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NSWCPD Chief Engineer Hosts Virtual Technical Competency Lunch and Learn Sessions
December 3, 2020 — Much like ship maintenance is a mandatory requirement for a successful Navy, so too is ensuring that the engineers who support the fleet continue to sustain their expert-level proficiency. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recognizes it must “Expand the Advantage” to maintain world class expertise by developing and... MORE

As part of a Lunch and Learn Series, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Chief Engineer (CHENG) Adam (Scott) Freedner hosted two virtual sessions on NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program. The sessions were designed to explain NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program and the importance of the program to maintaining world class expertise. (Graphic Courtesy NSWCPD/Released)

Sailors Look inside a Gas Turbine Engine in Philadelphia
December 16, 2019 — Sailors attached to the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) recently received training at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) to perform maintenance to the ship’s propulsion system.While attending the training at NSWCPD, Sailors learned how to use a borescope. A borescope is an optical device used for visual inspections where the area... MORE

U.S. Navy Sailors attached to USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) receive borescope inspection training conducted by Scott Brown, Senior Engineering Technician, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The borescope tool provides access to the internal sections of an engine, enabling the users to view any damage, cracks or imperfections within the confined chambers of the engine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield).

NSWC Philadelphia Division DDG 51-Class Land Based Engineering Site Celebrates 30 Years of Supporting the Fleet
October 8, 2019 — The Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) has supported the fleet through development, testing and evaluation, and training for 30 years.The engineering site has become a staple of the life cycle engineering work performed by NSWCPD engineers. Since the... MORE

PHILADELPHIA – DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) in 2012. The site has served the fleet for 30 years. LBES will stay in service through the lifespan of the DDG 51-class, which has been expanded to a 45-year service life, continuing to train crews for both new construction and earlier ships undergoing their mid-life upgrades, and to validate machinery system upgrades improving availability and reducing operating costs. (U.S. Navy photo by Joe Battista)

NSWC Crane offers unique, hands-on rapid innovation and prototyping lab training opportunity to students
August 1, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. -- As part of a collaboration between the rapid innovation and prototyping lab (RIPL) and the human resources’ student program, interns enrolled in a two-week course to get hands-on experience in sewing, welding, machining, and computer animated designing. The class is a compressed version of the Mobile Technology Repair Complex (MTRC)... MORE

NSWCDD Engineers Revolutionize Combat Training with TRACER Augmented Reality
July 31, 2019 — The Sailors file into the room, their weapons ready and their adrenaline flowing. They operate as a team in a seamless manner. Their mission: to secure an active-shooter situation and apprehend the holographic perpetrator. Commands are given to the shooter, within the augmented-reality (AR) headset. The shooter surrenders, and the Sailors’ mission... MORE

IMAGE: 190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) A Sailor assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sponsored Tactically Reconfigurable Artificial Combat Enhanced Reality (TRACER) system. TechSolutions partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to develop the TRACER package, which consists of a virtual-reality headset, a backpack, a state-of-the-art simulated weapon designed to deliver realistic recoil, and a software package that creates multiple and adaptable simulation scenarios for security personnel to experience. ONRG TechSolutions allows Sailors and Marines to submit technology requests directly to the development community for rapid response prototyping. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams)

NAVSEA Leaders Train at NSWCPD
July 22, 2019 — First-line supervisors from across the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers gathered at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) for Propel training from July 15-19.Propel is a five-day interactive training course for new first-line supervisors that provides them with tools to interpret the workplace, utilize... MORE

PHILADELPHIA (19 July 2019) Graduates of the most recent cohort of Propel training pose with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Technical Director, Mr. Thomas Perotti, SES (far left). Propel is a five-day course that provides practical hands-on training for new supervisors focusing on real-world workplace issues and different ways to resolve them. (U.S. Navy photo by Keegan Rammel/Released)

New Supervisors Propel Toward Success at NAVSEA Warfare Centers
June 25, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. - Every month, at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers nationwide, newly promoted federal employees transition from technical to leadership positions.As the first time supervisors prepare to lead teams of scientists, engineers, or business professionals, concerns arise on how to make the transition successful. In one... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (June 20, 2019) - New first-line supervisors from divisions across the Naval Warfare Centers are pictured at the 16-inch naval gun during their tour of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). They completed a five-day course called 'Propel' that provides an introductory level awareness of Warfare Center expectations for supervisors. The NSWCDD tour and briefings - focusing on the Electromagnetic Railgun Facility, the Potomac River Test Range, and the Human Performance Laboratory - gave the Propel students a deeper look into the work at Dahlgren. Meanwhile, they have been increasing their collaboration and understanding of operations throughout the Warfare Centers. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWCPD’s Course Catalog and Registration Development Team Receives Training Officers Consortium Award
June 18, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) employees won the 2019 Training Officers Consortium’s Learning Technologies Award during the 64th annual Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony at the City Club of Washington, D.C. on June 11. ... MORE

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 11, 2019) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Dave Perritt (left) and Ryan Fox (right) won the 2019 Training Officers Consortium’s Learning Technologies Award during the 64th annual Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony. Perritt and Fox created the Command’s Course Catalog and Registration Tool that helps manage, track, and register employees for NSWCPD’s on-site workforce development classes. (U.S. Navy photo provided by Training Officers Consortium)/Released

DDG-51 Land-Based Engineering Site Continues to Train and Prepare Sailors in Philadelphia
May 20, 2019 — Sailors attached to the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) recently received Pre-Commissioning Crew Training at the DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) aboard Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD)... MORE

Sailors attached to the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) receive training on the zonal electrical distribution system at the Land Based Engineering Site (LBES), Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), May 8, 2019. This training is critical for the Sailors so they understand what is occurring with the machinery in the engine rooms when operations are taking place. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield/Released)

Corona Launches New University
November 28, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona launched a new learning framework for its government employees Nov. 15, with the goal of fostering training across the command and empowering today’s workforce to lead the Navy into the future... MORE

181115-N-AG067-091 NORCO, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2018) Dianne Costlow, SES, Technical Director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona division (NSWC Corona) congratulates the Planning Board for Training Team (PB4T) on meeting their 365 day goal in creating the new Corona University (Corona U) on Nov. 15, 2018. Corona U was created by NSWC Corona with the PB4T and a representative from each department. (U.S. Navy Photo by Kevin Casey/ Released)

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