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NSWC Panama City acquisition professional receives Marine Corps excellence award
September 3, 2019 — James Goodwin, operations and equipment specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City... MORE

LCAC 66 disassembled, removed from fleet service
August 22, 2019 — After nearly 25 years of mission tests, Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 66 will be disassembled... MORE

NSWC Panama City laboratory expands capabilities, modernizing functionality
August 20, 2019 — A test facility at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center volunteers provide school supplies to local students
August 12, 2019 — Employees at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Test and Evaluation... MORE

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... MORE

Navy research vessel assists in recovering distressed mariners
August 11, 2019 — The Sea Fighter (FSF-1) team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, rescued three... MORE

NSWC Panama City supports mine warfare mission at BALTOPS 2019
August 8, 2019 — Mine warfare experts from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently... MORE

High school students prepare for future careers through Navy internships
July 28, 2019 — Six high school students completed their summer internships through the Science and Engineering... MORE

Technical Directors switch places to foster collaboration
July 25, 2019 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Technical Directors have temporarily switched places to... MORE

Panama City scientist awarded for professional achievement
July 21, 2019 — Nicole McWilliams Granville, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientist,... MORE

Panama City logistician selected for NAVSEA leadership program
July 17, 2019 — Heidi Pemberton, logistics management specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City... MORE

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... MORE

Panama City personnel selected to receive Warfare Center awards
July 11, 2019 — Rear Adm. Eric H. Ver Hage, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers and... MORE

Protocol: Creating world-class events one VIP visit at a time
July 9, 2019 — Protocol has proven to be a strategic asset that sets us apart from the competition as the Naval... MORE

Navy and local academia host STEM Summer Camp
July 1, 2019 — Navy physicists and engineers collaborated with local-area teachers to host the annual Science,... MORE

Displaying the American flag with style
June 30, 2019 — This week a number of American flags will be displayed in celebration of the Independence Day... MORE

OTA kick-off meeting attracts contractors, academia to address the Navy’s expeditionary needs
June 27, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Project Engineers and Project Managers are invited to attend the... MORE

NSWC Panama City Leadership program participant encourages future cadre
June 27, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Engineer, Allison Price, recently spoke at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) High Velocity Learning Summit about her experiences in the Next Generation (NextGen) Leadership Development Program to encourage employees to consider applying for this year’s program... MORE

NSWC Panama City leader closes final chapter on successful career
June 24, 2019 — Lisa Tindell, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) deputy technical director for operations, is closing the final chapter on her successful career after 33 ½ years of federal civil service... 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

NSWC Panama City assists in development of Contracting Consolidation System
June 19, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) acquisition and contract team members recently helped develop the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Contract Management Process Guide (CMPG) to consolidate contracting processes into one system for the Enterprise... MORE

NREIP Interns Receive Warm NSWC PCD Welcome
June 17, 2019 — The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) college students began their 10-week internships May 20, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)... MORE

NSWC Panama City employees save time, money by challenging prices
June 16, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers, working on 150 different projects, utilize the Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP) waiver process saving the Navy time and money... MORE

Panama City engineer wins Latin American Public Service Award
June 9, 2019 — Ivan Lugo, head of the Air Cushion Vehicle Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), was recently selected to receive the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) 2019 Excellence in Service Uniformed Services Public Service Award... MORE

NSWC Panama City expands capability with 3D metal printer
June 5, 2019 — The Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (AML) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is taking 3-dimensional (3D) printing one step further in leading innovation through the recent addition of 3D metal printing technology... MORE

NSWC PCD employee hones skills on Navy’s Marksmanship team
June 3, 2019 — Jeff King, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Diving and Life Support technician and a member of the United States Navy Marksmanship and Action Shooting Team, recently hosted and ran the 2nd Annual Navy East Coast Championship Multi-Gun Competition at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va... MORE

NSWC Panama City Division expands WIFI capability, improves collaboration
June 3, 2019 — In an effort to increase innovation, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division recently outfitted 15 conference rooms with Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) WIFI internet to improve collaboration amongst the 1,400 employees... MORE

X-Department dominates competition, wins 2019 Director’s Cup
May 29, 2019 — The Science and Technology Department was named the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) 2019 Director’s Cup champions May 22... MORE

