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) personal protective gear (PPG) during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

When the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, demand was high for PPG. MTRC personnel made thousands of masks made for civilians at Crane and Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) as well as to military members and the SOF community in Afghanistan, Africa, and Europe. Along with these masks, MTRC personnel also created other protective and COVID-19 specific gear including test tube holders, face shields, desk shields, door openers, and isolation chambers for helicopters.

Carderock Scientists Tackle Hand Sanitizer Shortage
June 24, 2020
Jay Ong, a chemical engineer in the Corrosion and Coatings Engineering Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, mixes the ingredients for hand sanitizer.

It Takes a Village: PHNSY & IMF Responds to COVID-19
June 12, 2020
Shop 64A Fabric Worker shows off one of the thousands of protective safety coverings that the production team produced for PHNSY & IMF workers.