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U.S. Navy and Marine Corps demonstrate unmanned ship-to-shore transit capability
September 5, 2019 — The U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) recently harnessed the power of unmanned technology and successfully tested the Remote Control Assault Amphibious Vehicle (RC AAV).“Assault Amphibious Vehicles were structured to carry troops in water operations from ship-to-shore, through rough water and the surf zone,” said Dustin Bride,... MORE

The Remote Control Assault Amphibious Vehicle (RC AAV) is pictured after completing one of its successfully-completed 22 surf zone crossings while undergoing testing at Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) United States Marine Corps’ (USMC) Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch. The testing of the newly modernized RC AAV is the result of a collaborative effort between the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division and the United States MCSC.

Navy expands innovation through unmanned vehicles, saving time and money
August 12, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is leading a collaborative and innovative effort in development of modular, inexpensive unmanned systems.Originally called the Swarm Minimum Viable Product (Swarm MVP), this innovative project is now collectively known as the “microSwarm Family of Systems,” or “µFOS.” The µFOS project... MORE

Lead scientists and engineers from Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Center Divisions pose for a photo as a representation of a collaborative and innovative effort in development of modular, inexpensive unmanned systems collectively known as the “microSwarm Family of Systems,” or “µFOS."

Technical Directors switch places to foster collaboration
July 25, 2019 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Technical Directors have temporarily switched places to foster collaboration as a new approach towards innovation.Ed Stewart (SES), NSWC Panama City Division technical director, and Dr. Brett Seidle (SES), NSWC Crane Division technical director, have swapped Warfare Centers to share their perspectives with... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division Technical Director (TD) Dr. Brett Seidle (SES) shares experiences during a lessons in leadership presentation at NSWC Panama City Division (PCD) July 25. Seidle switched places recently with NSWC PCD TD Ed Stewart (SES) in a new approach to leadership and innovation with collaboration.

Navy diving equipment tested by astronauts for space exploration missions
July 16, 2019 — Scientists, engineers and key partners of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) are collaborating by taking an NSWC PCD technology, originally designed for diving, from seabed to space.The Diver Augmented Vision Device (DAVD) team from NSWC PCD and partners recently joined forces with the National Aeronautics and Space... MORE

David Coan, extra vehicular activity lead for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center dives at the Aquarius Reef Base underwater habitat.donning a Kirby Morgan-37 helmet equipped with the Divers Augmented Vision Device Generation 1.0 heads-up display during the 23rd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations in June 2019.

NSWC Dahlgren Winners of 2019 Warfare Centers Awards Announced
July 15, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Nineteen Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) civil servants were named as winners of the prestigious 2019 Warfare Centers Awards, the command announced July 15.The Warfare Centers Awards – established in 2005 to recognize cross-Warfare Center collaborative efforts – comprises six categories that include... MORE

Students in systems engineering program form local chapter
June 20, 2019 — A cohort of seven students employed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) have worked with other Florida State University Panama City (FSU PC) students to form the first Student Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) in the Florida Panhandle... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) employees enrolled in Florida State University Panama City’s (FSU PC) Master of Science in Systems Engineering program recently toured FSU’s Engineering Facilities in Tallahassee June 7. Touring the campus, the students posed for a group photo in the lobby at the university’s High-Performance Materials Institute. Pictured from left to right are: Payton Reid; Ron Miller; Dean Fevell; Dr. Changchun Zeng; Tommy McCroan; Tia Lilliman; Suzy Houser (NSWC PCD); Devin Ramsey (NSWC PCD); Alex Burgans (NSWC PCD); Dustin Freeburg (NSWC PCD); David Daigle (NSWC PCD); and Dr. Daniel Georgiadis.

USI, NSWC Crane sign agreement to conduct research on chemical reactions
October 23, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the University of Southern Indiana (USI) are strengthening their research and development (R&D) partnership through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). NSWC Crane and USI will use the CRADA to study chemical reactions. A formal CRADA signing ceremony took place October 22 at Crane... MORE

USI President Dr. Ronald Rochon and NSWC Crane Commanding Officer CAPT Mark Oesterreich signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) in a ceremony on October 22, 2018 hosted at NSWC Crane. The CRADA between NSWC Crane and USI allows both entities to leverage each other’s subject matter experts, laboratory space, and high-tech equipment.

MIT launches academic study on NSWC Crane Innovation Ecosystem
October 11, 2018 — Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) will perform an in-depth academic case study of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Innovation Ecosystem. The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratories Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has awarded a competitive contract to MIT to execute this analysis. MIT staff will launch this one-year case study October 11 at NSWC Crane... MORE

Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) will perform an in-depth academic case study of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Innovation Ecosystem. The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratories Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has awarded a competitive contract to MIT to execute this analysis. MIT staff will launch this one-year case study October 11 at NSWC Crane.

NSWC Crane Division, Ivy Tech Awarded 2018 FLC Midwest Regional Award for STEM, T2 Efforts
September 25, 2018 — NSWC Crane and Ivy Tech Community College were awarded the State and Local Economic Development Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) for their partnership on a STEM summer camp. For the past two years, NSWC Crane and The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington have collaborated on the camp, which targeted young people with entrepreneurial dreams from grade 7 to 10... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division and Ivy Tech Community College were awarded the State and Local Economic Development Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) for their partnership on a STEM summer camp. For the past two years, NSWC Crane and The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington have collaborated on the camp, which targeted young people with entrepreneurial dreams from grade 7 to 10.

NSWC Crane and Wright Brothers Institute Sign New Partnership Intermediary Agreement
April 24, 2018 — NSWC Crane and Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) signed a new Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) today at WBI's office in Dayton, Ohio following tours of all three WBI facilities. The signing was part of a day-and-a-half event to solidify a collaborative framework that will allow the two organizations to provide maximum return on commercialization investments for both the Air Force and the Navy... MORE

NSWC Crane and WBI Sign New Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)

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