NSWC Panama City Lean In Circles celebrate 1-year anniversary
May 20, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) celebrated the 1-year anniversary of the establishment of Lean In circles May 17... MORE

Navy Diver Petty Officer First Class Joseph Rodriguez selected as Sailor of the Quarter, Second Quarter 2019
May 15, 2019 — Commanding Officer Capt. Aaron Peters of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) selected Petty Officer First Class Joseph Rodriguez as Sailor of the Quarter, Second Quarter 2019... MORE

Panama City engineer selected as southeast regional coordinator
May 13, 2019 — Paige George, mechanical engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), has recently been selected to represent the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) as the Southeast Regional Coordinator... MORE

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, visits NSWC Panama City
May 10, 2019 — Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, toured Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) May 10... MORE

NSWC PCD Dive Locker Team recognized for support to Valiant Shield 18
May 8, 2019 — Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, presented a letter of appreciation to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division dive team for their superior performance and assistance following Valiant Shield 2018, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) biennial field training exercise (FTX) during an All Hands May 1... MORE

Rear Adm. Ver Hage visits NSWC Panama City
May 2, 2019 — Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, toured Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division May 1. During his tour, he was briefed on unmanned systems, automated target recognition, diving and life support projects and MK-18 Underwater Unmanned Vehicles along with many others... MORE

NSWC PCD celebrates 10th Anniversary of the NAVSEA Enterprise-wide S1000D Solution
May 2, 2019 — This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Enterprise-wide S1000D Common Source Database. ATA/ASD-S1000D, also commonly known as S1000D, is an international standard for technical documentation to allow the interchange of data between systems, agencies, and partner organizations without the need to reformat or rework that technical data... MORE

NSWC Panama City Division Strengthen's Navy Team through Recruiting
April 25, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division personnel participated in a job fair April 25 at Florida State University Panama City. Recruiting events enable our Command to take one step closer in achieving our strategic goal and objective of being recognized as a model organization by being the employer of choice. We empower and equip our talented people through recruiting, developing, and retaining an engaged workforce committed to the Navy core attributes... MORE

NSWC PCD Scientist Tackles Navy’s Toughest Problems
April 21, 2019 — Dr. Cobb is a well-respected scientist and engineer in the field of signal processing and automation. He was recently promoted to Distinguished scientist and engineer for advanced signal processing and automation, a NAVSEA position, that reports directly to the NSWC PCD TD. His story is interesting because he was initially reluctant to take a leadership role that was offered to him. Despite his hesitation he has been resoundingly successful and is a sought after expert in his field... MORE

NSWC Panama City photographers ‘click’ with Littoral battlespace mission
April 18, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has over 150 projects currently being developed to improve lethality of the Fleet and a small group of specially trained photographers are dedicated to the success of that mission... MORE

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month NSWC PCD
April 15, 2019 — Bryan Tien Le, mechanical engineer at NSWC Panama City Division (PCD) Diving and Life Support Division, is from Santa Ana, California. Le was born in Vietnam and his family migrated into the United States in 1995... MORE

New technology keeps Sailors safe, out of minefields
April 11, 2019 — Engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently completed a flight test using a device that will prevent Navy personnel from having to enter a minefield during mine hunting and clearing missions... MORE

NSWC Panama City Engineer Selected for Deputy Technical Director Staff Assignment
April 9, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Engineer Danielle Kinkade is trading her hands-on mine warfare programs for an opportunity to set sail on a one-year rotational assignment supporting Command leadership staff as the Technical Assistant to the Division Technical Director... MORE

U.S. Navy Successfully Completes Developmental Testing of ‘Q-20C Towed Minehunting Sonar
April 8, 2019 — After completing Developmental Testing (DT) in February of 2019, the U.S. Navy is another step closer to delivering the AN/AQS-20C (Q-20C) towed minehunting sonar to the Fleet. The Q-20C has advanced acoustic and electro-optic sensing capabilities that will detect, localize and classify bottom, close-tethered, moored, and volume-moored mines... MORE

NSWC Panama City Team Receives Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
April 1, 2019 — The LED Air Warning System (LAWS) team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), in collaboration with local academia and an industry partner, has been selected by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) to receive one of its highest honors – a 2019 Excellence in Technology Transfer (T2) Award... MORE

