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NSWC Crane Hosts 3rd Annual Microelectronics Integrity Meeting
August 14, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted its third annual Microelectronics Integrity Meeting (MIM) at the Crowne Plaza Downtown earlier this month... MORE

Approximately 230 professionals from government, academia and industry attended the event, which included keynote speeches from Kerry Bernstein of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Dr. Edward Ammeen, the Marine Engineering Director for Naval Systems Engineering Directorate of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

Done! PSNS & IMF completes Stennis work 5 days early
August 14, 2017 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility certified the completion of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) planned incremental availability five days early... MORE

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits Puget Sound Aug. 11, 2017. John C. Stennis is underway for sea trials three days ahead of schedule during a planned incremental availability (PIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. During PIA, the ship and shipyard team accomplished the largest work package ever for an aircraft carrier in a six-month availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dakota Rayburn)

Cross-Navy collaboration leads to development of sophisticated target
August 14, 2017 — When it comes to testing and evaluating weapon systems, two components are needed; the weapon and its intended target. While Navy engineers are renowned for innovating future combat capabilities for the fleet, they also create sophisticated targets to ensure a system’s operational effectiveness... MORE

Image: Mock-up of the Autonomous Mobile Periscope System

High-Velocity Learning Continues at Carderock
August 14, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is embracing Navy leadership's vision of strengthening its people through culture change with high-velocity learning (HVL) as the tool to identify and implement this change... MORE

Image: Reid McAllister, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divisions director of unmanned vehicles and autonomous systems

NSWC Philadelphia Selects Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program Poster Session Winners
August 11, 2017 — PHILADELPHIA (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) selected the winners of its Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern Poster Session at the Navy Yard, July 26... MORE

NAVSEA, Small Business Industry Day talks procurement
August 10, 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 200 small business representatives attended NAVSEA's third Small Business Industry Day, Aug. 8 in the Humphreys Building at the Washington Navy Yard... MORE

Image: Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition Allison Stiller and Naval Sea Systems Command Executive Director Jim Smerchansky

PSNS & IMF Sailors support Coast Guard in the Arctic
August 10, 2017 — Six Sailors from PSNS & IMF are deployed aboard a Coast Guard cutter to support first Artic dive operations since two of its divers perished in almost 11 years. ... ... MORE

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Harris and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Villafuerte, divers deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, conduct remote operated vehicle operations in search of the wreckage from the fishing vessel Destination, in the Bering Sea, near St. George, Alaska, July 24, 2017. The Destination and its six crew members were lost February 11, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Meredith Manning

NSWC Panama City Hosts ANTX 2017, Collaborates with NUWC Newport
August 10, 2017 — ANTX 2017 is a multi-site event hosted by both NSWC PCD in Panama City, Florida and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport on the same dates in August. The ANTX 2017 theme is “Battlespace Preparation in a Contested Environment (BPCE).”... MORE

NSWC IHEODTD Selected as Winner of DoN Innovation Sustainment Group (DISG) Pitch Tank Competition
August 9, 2017 — NSWC IHEODTD was recently selected as one of the winners of the DoN Innovation Sustainment Group (DISG) Pitch Tank following a January pitch session held at the Pentagon. The DISG Pitch Tank is operated by the Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy (Management) (DUSN(M)) Office of Strategy and Innovation and seeks to competitively award seed money to create or accelerate research and development areas in the areas of additive manufacturing (AM)... MORE

Dr. Sam Emery, a research physicist at NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division, discusses the command's ability to design and produce energetic materials by way of additive manufacturing with NAVSEA Executive Director James Smerchansky during his Aug. 1 visit.

NSWC Crane Employees Recognized as Finalists of the CNR Concept Challenge
August 7, 2017 — NSWC Crane’s Dr. Ben Conley and Harrison Holmes were recognized as two of the nine finalists of the CNR Concept Challenge. Dr. Conley’s concept focuses on enhancements to existing thermal-imaging capabilities, and Holmes’ concept centers on creating low-cost solutions for additive-manufacturing metals. There were over 200 submissions in the CNR Concept Challenge, from which nine finalists were selected during the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo last month. NSWC Crane was responsible for 43 of the more than 200 submissions, and two of the nine finalists... MORE

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