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NSWC Crane employee continues to grow 80-year family legacy through mentorship
May 14, 2024 — Clay Armstrong is the Chief Engineer for Counter Sensor Technologies in the Platform Protection Division. Armstrong works on High Energy Laser and Counter ISR Programs for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He began his career at NSWC Crane as an intern in Public Works, now Naval Facilities...

Aircraft carrier centennial: Evolution of the aircraft carrier
July 11, 2022 — The history of the U.S. Navy’s use of naval vessels to launch and recover aircraft dates back to Nov. 14, 1910, when American civilian pilot Eugene Ely flew his Curtiss pusher airplane off a specifically built platform on the deck of cruiser Birmingham (Scout Cruiser No. 2) in Hampton Roads, Virginia. On Jan. 18, 1911, Ely landed on a platform...

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