Navy Develops and Tests Rapid Pressure Fluctuation Chamber to Study Physiological Events
March 25, 2019 — A Navy team is developing a solution for detecting symptoms associated with rapid pressure fluctuations in military jets, a phenomenon associated with physiological events (PE) in the E/A-18G and F/A-18 weapon systems... MORE

Pearl Harbor Minesweeper Ship Bell arrives at NSWC PCD
March 13, 2019 — The bell from the USS Tern, a lapwing-class minesweeper, that rescued 47 men and fought fires on the USS West Virginia and USS Arizona for two days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor will soon be on display in the lobby of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)... MORE

Navy Mentors Challenge Students at 2019 Regional SeaPerch Competition
March 12, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers partnered with academia March 8 and challenged students to a regional SeaPerch competition at the University of West Florida. Students at this year’s event prepared their remotely operated vehicles (ROV) to compete by navigating through an obstacle and a challenge course... MORE

PRESS RELEASE: Navy Base Hosts Budding Engineers at Inaugural STEMinar
March 6, 2019 — Nine students from Patronis Elementary School showed off their FIRST Lego League robot designs to Navy scientists and engineers during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) inaugural STEMinar event March 6, 2019... MORE

NSWC Panama City Division Sparks Change through Center for Innovation
February 28, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has begun a journey to establish spaces and capabilities that will serve as enablers for innovation... MORE

New Nursing Pods at NSWC PCD
February 27, 2019 — Nursing mothers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) now have more nursing facilities with the installation of three new nursing pods... MORE

PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Dunn tour Panama City Navy Base
February 22, 2019 — PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rep. Neal Dunn, (R-FL), met with base leadership and toured the Naval Support Activity Panama City facilities destroyed by Hurricane Michael, to include the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Feb. 19... MORE

NSWC PCD Investigator Achieves Prestigious Certification
February 22, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Command Evaluation and Investigations (CE&I) Office Investigator Robert L. Malouin, Jr., successfully accomplished the Inspector General (IG) Hotline Advanced Investigator Certification Feb. 13, 2019... MORE

Women’s History Month Amanda Bobe
February 21, 2019 — Amanda Bobe, NSWC Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Science and Technology Department’s Senior Systems Test Engineer provides support and oversight for all testing within the department. Bobe is also the Buried Mine Neutralization Product One Technology Candidate Lead... MORE

SSTM Profile John Hutton
February 20, 2019 — Senior Scientific Technical Managers (SSTMs) provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long-term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. SSTMs typically have significant research or development experience, and are recognized as renowned experts in their fields. Soundings will profile select SSTMs across the Warfare Centers... MORE

Future Workforce Focus NSWC Panama City Division
February 13, 2019 — Harryel (Harry) Philippeaux, a mechanical engineer, prior Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program student, and Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern, joined the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Science and Technology Department Unmanned Systems Technology Division in January 2018... MORE

View From The Bridge February 2019 Coastal Compass
February 12, 2019 — STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN PLAN ROLLOUT Foreword by the Commanding Officer... MORE

Navy Inspires Future Generations through STEM Outreach
January 31, 2019 — Civil service and military personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Navy Experimental Diving Unit devoted their time to students at Girls Inc. Jan. 30, 2019 to demonstrate a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) positions held at the local Navy base... MORE

Navy Performs Government Acceptance Test of Towed Mine Hunting Sonar
December 21, 2018 — Brett Thach, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) AN/AQS-24 Project Engineer, and his team, recently worked in concert with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) to successfully complete government acceptance testing for the AN/AQS-24C Mine Detecting Set... MORE

NSWC PCD Employee Selected for STEM Hero Award
December 21, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Electrical Engineer Jose E. Fernandez has been selected by Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) to receive a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Hero Award... MORE

Navy Team Drive Supplies Back to School
December 21, 2018 — Employees of Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Test and Evaluation Prototype Fabrication Division recently collaborated to collect and provide backpacks and school supplies for children in need within Bay District Schools... MORE

Navy Scientists Develop Prototype for Diver Life Support
March 19, 2015 — PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) scientists have developed a prototype for a new life support system for divers the Navy announced today... MORE