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Shipyard and Sarcos Robotics announce collaborative partnership
March 11, 2019 — In a first-of-its-kind collaboration involving a Navy shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Sarcos Robotics will jointly develop robotic technologies, including full-body powered exoskeletons, for use in naval shipyards, the two entities jointly announced today... MORE

NSWCDD Black History Observance: Navy Captain’s fireside chat focuses on “Being Ready”
March 7, 2019 — In an inspiring “fireside chat” with a standing-room only crowd, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Godfrey “Gus” Weekes spoke candidly about “being ready when opportunity presents itself” during the command’s annual Black History Observance, Feb. 21.Weekes – the first African-American to serve as... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Capt. Godfrey “Gus” Weekes, NSWCDD Commanding Officer, delivered the keynote talk during the annual Black History Observance on Feb. 21. Weekes spoke to a standing-room only crowd in the Base Theater.

NAVSEA EEO Urges Migration of Thinking at Carderock's Black History Month Observance
March 7, 2019 — Black migration was the theme for Black History Month in 2019, specifically the continuous movement of African-Americans from the South to the industrialized North and beyond. According to Dr. Stephanie Hampton Credle, director of Naval Sea Systems Command’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office, migrating is not only about moving from one physical place to another, but also about changing a mindset. Credle was the guest speaker at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, on Feb. 26 during the Black History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. combined observance... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff presents Dr. Stephanie Hampton Credle a certificate of appreciation at the Black History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance event at Carderock™s headquarters in West Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 26, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Harry Friedman/Released)

PRESS RELEASE: Navy Base Hosts Budding Engineers at Inaugural STEMinar
March 6, 2019 — Nine students from Patronis Elementary School showed off their FIRST Lego League robot designs to Navy scientists and engineers during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) inaugural STEMinar event March 6, 2019... MORE

Patronis Elementary School Robotics League Student operates an underwater robot during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) inaugural STEMinar event March 6. The long term goal for STEM Outreach at NSWC PCD is to make it clear that NSWC PCD is the employer of choice in the area.

Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) Scores Highest
March 6, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. — The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey awarded the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) a “93”—the highest score to date for an Independence variant—after successfully completing acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico Feb. 8... MORE

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division scientist receives international award
March 6, 2019 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division Chief Technology Officer Dr. Kerry Clark, as part of the Weapon Systems Group’s Energetic Materials and Propulsion Technologies Technical Panel, was awarded the Technical Cooperation Program Team Award during a recent ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Clark received the award along with her professional colleagues from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom for their role in creating data on environmental safety, occupational hazards and the toxicity of dinitroanisole and DNAN-based explosives. ... MORE

Carderock Features Bridge Project Manager for Engineers’ Week
March 5, 2019 — Many residents of the Washington, D.C., metro area remember a time when the Woodrow Wilson Bridge had only three lanes crossing the Potomac River for each direction of traffic. Today the bridge is much bigger, with six lanes each way, coming from an inner and outer loop of the Capital Beltway to accommodate the immense amount of traffic flowing between Maryland and Virginia... MORE

Jim T. Ruddell speaks about his experience as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement project manager during Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s celebration of National Engineers’ Week on Feb. 27, 2019, in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

NSWC Crane recognized across Indiana for enhancing workplace safety and health
March 4, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with the Governor’s Workplace Safety “Rising Star” Award at the 2019 Indiana Safety and Health Conference & Expo held on Thursday, February 28 in Indianapolis... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with the Governor’s Workplace Safety “Rising Star” Award at the 2019 Indiana Safety and Health Conference & Expo Thursday, February 28 in Indianapolis.

Five “P”s of Success featured in NSWC Philadelphia Division’s African American/Black History Heritage Month Event
March 4, 2019 — The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Director of Navy Staff Steffanie Easter led a discussion about her career with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) employees during the Command’s annual Nation African American/Black History Heritage Month event on Feb. 7. ... MORE

NNSY makes history by building a minesweeper condenser in record time
March 1, 2019 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard sent a fly-away team to USS Gladiator (MCM 11) to repair a air conditioning condenser... MORE

CAPT Dianna Wolfson, Norfolk Naval Shipayrd's former Code 1200 business and strategic planning officer, addresses the minesweeper condenser building team.