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Indiana Research Consortium takes strategic first step to advance hypersonics innovation
August 8, 2025 — The Indiana Research Consortium (IRC) convened top researchers from Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, and subject matter experts from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, at the Emerging Manufacturing and Collaboration Center (EMC²) for an ideation session centered on hypersonics—an area of...

NSWC Crane and USI partner to enhance STEM and business education for students
March 26, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the University of Southern Indiana (USI) are partnering to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and business management opportunities for USI students. The partnership continues a long-time relationship between the two entities. Under the new Education Partnership...

NSWC Crane announces first-ever Educational Services Agreement with Indiana University
March 28, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), in collaboration with Indiana University (IU), announced its first-ever Education Services Agreement (ESA) on March 20 at WestGate Academy in Odon, Indiana. According to acquisition.gov, an ESA is “an ordering agreement under which the Government may order educational services.”Dr. Angela...

NSWC PCD and Brown University sign CRADA to protect high speed craft operators
July 6, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division and Brown University have recently entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) aimed to develop technology solutions to protect high speed craft (HSC) operators from injurious environmental conditions, specifically the repeated mechanical shock a body endures when quickly navigating open water. This CRADA aims further strengthen these relationships and ensure continued collaborative efforts to protect and improve warfighter performance...

Deep-learning architecture research is underway at UF in partnership with NSWC PCD
May 23, 2023 — “So what is a machine learning algorithm really doing?” That is the question a group of university students and faculty are tackling at the University of Florida (UF) under a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) grant sponsored by NSWC Panama City Division.The NEEC program includes university faculty and students working with NAVSEA...

NSWCPD Concludes National Engineers Week with Virtual STEM Event for Local Students
March 12, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) concluded its National Engineers Week celebration by hosting a virtual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) virtual event with students from local schools on Feb. 26, 2021.With a focus on women in engineering, a highlight of the program was keynote speaker Dr. Michele...

NSWC Crane and NIWC Atlantic researchers use computer science methods to make Navy systems more secure
December 5, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic researchers are collaborating to make Navy systems more secure. The research project, called High Assurance Interface Protocols (HAIP), is a proactive approach to prevent cyber-attacks that exploit common interfaces like USB, which is...

Promising new tool protects Ships, Sailors
November 21, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is developing another way to protect naval assets and Sailors at the pointy end of the spear.Maritime Vessel Stopping Occlusion Technologies, or MVSOT, is a promising non-lethal tool for the warfighter to significantly slow or stop an on-coming target vessel. The MVSOT team specifically...

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 Expeditionary Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Kick-Off meeting July 12 from 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Majestic Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla.OTA agreements made with Florida State University Expeditionary Warfare Prototyping multiple party...

Collaboration Leads to Promising Innovative Ideas from NSWC Crane Conference
October 14, 2016 — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (October 14, 2016) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted close to 300 professionals from defense, industry and academia for the "Innovation Crossover: The Shape of Things to Come" conference on Wednesday and Thursday at the Bloomington Convention Center...

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