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Local Students Enter Record 200 Projects in 34th Annual Team Crane Science Fair
March 22, 2018
CRANE, Ind. – Adalyn Wiseman, 7th grade, Bloomfield Junior Senior High School speaks with attendee at the 34th Annual Team Crane Science Fair. Students from 11 area school systems entered a record 200 projects to compete for awards and cash prizes in the 34th Annual Team Crane Science Fair held at WestGate Academy Conferencing & Training Center on Mar. 21, 2018.
New Name for Navy PEO
March 22, 2018
The Navy announced March 22, 2018, that it is renaming Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ship (PEO LCS) as Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) to better align the course and scope of responsibilities for both manned and unmanned systems to meet combatant commander needs.
Navy Engineer on Cutting Edge of Vibration Technology Wins Navy Technical Excellence Award
March 20, 2018
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Shawn Schneider mounts an adapter plate to an Unholtz-Dickie T-2000 electro-dynamic vibration system capable of providing over 24,000 pounds of force in vibration at frequencies up to and exceeding 3,000 hertz (cycles per second). These systems are used to replicate shock and vibration environments experienced by test items during their lifecycle to ensure that performance and safety are not compromised prior to use by the warfighter. NSWCDD announced on March 20 that Schneider won the 2018 Department of the Navy Award for Technical Excellence at a Test and Evaluation Facility or Range. The engineer was honored for extraordinary scientific and engineering contributions to the test and evaluation community in the area of multi-input-multi-output vibration test profiles.
Carderock Engineer's Work on Risk Assessment in Bridges Benefits Shipbuilding
March 20, 2018
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) passes under the Verrazano Bridge during a parade of ships in the New York Harbor river to mark the start of 2016 Fleet Week New York. The event Fleet Week New York, now in its 28th year, is the city's time-honored celebration of the sea services. It is an unparalleled opportunity for the citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. The weeklong celebration has been held nearly every year since 1984.
Tennessee Students Help Navy Research 3-D Print Materials' Properties
March 20, 2018
Johnny Ruffa, from the Ship Structures Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Will Ferrell, a doctoral student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dan Hart, an aerospace engineer from Carderock's Advanced Materials and Structures Branch, discuss the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process for additive manufacturing in the Composites Lab on March 15, 2018, at Carderock's West Bethesda, Md., headquarters.
Navy Seeks Savings, Releases Two-Carrier RFP
March 19, 2018
A 35-ton steel plate is displayed at Newport News Shipbuilding division during a ceremony to start advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80).
Senior Marine Corps Leader Visits NSWC Crane
March 19, 2018
CRANE, Ind. – On March 13, Lt. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, the Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Information, and his team visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) to learn more about Crane’s work in areas such as cybersecurity, expeditionary warfare, and electronic warfare.
Combat Direction Systems Activity Changes Command Name
March 16, 2018
IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) aerial photo.
Wounded Warrior Hiring Summit to offer opportunities and resources
March 15, 2018
Future USS Tulsa (LCS 16) Completes Acceptance Trials
March 15, 2018
MOBILE, Ala. (March 16, 2016) -- File photo of the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16).