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NSWC Crane Employee Recognized for National Technical Excellence
May 21, 2026 — An NSWC Crane technology transfer expert was recognized nationally for her efforts to advance commercialization. Amanda McCullough, Technological Transfer (T2) Agreements Program Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), earned an honorable mention for the 2026 Technology Transfer Rookie of the Year Award, recognizing...

NSWC Crane’s new low-cost, ‘Drone Killer Cartridge’ achieves 92-percent kill rate in demonstration event
February 17, 2026 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has designed and developed the Drone Killer Cartridge (DKC), a new and cost-effective family of ammunition for the warfighter that increases probability of hit and kill against drone threats while inherently reducing collateral damage."We're enabling extended range, shotgun-style effects...

NSWC Crane and Ivy Tech’s free Technology Transfer course serves nearly 80 in first year
July 10, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Ivy Tech Community College Gayle and Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship have found success in reaching regional businesses with their free training course, called Federal Lab Technology Transfer for Beginners. Since its inception last year, the program has supported more than 40...

NSWC Crane to receive two nationwide Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for superior technology transfer
May 15, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with two awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) at the 2025 FLC Awards Ceremony on May 15, 2025 during the FLC National Meeting. Dr. Angela Lewis, SES, the Technical Director at NSWC Crane, was awarded Lab Director of the Year and NSWC Crane received the Midwest...

NSWC Crane Recognizes Engineers & Scientists during the Technology Transfer (T2) Inventor Showcase
December 12, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) celebrated the achievements of its inventors during the Technology Transfer (T2) Inventor Recognition Showcase. The event took place on December 3rd and recognized the outstanding achievements of NSWC Crane scientists and engineers, whose technical excellence and contributions aid the...

NSWC Crane assists in creating technology to detect and identify U.S. Navy sailors in emergency situations
December 15, 2023 — As international rules-based order is challenged, our Navy and military prepares to face those evolving threats. The science and technology (S&T) experts across the Navy research and development (R&D) enterprise are prepared to equip our sailors for what they may encounter. If a disaster took place, sailors and warfighters need to be kept safe...

NSWC Crane is a ‘super-user’ of the NSIN X-Force Fellowship, integrating non-traditional talent to challenging problem
December 7, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted dozens of students in the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) X-Force Fellowship internship program this past summer. In this Fellowship program, students work on problem statements submitted directly from NSWC Crane and create an output by the end of their...

NSWC Crane recognizes researchers and inventors for 2023
November 30, 2023 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) held its annual Inventor Recognition Event in conjunction with its In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) and Independent Applied Research (IAR) Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Program Review on November 28. Fifty people attended the event that took place at the High-Velocity (HiVe) Innovation Center at NSWC Crane, where 35 inventors were recognized, and 13 ILIR/IAR programs were displayed...

NSWC Crane employee part of collaborative Army, Navy Hypersonic team recognized nationally for transferring technology
June 1, 2023 — An NSWC Crane employee is a member of a multi-agency team that was recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) during its 2023 National Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio on March 28-30. Members from Sandia National Laboratories, Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, Strategic Systems Programs, and Naval Sea System Program received FLC’s 2023 Interagency Partnership Award for advancing hypersonics technology. Patrick Shaffer, Distinguished Engineer for Hypersonics at NSWC Crane, provided initial team direction and conceived technology transfer workshops held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shaffer said it is an honor to be a member of the team that was recognized for this critical effort. “It was a pleasure to work with an immensely talented and dedicated group of people that successfully transitioned a prototype design to a product that was buildable by industry,” he said. ...

NSWC Crane employee sees expansion, innovation in Technology Transfer future
June 25, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) is a national leader in Technology Transfer (T2), leveraging the Federal government’s entire suite of partnership capabilities to support the lab’s mission through commercialization of the lab’s assets and by interacting with the private sector, academia, and state and local governments...

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