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Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer John Finn
July 14, 2017
PEARL HARBOR (July 10, 2017) The future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) is pierside at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in preparation for its commissioning ceremony. John Finn is named in honor of Lt. John William Finn, a chief aviation ordnanceman and the first member of the armed services to earn the Medal of Honor during World War II for heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Ccommunication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Pacheco/Released)
iNFUSION enables the HVL environment
July 13, 2017
Warfare Center Working Group Quickly Meets NAVAIR Requirement with 3-D Printers
July 12, 2017
Dung Su, Frank Neukam, Sam Pratt, Jonathan Hopkins, Keith Brennan and Ryan Franke, all employees with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, display additively manufactured aviation part they rapidly produced in a first-of-its-kind response to a critical fleet need in West Bethesda, Md., May 31, 2017. Carderock engineers collaborated with other commands from the Additive Manufacturing Warfare Center Working Group, including NSWC Indian Head and Dahlgren and Combat Directions Systems Activity Dam Neck, to fulfill a request from Naval Air Systems Command for parts to restore stalled training operations for the T-45 Goshawk. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)
NSWC Crane to Host ANTX 2017 Innovation & Sensor Fusion Experimentation Event
July 11, 2017
NSWC Crane Hosts Surface Electro-Optics/Infrared (EO/IR) Standards Profile Review
July 11, 2017
CRANE, Ind. - July 11, 2017 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted a Surface Electro-Optics/Infrared (EO/IR) Standards Profile Review in collaboration with Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Surface EO/IR Technical Warrant Holder from 9-10 May. The event was a follow-up to the NAVSEA EO/IR Modular Open Systems Approach/Architecture (MOSA) Technical Exchange Meeting, which was hosted by NSWC Crane in June 2016 and established the technical direction for the standards review.
New Commander at PHNSY & IMF
July 10, 2017
Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, congratulates Capt. Jamie Kalowsky on Kalowsky's relief as commanding officer of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The 47th and new commanding officer, Capt. Greg Burton looks on. The change of command took place in front of the Shipyard Headquarters Building on Friday, July 7, 2017.
NSWC Dahlgren Division Wins Award for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Contracts
July 7, 2017
DAHLGREN, Va. (July 7, 2017) – Kris Parker, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) deputy for small business, is inspired by a quote – written on his whiteboard in the background – spoken by Sir Michael Gambon in Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake: "The art of good business is being a good middleman". Parker is holding the Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Program Award for NSWCDD’s first-time achievement of a statutory small business goal – three percent of total contracted dollars to service disabled veteran owned small businesses. DON Office of Small Business Programs, small business, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NSWCDD, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Contracts, Disabled Veterans, Veteran Owned Small Business, Statutory Goal Achievement Award, Statutory Goal
Surface Combat Systems Center establishes Sailor Test Team
July 6, 2017
NSWC Crane Team Recognized by U.S. Secretary of Defense for Producing $31.2 Million in Cost Savings
July 6, 2017
The work of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane)'s AN/SLQ-32(V) Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite Performance Based Logistics (PBL) team resulted in a total cost savings of $31.2 million and $1.3 million in annual cost avoidance. This team was named the 2016 Secretary of Defense PBL award winner for the Component Level Award category. Pictured above, front row, L-R: Ms Tonya Stivers, Bloomfield; Mr. William Hixon, Bloomfield; Mr. Curt Secrest, Bloomfield; and Mr. Steven Lawyer, Elnora. Back row, L-R: Ms. Vernell Thomas, Bloomington; and Ms. Stephanie Toy, Jasper.
Navy Mentors Get Middle School Students Excited about STEM and Internship Programs
July 6, 2017
KING GEORGE. Va. (June 28, 2017) - Middle school students use remote-controlled models to solve simulated naval robotic missions at the 2017 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division sponsored STEM Summer Academy, held June 26-30. Camp activities included ten robotic challenges; building a water rocket and determining the optimal fuel loading to maximize height; exploring epidemiology; building and destructively testing a tower from balsa wood with the goal of maximizing the strength to weight ratio; predicting the number of each color of M&Ms in a large bag after compiling statistics on numbers in smaller bags; and building a boat out of foil and straws with the aim of maximizing its cargo carrying capacity.