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U.S. Navy Submarine History Makes 'Deep' STEM Impact on Students
July 29, 2016 — WASHINGTON - The deep-diving research vessel that took two hydronauts to the deepest point of the world's oceans 56 years ago is still diving - in many ways, deeper than ever. The Trieste - a Swiss-designed, Italian-built bathyscaphe acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1958 - first made history by reaching the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Pacific...

Carney's on-time completion marks four in a row for Rota
July 28, 2016 — NORFOLK, Virginia -- Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota, Spain successfully completed a 102-day selected restricted availability (SRA) on USS Carney (DDG 64) July 8...

Carderock Division SEAP intern develops smartphone application for Sailors
July 27, 2016 — A student with this year’s group of Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is creating a smartphone application in direct response to interest from Sailors in the fleet. David Papermaster, a junior at Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, came aboard the West Bethesda,...

Carderock Division hosts SeaGlide workshop for educators
July 26, 2016 — Sixteen people from around the U.S. attended Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s (NSWCCD) SeaGlide summer workshop geared toward educators, scientists and engineers, which took place in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 18-22. A SeaGlide, or small-scale underwater glider, is a non-tethered, autonomous robot that has no propeller and uses...

Navy Conducts First LCS Harpoon Missile Test at RIMPAC
July 25, 2016 — PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii - USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully executed the first live fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile July 19 during the Navy's Rim of the Pacific Exercise...

Navy Tests Latest Aegis Weapon System Interoperability with Spanish Navy
July 22, 2016 — ATLANTIC OCEAN-The U.S. Navy conducted a series of cooperative air defense test exercises with the Spanish Navy that culminated in live missile firing events using the latest Aegis Weapon System, July 20-21...

Future USS Detroit (LCS 7) Completes Acceptance Trial
July 22, 2016 — MARINETTE, Wisconsin - The future USS Detroit (LCS 7) successfully concluded its acceptance trial July 15 after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV)...

Educational Partnership Agreement between NSWC Crane Division and Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc.
July 20, 2016 — CRANE, Ind.- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), signed an Education Partnership Agreement with Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. (ROI) in June. The new agreement sets the stage for collaboration on a number of workforce development and educational initiatives within Southwest Central Indiana...

Galinis takes lead of Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships
July 20, 2016 — WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. William J. Galinis relieved Rear Adm. David Gale to take the lead of Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships during a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, July 20...

USS Jackson Completes Full Ship Shock Trials
July 19, 2016 — In June, the Navy began conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) for the Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) off the coast of Florida. The purpose of FSST is to validate the operational survivability of new construction ships after exposure to underwater shock. Three tests were scheduled for the ship and each test was...

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