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SERMC Makes Emergent Repairs to Mason
April 28, 2017 — Southeast Regional Maintenance Center's (SERMC) Production, Engineering and Waterfront Operations Departments’ performed emergent repairs aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) in Mayport, Fla. April 14-15... MORE

160624-N-OR652-154 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 24, 2016) – The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) prepares to go alongside the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for a replenishment-at-sea. Mason, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado/Released)

Navy Vet/Wounded Warrior Career Summit offers opportunities, resources
April 27, 2017 — WASHINGTON -- Wounded Warriors and Veterans are invited to participate in the Department of the Navy's 7th Annual Veteran and Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Summit Wednesday May 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport in Seattle... MORE

NSWC Panama City expands the advantage by earning Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certification
April 27, 2017 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A U.S. Navy aviation unit based here received its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) certification Apr. 18 for research, development, test and evaluation missions... MORE

USNA Midshipmen and ATRC Student-Sailors Tour NSWC Dahlgren
April 27, 2017 — DAHLGREN - "The Navy has both a tradition and a future and we look with pride and confidence in both directions." These words - spoken by Adm. Arleigh Burke at the 1961 U.S. Naval Academy change of command while he was Chief of Naval Operations - are applied every day by the Navy's students, Sailors, and civilian scientists and engineers. For... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (April 14, 2017) - U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen peer down the barrel of the electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Navy scientists and engineers briefed the Midshipmen on electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to the command's capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms.

SM-6 testing displays missile's range and versatility
April 26, 2017 — The Navy successfully executed four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast between April 6 and 13. ... MORE

140619-N-ZZ999-167 (June 19, 2014) The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches a Standard Missile (SM) 6 during a live-fire test of the ship's aegis weapons system. Over the course of three days, the crew of John Paul Jones successfully engaged six targets, firing a total of five missiles that included four SM-6 models and one Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) model.

Students Build LEGO Robots for Carderock Competition
April 26, 2017 — In what has become an annual competition hosted at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, students from local schools spent the day April 21 at the command in West Bethesda, Maryland, demonstrating teamwork in an effort to design and program fully-functioning autonomous LEGO robots.This is the fourth time Carderock has hosted the LEGO... MORE

A team of students look on as they test out their final product during Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's LEGO Robotics Competition in West Bethesda, Maryland, on April 21, 2017. This is the fourth annual competition Carderock has hosted in which engineers assist elementary and middle school students with the designing and programming of fully-functioning autonomous LEGO robots. (U.S. Navy photo by Jake Cirksena/Released)

Earth Day at Carderock
April 26, 2017 — Employees at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division celebrated Earth Day during the command's annual base-wide event at West Bethesda, Maryland, April 20.Carderock's Environmental Branch hosted the event, an early observance of the 48th Earth Day on April 22, and organized an environmental information fair, a food truck picnic and a tree... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees help Capt. Mark Vandroff, Carderock Division Commanding Officer, plant four trees on the command's West Bethesday campus during Carderock Division's annual Earth Day celebration April 20, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Holocaust Survivor, US Army Veteran, Shares Story
April 25, 2017 — For modern generations the events of the Holocaust are something learned about in school text books or a re-enactment in Hollywood movies; however, for some like Martin "Marty" Weiss, it was a horrific reality that has never been forgotten.Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held a Holocaust Remembrance Program in the Melville- Taylor... MORE

Martin Marty Weiss, holocaust survivor and U.S. Army veteran, shares his story with attendees of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division™s Holocaust Remembrance Program in West Bethesda, Md., on April 13, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Devin Pisner/Released)

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) enters into CRADA with Purdue University
April 25, 2017 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has entered into a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Purdue University. The purpose of this CRADA is to facilitate the exchange of information, as well as the sharing of the capabilities and facilities for developing advanced thermal management techniques for Navy high-power radio frequency (RF) applications... MORE

NSWC IHEODTD Recognizes Honorary Award Winners
April 24, 2017 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. ─ Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) recognized top individuals and teams who contributed substantially to the command’s mission success during the annual Honorary Awards ceremony conducted here at the town’s Village Green Park Pavilion, April 20. ... MORE

2016 NSWC IHEODTD Honorary Awards recipients are seen here with Commanding Officer Capt. Scott Kraft (far left) and Technical Director Ashley Johnson (far right) at the Town of Indian Head's Village Green Park Pavilion, April 20.