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First of 2 new portal cranes arrives to support PSNS & IMF operations
July 31, 2025 — A new KNES 25-ton portal crane with a unique capability arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility July 14. Crane 52 is part of a $67 million contract to bring four new cranes to PSNS & IMF to support the mission of maintaining, repairing, modernizing and retiring U.S. Naval vessels. The new cranes were designed and... MORE

AN/SPY-6(V)1 Radar: Eyes of the fleet
July 15, 2025 — Naval warfare evolves rapidly and staying ahead of adversaries requires relentless innovation and precision. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) has established itself as a critical agent of military modernization, enhancing the capabilities of the Navy, ensuring its position as the dominant maritime force. In this fast-paced... MORE

TAMPA, Fla. – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was commissioned in Tampa, Florida on October 7, 2023. This vessel is the first of its kind to be equipped with the Aegis Weapon System, Baseline 10. At the heart of this system is the AN/SPY-6(V)1, an advanced, automatic detect-and-track, multi-function phased-array radar. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

NSWC Panama City's Diving Depot: forging warfighter readiness through expert maintenance and modernization
July 8, 2025 — NSWC Panama City Division Explosive Ordnance Disposal Diving and Life Support Depot specializes in delivering decisive combat power to the warfighter. One person who directly impacts that mission is Neil Patterson, senior underwater breathing apparatus technician. He brings more than 40 years of diving experience to the depot's ability to provide divers with reliable equipment needed to operate safely and effectively. This is just one-way NSWC PCD generates readiness and maintains, modernizes and sustains platforms to support the warfighter as a Force Behind the Fleet. ... MORE

Neil Patterson, Senior Underwater Breathing Apparatus (UBA) technician, performs an entire overhaul of a MK16 Mod 1 UBA during a 72-month routine maintenance cycle, May 28. The unit is completely disassembled and subjected to specialized oxygen cleaning procedures to ensure optimal warfighter support. *Background boards were altered to safeguard mission information. (U.S. Navy photo by Ronnie Newsome)

NUWC Division Newport commander advises SeaPort Council representatives that warfare center is ‘open for business’
May 28, 2025 — Despite rapid and dramatic changes within the federal government under the current administration, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport remains “open for business.” That was the message delivered by Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings at a well-attended SeaPort Next Generation (NxG) and Contracts Council meeting held May 14 at Division Newport... MORE

Program enables collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, provides source for specialized NSWC Panama City Division talent
May 23, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is collaborating with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) project, led by professor Dr. Manhar Dhanak, to develop “an integrated sensor system for concurrent measurement of electrical and magnetic fields in the water column.”The current... MORE

Garrett Flitton, (now) NSWC PCD engineer, tests an attitude sensing system he developed for a tow-fish based sensor package as a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program student at Florida Atlantic University, March 5, 2024. He is one of several FAU students who were hired at NSWC Panama City Division through the NEEC program. (courtesy photo)

MIT lecturer, author shares research on innovation with NUWC Division Newport workforce
May 22, 2025 — Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, delivered a briefing titled “MIT’s Approach to Innovation” to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce on May 7, as part of a monthlong focus on innovation.NUWC Division Newport and MIT have a relationship... MORE

NSWC Panama City civilians develop first comptroller robotic process automation
April 8, 2025 — Four individuals in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Comptroller Department collaborated to develop the first Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Robot (BOT) for the Civilian Payroll Missing Time & Attendance and Unapproved Time Report process.Cory Bruckschen, Tristan Dickinson, Jenica Lolley, and Rachel Thompson... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) employees (from left) Cory Bruckschen, Rachel Thompson, Jenica Lolley, and Tristan Dickinson, designed and implement the first Civilian Payroll Missing Time & Attendance and Unapproved Time Report process Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Robot (BOT). The team was also awarded the NSWC PCD FY24 Excellence in Business Innovation Annual Award. (U.S. Navy photo by Ronnie Newsome)

NAVSEA to Present at Sea-Air-Space
April 4, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Officials from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) will present program updates at exhibit booth #1701 during Sea-Air-Space at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, Apr. 7-9, 2025.The booth speaker schedule is below, dates and times are subject to change. RSVPs are not required to attend the... MORE

Event helps showcase shipyard apprentice program to current command employees
March 27, 2025 — Since 1901, the Apprentice Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has helped provide the shipyard with highly trained professionals ready to contribute to its mission. Back in those early days, the Shipyard Labor Board selected six men to train under skilled craftsmen at the command. In the ensuing years, that... MORE

Robert Nance, trade instructor, Shop 11, Shipfitters, talks with Jenean Valencia, electroplater helper, Shop 31, Inside Machinist, March 19, 2025, during the Apprentice Program Knowledge Fair at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSWC Philadelphia Kick’s Off Maritime Sustainment Technology and Innovation Consortium Event
March 19, 2025 — The Maritime Sustainment Technology and Innovation Consortium (MSTIC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA), established by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), hosted its MSTIC Collaboration Event at the Philadelphia Convention Center on March 12-13.The collaboration event was attended by MSTIC’s consortium of premier... MORE

Capt. Joseph Darcy, Commanding Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) gives keynote address during the Maritime Sustainment Technology and Innovation Consortium (MSTIC) MSTIC-25-02 Collaboration Event at the Philadelphia Convention Center on March 12-13, 2025. The goal was to build awareness of the broad array of opportunities and open collaboration between the Government and technology innovators from the defense industrial base. (U.S. Navy Photo by Gary Ell/Released)

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