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Sailors Look inside a Gas Turbine Engine in Philadelphia
December 16, 2019 — Sailors attached to the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) recently received training at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) to perform maintenance to the ship’s propulsion system.While attending the training at NSWCPD, Sailors learned how to use a borescope. A borescope is an optical device used for visual inspections where the area... MORE

U.S. Navy Sailors attached to USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) receive borescope inspection training conducted by Scott Brown, Senior Engineering Technician, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The borescope tool provides access to the internal sections of an engine, enabling the users to view any damage, cracks or imperfections within the confined chambers of the engine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield).

NSWCPD and Rowan University Continue Third Year of Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Research
December 13, 2019 — This fall the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) and Rowan University entered into the third year of a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) research grant.NEEC is a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Center-wide program designed to conduct leading edge university research to address specific Navy... MORE

PHILADELPHIA – Rowan University students and faculty toured Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) test sites and labs on Oct. 24 during a kick-off for the third year of a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) research grant. During the tour, NSWCPD’s Applied Superconductivity team leader and a Rowan alumnus, Dr. Jacob Kephart (center), highlighted the Command’s High Temperature Superconducting lab which conducts similar research to Rowan’s project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield)/Released

Navy Officials Break Ground for New Cyber Warfare Engineering Laboratory
December 12, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy officials, including Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leadership, broke ground for a new Cyber Warfare Engineering Laboratory, Dec. 12.Three speakers – Scott St. Pierre, Enterprise Information Technology officer for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Casey Plew, and NSWCDD... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Artist’s rendering of the Cyber Warfare Engineering Laboratory to be built at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Navy officials, including NSWCDD leadership, broke ground for the facility Dec. 12. It will bring together the building blocks of existing capabilities into one place to provide a robust and flexible software and hardware testing capability for Department of Defense and Navy weapon systems, cyber and network platforms in addition to industrial control systems supporting DoD infrastructure.

Carderock’s missile tube team wins NAVSEA Technical Authority of the Year award
December 12, 2019 — A team of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s Platform Integrity Department received the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Technical Authority of the Year Team Award for their contribution in addressing a critical shipbuilding challenge.Materials and Manufacturing Technology Division Manager Johnnie DeLoach conducted... MORE

Capt. Cedric McNeal, commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, recognized a team of engineers from Carderock’s Platform Integrity Department on Dec. 6, 2019, for receiving the Naval Sea Systems Command Technical Authority of the Year Team Award for their contribution in addressing a critical shipbuilding challenge. From left, front row: Technical Director Larry Tarasek, Matthew Sinfield, Kevin Madala, Nate Livesy and McNeal. From left, back row: Paul Young, Maria Posada, Johnnie DeLoach, Charles Roe and Jeff Mercier. (U.S. Navy photo by Harry Friedman/Released)

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division Employees Recognized for Exceptional Accomplishments
December 12, 2019 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) field service technicians and two other command teams were recognized recently at the fiscal year 2019 3rd and 4th Quarter Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Washington Navy... MORE

Members of the NSWC IHEODTD joint Mark 45 Team receive a PEO IWS Team Excellence Award for fiscal year 2019 3rd and 4th quarters. Pictured left to right: Rear Adm. Douglas W. Small, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems; NSWC IHEODTD employees David Culhane, Larry Dulin, Jesse Hitch, Drew Howells, Gregg LaFave, David Pipes, Gary Williams, Jared Wood, Lamar Anderson; and Jill Boward, Executive Director, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems. Not pictured: Shane Hanna, Stephen Smith, John Parkes, Christopher Mahony and Zachery Rutledge. (U.S. Navy photo)

NSWC Dahlgren Division Veteran Finds ‘Honor’ and a Calling to Train Guide Dogs
December 11, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Honor. It’s a Navy core value that retired Chief Warrant Officer Ed Hudson holds close to his heart and the name he chose for the guide dog he raises. Like the warfighter, Honor serves selflessly to accomplish the mission of which she’s been trained. For this reason, guide dogs, like Honor, make great companions for "those who can’t... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Dec. 11, 2019) – Honor was a ‘Superhero in Training’ thanks to Ed and Sylvia Hudson, who have raised her through the Southeastern Guide Dogs’ tele-raiser program. Hudson – Cyber Technologies and Software Systems Division head at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division – and his wife have raised guide dogs through the nonprofit in Florida for more than a decade. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Puerto Rico
December 11, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. - The Navy accepted delivery of its 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), from Austal USA Dec. 10.Delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. EPF 11 will be owned and operated by Military Sealift Command."We are excited to accept delivery of... MORE

USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11) successfully completed the first integrated sea trials for an Expeditionary Fast Transport ship Aug. 22.

Middle School Students Wow their NSWC Dahlgren Scientist and Engineer Judges at Science Fair
December 10, 2019 — FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — What do Navy science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) judges have in common with the celebrity judges of American Idol?Just as American Idol contestants get crucial career feedback from superstar judges in front of studio and national audiences, the middle school students at Chancellor Middle School received... MORE

NSWC Crane Equal Employment Opportunity Office expands offerings to enhance inclusion
December 9, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Fred Seitz, a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) electrical engineer, often contends with communication barriers with his hearing colleagues. Emails would fly back and forth, but calls from colleagues had to be ignored.“I think people would get frustrated because they would try to call me, but I wouldn’t be able... MORE

NSWC Crane’s EEO Office has been working hard to increase its offerings, expanding lactation areas for new mothers and implementing the Diversity Leadership.

NSWC Dahlgren Scientists Brief Top Technological Programs to U.K Royal Navy Leaders as Collaboration Strategy is Reaffirmed
December 6, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – U.S. Navy officials briefed U.K. Royal Navy Rear Admiral Hugh Beard and his delegation on current and emerging technological programs during a tour of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dec. 3.The timing of Beard’s NSWCDD visit – in the wake of a trilateral cooperation agreement signed by top leaders of the... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Dec. 3, 2019) - British Royal Navy Rear Adm. Hugh Beard shakes hands with Dr. Chris Lloyd, High Energy Laser Lethality lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), during a presentation held after a live test demonstration. Lloyd presented Beard – the U.K. assistant chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) – with a steel metal sample irradiated and penetrated in the command’s High Energy Laser Lethality laboratory. NSWCDD subject matter experts briefed Beard and his delegation of Royal Navy officers on programs and capabilities that included NSWCDD directed energy weapons such as the high energy laser, electromagnetic railgun, and hyper-velocity projectile in addition to high power radio frequency capabilities and the weaponization of unmanned systems. The assistant chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) is responsible for planning and delivering the larger part of the Royal Navy’s future maritime effectiveness. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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