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New prototype enhances ship-testing capability at NSWC Carderock Division
March 8, 2016 — A new1,000-pound inertial actuator, the AMA1000, is giving engineers at NavalSurface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) unprecedented capability infull-scale testing.Dr.John Miesner, an engineer assigned to Carderock Division’s Acoustic SignaturesTechnology Division, said the Navy has used actuators like the AMA1000 in a wetenvironment for... MORE

Inside NSWC Carderock Division’s Disruptive Technologies Lab
March 8, 2016 — TheU.S. Navy faces innumerable obstacles every day as it carries out its mission.Scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division arecharged with helping to solve them so the fleet is ready with the latestcapabilities and technologies when and where it needs to be.Tomeet the challenge of combatting disruptive threats and... MORE

A concept sketch shows the original exoskeleton prototype, which was tested at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in fiscal year 2011. The sketch shows the first naval adaption of an externally powered exoskeleton with a commercially available motion-stabilizing arm attachment and how it could be used in a naval shipyard work setting. (U.S. Navy illustration by Michael White/Released)

USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) Completes Builder's Trials
March 7, 2016 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Navy's future amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26) successfully completed Builder's Trials March 4... MORE

GULF OF MEXICO - The Navy's future amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26) successfully completed Builder's Trials March 4. The principal mission of LPD 17 San Antonio class ships is to deploy combat and support elements of Marine Expeditionary Units and Brigades. With the capability of transporting and debarking air cushion or conventional landing craft and augmented by helicopters or MV-22 vertical take-off and landing aircraft, these ships support amphibious assault, special operations, and expeditionary warfare missions. (Photo courtesy of HII)

Navy successfully tests new SM-6 capability
March 3, 2016 — PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii -- The Navy successfully conducted a demonstration of the surface-to-air STANDARD Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) from USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) off the Hawaiian coast Jan. 18... MORE

NSWC Crane Plays Essential Role in National Security
February 29, 2016 — CRANE, Ind. - The Department of Defense (DoD) relies on a large network of global suppliers for parts used in communication and weapon systems. In Fiscal Year 2014, the DoD managed more than 4.7 million parts at a cost of over $96 billion. All of these parts are at risk of being counterfeited, which can affect the integrity of systems, delay missions and endanger the lives of service members. Experts at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) help the nation avoid these dangers by developing and maintaining systems to detect and avoid counterfeit parts in the DoD’s supply chain... MORE

Carderock engineers help students soar with Seaplane Challenge
February 26, 2016 — Engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division who created a STEM outreach program at the request of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) hosted the Seaplane Challenge Feb. 18-25, showing students firsthand a bit about the Navy and sea-based aviation. Eric Silberg, an aerospace engineer at Carderock, and his colleagues visited with... MORE

Navy aerospace engineer Eric Silberg watches as a student from Carderock Spring Elementary School in Bethesda, Md., prepares to test her glider during the Seaplane Challenge at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., Feb. 25. NSWCCD engineers mentored students at the school as they built their planes, and encouraged the students to approach challenges as engineers do. Since 2014, more than 300 students from Maryland and Virginia have participated in the program.(U.S. Navy photo by James Contreras/Released)

Research Vessel Sally Ride Completes Builder's Trials
February 25, 2016 — ANACORTES, Wash. - The Navy's Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research Vessel (AGOR), R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), successfully completed Builder's Trials Feb. 21 off the coast of Anacortes, Washington... MORE

CDSA Dam Neck Engineer Honored with Black Engineer of the Year Award
February 25, 2016 — PHILADELPHIA -- A Hampton Roads Navy cybersecurityexpert is receiving national honors for his contributions protecting defenseassets worldwide. Ernest Yelder, a civilian cybersecurity technical leadat Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck (CDSA) was awarded the 2016 BlackEngineer of the Year for Outstanding Technical Contribution during the... MORE

Ernest Yelder, Cybersecurity Technical Lead at Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck accepts his 2016 Black Engineer of the Year Award during the 30th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) in Philadelphia February 20. Yelder is only one of three Navy engineers honored this year and the only one from Hampton Roads.

NSWC Dahlgren Awardees Honored at Management Forum
February 17, 2016 — DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center DahlgrenDivision (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant presents the NavyMeritorious Civilian Service Award to Kathryn Burns during the command'smanagement forum in January. Burns - theNSWCDD Chemical, Biological and Radiological Concepts and ExperimentationsBranch head (acting) - was honored... MORE

Future USS Portland (LPD 27) Launches
February 16, 2016 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Portland (LPD 27) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard Feb 13... MORE

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Portland (LPD 27) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard Feb 13. The ship was transferred from the land level facility to the drydock, which was then flooded allowing her to float off the blocks. LPD 17 class ships are versatile players in maritime security with the ability to support a variety of amphibious assault, special operations or expeditionary warfare missions. (Photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls)

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