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Navy lays keel of future USS Savannah (LCS 28)
September 20, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 20.The ship’s sponsor, Dianne Isakson, wife of U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, authenticated the keel for the 14th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during the ceremony. “We are... MORE

Admiral in Charge of Ship Modernization Visits Overseas Ship Maintenance Sites
September 20, 2019 — NORFOLK, VA (NSN) (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and deputy commander, Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), visited Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) headquarters in Naples, Italy, and its two detachments in Rota, Spain, and... MORE

Secretary of the Navy visits Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility
September 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is “the backbone of what gets done,” the secretary of the Navy told a gathering of hundreds of shipyard workers and Sailors during a whirlwind visit to the facility Friday.Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the PSNS & IMF workforce then toured key projects and... MORE

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workforce Sept. 20, 2019, in Bremerton, Wash., before touring key projects and facilities during his hour-and-45-minute visit to the shipyard.

Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures on USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams
September 19, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. – USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (T-ESB 4) recently completed a three-day underway in the Chesapeake Bay to integrate a Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Package on the Expeditionary Sea Base platform.During the underway, the ship conducted a demonstration using the mission package portable control station to... MORE

A view of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) being brought aboard Military Sealift Command's expeditionary sea base

NSWC Crane collaborates with NIWC Atlantic, MCWL in intensive rapid prototyping event
September 19, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) to collaborate on warfighter problems in a one-week, rapid prototyping event. Engineers and technicians from both NSWC Crane and NIWC Atlantic worked alongside MCWL Fellows to... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) to collaborate on warfighter problems in a one-week, rapid prototyping event. Engineers and technicians from both NSWC Crane and NIWC Atlantic worked alongside MCWL Fellows to solve their operational challenges at the Warfighter Driven Challenge (WDC) at Crane’s Rapid Innovation Prototype Laboratory (RIPL).

Navy Receives Three Patents on Laser-Based Technologies
September 19, 2019 — The Navy was recently awarded three U.S. patents, developed by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, for laser-based air biosensors for remote detection, real-time monitoring and control of biological chemicals including biohazards.The Air Biosensors for Remote Detection of Biohazards will allow the Navy to sample, analyze and send... MORE

Warfare Center participants gain wins at 2019 Hack the Machine contest
September 17, 2019 — More than 600 participants from across the NAVSEA enterprise, government, industry and academia partnered together to help solve complex cybersecurity problems for the Navy at the 2019 Hack the Machine contest held in the New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Sept. 6-8.This was the fifth Hack the Machine event the Navy has hosted, which occurs... MORE

At the 2019 Hack the Machine event held in New York City, Sept. 6-8, members of the first place winning team, "Ahh Ship!" in the educational option of track one, "Hack the Ship," from left to right, Pete Frye, Eric Monette, Emmuel Delgado, Courtnee Mendes, Hanna Salian, Ian Wilson, Chris Draper, and Kiera Wells. The golden water bottle was used in lieu of a trophy.

NSWC Crane data scientists and engineers place at HacktheMachine New York
September 17, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. –Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) data scientists and engineers participated in HacktheMachine New York in Manhattan and Brooklyn on September 6-8. Teams with NSWC Crane members took first and third in the Digital Manufacturing track. Teams consisting of all-NSWC Crane members placed third in the Data Science... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) data scientists and engineers participated in HacktheMachine New York in Manhattan and Brooklyn on September 6-8. Teams with NSWC Crane members took first and third in the Digital Manufacturing track. Teams consisting of all-NSWC Crane members placed third in the Data Science challenge track, and another took fourth place in the Hack the Ship track.

U.S. Navy Sailors Test New Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation System
September 16, 2019 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – “Red ship spotted on starboard side. Relative bearing is 090. Range is 500 yards and closing.” “I have a Red ship moving from starboard to port.” “Change course to 320.”“Rudder is left standard. Coming to course 320.” Commands such as these from the junior officer of the deck, aft lookout, officer of the deck, and helmsman are... MORE

IMAGE: Glenn White (center), Office of Naval Research, discusses Mentor Station “real time” data analytics to John Fiore, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division technical director. The briefing occurred during an Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation Phase 1 system demonstration in the command’s Naval Simulation Center.

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology signs Educational Partnership Agreement with Charles County Public Schools
September 16, 2019 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Representatives from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) during a ceremony at the Charles County Fair, Sept. 13. The agreement is the product of years of partnership... MORE

Front, left to right: Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division Technical Director (IHEODTD) Ashley Johnson; Charles County Public School Superintendent Dr. Kim Hill; and NSWC IHEODTD Commanding Officer Capt. Scott Kraft sign an Educational Partnership Agreement between the two organizations during a ceremony at the Charles County Fair, Sept. 13.

Also pictured: Charles County Board of Education Chairman Virginia McGraw and board member Michael Lukas.

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