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NSWC PCD program manager leads, accelerates Navy force generation through MCM USV delivery
June 24, 2025
Ricky McNaron, NSWC PCD Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Unmanned Surface Vehicle and Payload Delivery System program manager, receives recognition from (then) Rear Adm. Casey Moton, Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) program executive officer, April 24, 2023. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship MCM mission package and AN/AQS-20 Sonar Mine Detection Sets achieved initial operational capability. (left to right in back) Capt. David Back, (then) NSWC PCD commanding officer, and Capt. Gus Weekes, program manager Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules were also present. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

From Navy veteran to C4I expert: supporting the fleet to fuel combat surge readiness
June 12, 2025
Evan Sarantos, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s Expeditionary Sea Base Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Project lead systems engineer, receives the NSWC PCD FY24 Annual Award for Technical Excellence, March 27. This mission is essential to supporting the Force Behind the Fleet as a crucial element for effective modern warfare in complex and dynamic environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Navy lab's mine warfare technologies put to the test at IBP 25.5, paving way for future advancements
June 11, 2025
Christian Weber, the Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 25.5 technology lead from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, describes the capabilities of the Hangman underwater system to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Yatsutaka Ebata, commander, Escort Flotilla 2, and Capt. Antonio Hyde, commodore, Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7, during the IBP 25.5 technology demonstration aboard the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10), at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Exercises such as Integrated Battle Problem allow the Navy to demonstrate unmanned system operations in relevant experiment scenarios to meet service level objectives and operationalize unmanned systems and capabilities to maintain a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class W. Chase Stephens. Portions of this photo have been obscured for security purposes.)