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Team designs 3D-printed device to reduce time, cost, increase safety
October 23, 2018 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Strategic Framework encourages employees at all levels to embrace innovation in support of the command’s mission to deliver warships back to the fleet on-time, every time... MORE

Jeff Pugh, a pipefitter, uses a new 3D-printed alignment tool to help punch holes in an iron pipe hanger.

USI, NSWC Crane sign agreement to conduct research on chemical reactions
October 23, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the University of Southern Indiana (USI) are strengthening their research and development (R&D) partnership through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). NSWC Crane and USI will use the CRADA to study chemical reactions. A formal CRADA signing ceremony took place October 22 at Crane... MORE

USI President Dr. Ronald Rochon and NSWC Crane Commanding Officer CAPT Mark Oesterreich signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) in a ceremony on October 22, 2018 hosted at NSWC Crane. The CRADA between NSWC Crane and USI allows both entities to leverage each other’s subject matter experts, laboratory space, and high-tech equipment.

Meeting the mission: Integral step to docking a ship is teamwork
October 23, 2018 — Derek Watson is a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility shipwright who has been with the command for six years. For the last four years, he’s been a core member of the docking crew—the team responsible for moving vessels in and out of dry docks. ... MORE

Derek Watson, a shipfitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility works during the undocking of the USS Maine (SSBN 741).

Centennial Tours provide a look back into Dahlgren’s Century of Innovation
October 18, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va.— Nestled adjacent to the Potomac River near George Washington’s birthplace is home to one of the military’s best kept secrets. It is here at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) that some of the most innovative naval warfare systems and development solutions have evolved over the past 100 years. As the Centennial... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Sailors and Civilians Celebrate Navy's Birthday
October 16, 2018 — DAHGLREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Sailors and civilians gathered around an unusual looking artifact while celebrating the U.S. Navy's 243rd birthday. Only one week before another Navy anniversary - Dahlgren's centennial - they curiously and closely examined the artifact. It was a World War I bombsight that... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Cmdr. Steven Perchalski cuts the cake in celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The event featured Perchalski as the command's oldest
Sailor cutting the Navy's birthday cake with the command's youngest Sailor, Lt. Adam Mattison. The Navy birthday cake-cutting ceremony is important to all Sailors, as it is an annual renewal of each Sailor's commitment to the Navy and
the Navy's commitment to our nation's quest for peace and freedom worldwide. Perchalski and Mattison cut the cake with a sword, a traditional reminder that NSWCDD Sailors are among a band of warriors, committed to carrying arms
so that the United States and its people may live in peace.

NSWC Crane drives electro-optical innovation with latest, high-tech equipment
October 16, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) accelerates electro-optical innovation by investing in the latest technology for a new, agile lab. This new technology advances the capabilities of NSWC Crane’s recently launched Naval Innovative Threat Exploitation and Optical Warfare Laboratory (NITE OWL), ensuring the continued safety of United States service men and women in the field... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) accelerates electro-optical innovation by investing in the latest technology for a new, agile lab. This new technology advances the capabilities of NSWC Crane’s recently launched Naval Innovative Threat Exploitation and Optical Warfare Laboratory (NITE OWL), ensuring the continued safety of United States service men and women in the field.

PEO USC Program Office wins two Navy acquisition awards
October 16, 2018 — WASHINGTON — The Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office within Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) received two 2018 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards during a ceremony Oct. 16 at the Pentagon... MORE

Fabrication Begins on Future USS Bougainville (LHA 8)
October 16, 2018 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- On Oct. 15 the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) started fabrication at Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) shipyard... MORE

Navy Innovators Reveal Revolutionary Research to Counter Emerging Threats
October 12, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy inventors are confident that their latest research and innovations in quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and cyber security – to name a few – will ultimately impact U.S. military and homeland security efforts. The list of innovations and their potential military applications were introduced and explained by the... MORE

IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (Sept. 25, 2018) – Associate investigators Teeya Roche and Megan Kozub are pictured at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) and Independent Applied Research (IAR) End of Year Review. They identified challenges, objectives, accomplishments and future benefits related to their IAR project -- “Data Visualization Support for Creation of a Numerical Table: Effects on Training and Performance” -- to Navy technical managers, engineers, and scientists as well as representatives from academia, industry, transition partners, and other key stakeholders. The innovative tool can reduce Sailor workload by minimizing the required sectors that a warfighter must monitor for each ship based on the global coverage area of the Fleet doctrine.

Sailors and Civilians Race Calculator Robots With Baltimore NJROTC
October 11, 2018 — Sailors from USS Maryland (SSBN 738) along with engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division demonstrated calculator-controlled robots to students in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School on Oct. 4 as part of this year’s Maryland Fleet Week... MORE

Sailors assigned to the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland (SSBN 738) and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division demonstrate calculator-controlled robots to Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps students at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School as part of Maryland Fleet Week and Air Show Baltimore. Calculator-controlled robots are part of Carderock's Division's science, technology, engineering and math outreach program and teaches students to program the robots to carry out a variety of tasks. MDFWASB is Baltimore's celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Maryland and the city of Baltimore to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. (U.S. Navy photo by Martin Sheehan/Released)