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Norfolk Naval Shipyard continues to expand ways of protecting workforce safety and health
April 16, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Sail Loft personnel sewed facemasks to be delivered to the workforce.  As a temporary solution while NNSY’s Supply Department worked to order the necessary amount of COVID-19 specific Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Sail Loft produced more than 4,500 facemasks for project team members as well as support staff.

SUPSHIP turns to Fusion for Facemasks
April 15, 2020
NNSY's Sail Loft has begun making facemasks to further ensure the health and safety of workforce personnel, with a capacity to produce up to 900 daily.

Carderock looks to use R&D abilities in COVID-19 fight
April 14, 2020
Zach Heinkel, an engineer in the Additive Manufacturing Project Office, watches an extrusion bead of a 3D printer as it makes a face mask frame on April 10, 2020, in the Additive Manufacturing Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md.

PSNS & IMF increases COVID-19 screening for shipyard entry
April 13, 2020
Duane De Lessart, left, a trainer with Code 900T, and Brandon King, middle, a cell manager with Code 1030, screen Ron Arnold, right, Code 600 comptroller, Monday, April 13 as he enters the Decatur Gate to make sure he’s completed his daily COVID-19 self-assessment before starting work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

MCM USV testing continues despite Coronavirus limitations
April 2, 2020
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.

PSNS & IMF explores ways to capitalize on in-house skills to support workforce in face of COVID-19
April 2, 2020
Shop 64 fabric workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton make cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to Naval Hospital Bremerton and local hospitals if the need arises.

Panama City scientists and engineers develop ventilator prototype in response to COVID-19
March 26, 2020
Dr. Andrew Schicho, NSWC PCD mechanical engineer, led one of the five teams by building a ventilator prototype in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Hack-a-Vent Innovation Challenge.

NSWC PCD adjusting work schedule ahead of COVID-19
March 20, 2020
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PSNS & IMF to distribute more than 2,000 cleaning kits throughout command
March 16, 2020
Employees from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility worked throughout the weekend to put together more than 2,000 cleaning kits to use around the command in an effort to amplify sanitation efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.