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NAVSEA Activities Recognized by Secretary of the Navy’s Energy Excellence Awards
August 31, 2018 — PHILADELPHIA – Several Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) field activities earned recognition under the fiscal year 2018 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Awards, the service announced in August... MORE

Navy takes delivery of future USS Charleston (LCS 18)
August 31, 2018 — MOBILE, Alabama -- The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Charleston (LCS 18) during a ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard Aug. 31... MORE

Junior Navy Technologists Create Autonomous Swarm Capability for Warfighters
August 31, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – What happens when STEM college graduates are tested reality TV style with a situation akin to Survivor, House, The Apprentice, and Shark Tank on a sprawling Naval base on the banks of the Potomac?The Navy waited patiently for the answer as the stars – within two years of earning their STEM (science, technology, engineering and... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN (Aug. 7, 2018) – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Godfrey ‘Gus’ Weekes holds the USS Arlington (LPD-24) coin that was presented to NSWCDD Sly Fox Mission 23 team members while they were deployed aboard the Arlington for a week via the Scientists, Engineers and Logisticians to Sea program sponsored by NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity and NSWCDD. While at sea, the seven-member Mission 23 team presented the NSWCDD coin to Arlington’s commanding officer, who in turn, presented his warship’s coin to the Dahlgren junior scientists and engineers. Pictured left to right at the demonstration of Autonomous Remote Tactical Engagement Multi-Domain Intelligence Swarm capabilities: Conrad Brown, Ryan Munz, Kim Wendt, Capt. Weekes, Philip Costello, Devon McKiver, Luis Valcourt-Colon, and Melissa Markle.

Royal Australian Navy Delegation Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division in the Wake of RIMPAC 2018
August 30, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Australian military officials touring Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), received briefings on U.S. Navy technical programs ranging from directed energy to human systems integration, Aug. 16. The NSWCDD visit follows Australia’s recent participation with the United States and 23 other countries in Rim of the... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 16, 2018) – Dr. Chris Lloyd, High Energy Laser Lethality Lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), briefs Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Commodore Peter Leavy and his delegation at the NSWCDD Laser Lethality Lab during the RAN delegation's NSWCDD visit. Lloyd explained the importance of rigorous modeling and laboratory testing against target materials to ensure high energy laser systems are built that meet the requirements of the warfighter once fielded. NSWCDD is drawing on its knowledge of electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to its established core capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms. (Photo by U.S. Navy/Released)

NSWC Crane Engineer Finds New Home in Indiana
August 28, 2018 — Chemical Engineer Mackenzie Alameda had never even been to Indiana when she took a job at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) right after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2015, but the promise of opportunity drew her in. Alameda grew up in New Jersey and went to college in Massachusetts, a long way from Crane, Indiana. But she knew she wanted to work for the Department of Defense (DoD), and NSWC Crane had a position open in a field she found interesting... MORE

Chemical Engineer Mackenzie Alameda had never even been to Indiana when she took a job at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) right after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2015, but the promise of opportunity drew her in.

NAVSEA HQ Small Business Industry Day Expands the Advantage
August 28, 2018 — WASHINGTON – Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) headquarters hosted its fourth annual Small Business Industry Day, Aug. 21 in the Humphreys Building at the Washington Navy Yard... MORE

Jim Smerchansky, Executive Director, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks at the NAVSEA Small Business Industry Day, Expanding the Advantage through Small Business Partnerships, which was held in the Humphreys Building auditorium and cafe atrium.

23 trained for Navy innovations graduate Aug. 24
August 27, 2018 — Innovation is at the core of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s strategy for accomplishing its mission: maintaining, modernizing and retiring the Navy’s fleet. The shipyard and other local Navy commands recently certified a group of employees specially trained to lead the innovative processes intended to make their organizations successful into the future... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Lean Six Sigma Black Belt instructor Tom Real (far left) and Rear Adm. Stephen Williamson, the Naval Sea Systems Command’s deputy commander for logistics, maintenance and industrial operations (far right) pose for a class photo with local graduates of the Black Belt course following the Aug. 24 ceremony at the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton, Wash.

New CRADA Unites NSWC Crane and Local High School
August 27, 2018 — An engineering team of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) recently established their first Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with a secondary school. The project is funded through the NSWC Crane Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) program. The Quadrangles for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics team based out of Bloomington High School South has set out to develop robotic vehicles with wireless power capabilities. During the school year, the Quadrangles compete from Jan. to April, with six weeks to create a robotic project and six to eight weeks of competition... MORE

The Quadrangles for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics team based out of Bloomington High School South has set out to develop robotic vehicles with wireless power capabilities.

Shipyard innovation improves label plate process, reduces time and cost
August 27, 2018 — It’s not every day an idea reduces hazardous waste, cuts down on processing time, saves the command $28,000 a year and produces a higher quality product. Forward-thinking teammates in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Sheet Metal Shop (Shop 17) came up with just such an idea when looking to improve label plates used on vessels. ... MORE

Sean Joyner, a sheet metal mechanic in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Sheet Metal Shop, preps a print-out to create ID tags using the new photo sensitive label plate process. (Photo by Robin L. Lee, PSNS & IMF photographer)

Revolutionizing Readiness: Fleet Forces Commander Sees Warfare Center’s Latest Advances
August 23, 2018 — Adm. Christopher Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, spent a full day at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division Aug. 21 to get a first-hand look into the command’s leading role in independent assessment, data analytics, measurement science and fleet live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training... MORE

Richard Schumacher, Measurement Science and Engineering Department head, shows a Standard Missile MK-29 vertical launch system canister fit-check tool to Adm. Christopher Grady, U.S. Fleet Forces Commander

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