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Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Marinette (LCS 25)
March 29, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) in Marinette, Wisconsin March 27... MORE

Navy Develops and Tests Rapid Pressure Fluctuation Chamber to Study Physiological Events
March 25, 2019 — A Navy team is developing a solution for detecting symptoms associated with rapid pressure fluctuations in military jets, a phenomenon associated with physiological events (PE) in the E/A-18G and F/A-18 weapon systems... MORE

PANAMA CITY, Florida – Research Physiologist Lt. Travis Doggett, center, directs aircrew via radio during simulated flight in the Fluctuating Altitude Simulation Technology (FAST) system Jan. 14, 2019 at Navy Experimental Diving Unit. The system was developed and built by Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division.

C-ARTS brings high-tech training to the waterfront for USS Gerald R. Ford
March 25, 2019 — The Navy's aircraft carriers program office is using a new, high-tech approach to train Sailors on USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) advanced, first-of-class systems -- right on the waterfront... MORE

The Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) is used by Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to increase their knowledge and understanding of vital equipment and systems for the first-in-class carrier.

Blast and ballistic improvement in helmets earn Carderock engineer another patent
March 21, 2019 — The United States Armed Forces have seen a great amount of advancement in the technology behind protective gear through the years. With each conflict, a newer challenge was presented for more sufficient equipment. Philip Dudt, an engineer in the Hull Response and Protection Branch of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, was recognized for his effort to the cause in 2018 when an invention he contributed to was awarded a patent... MORE

Greatest HITS: NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division Engages, Enthralls Students During Local STEM Event
March 21, 2019 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. ─ Tristan Bundy, 9, warily eyed the hulking explosive ordnance disposal robot slowly lurching toward him. When the robot raised the metal arm it uses for grabbing improvised explosive devices, it was easily twice his height. Bundy had seen things like this before in video games, he said, and the outcome for the folks who had run-ins with them weren’t good. But when he was told these robots developed by engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division were used to remotely detonate or recover IEDs, keeping our warfighters safe in the process, his hardened frown softened into a smile. ... MORE

Capt. Edward Flynn: Honoring the legacy of an undersea medical officer
March 21, 2019 — When U.S. Navy undersea medical officers had a question about decompression theory or undersea medicine, there was one man who knew all the answers. But when retired U.S. Navy Capt. Edward Flynn Jr. passed away recently, he took with him his encyclopedic knowledge of all things Navy diving... MORE

Keel Laid on Future USS Bougainville
March 14, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) was held at the Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division (HII), March 14... MORE

Ship Sponsor Ellyn Dunford traces her initials before Ingalls Shipbuilding welder Cedric Harman welds them into a steel plate to be fastened to the ship during the keel authentication ceremony of the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard March 14.

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division Scientist Receives Prestigious Navy Medal
March 14, 2019 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. ─ The Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award was presented to Dr. Richard Lee, a recently retired scientist, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division during an award presentation held on base Wednesday... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division Technical Director Ashley Johnson and Commanding Officer Capt. Scott Kraft award Dr. Richard Lee, a recently retired scientist in the command's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Department, the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Wednesday.

NSWCDD Employee Spotlight - Jennifer Ferrell: NSWCDD Financial Analyst and Administrative Specialist
March 14, 2019 — Jennifer Ferrell is a division financial analyst and administrative specialist for the Test and Evaluation Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Gun and Electric Weapon Systems Department. She holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration and graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2014... MORE

IMAGE: Jennifer Ferrell – NSWCDD Test and Evaluation Division financial analyst and administrative specialist

Pearl Harbor Minesweeper Ship Bell arrives at NSWC PCD
March 13, 2019 — The bell from the USS Tern, a lapwing-class minesweeper, that rescued 47 men and fought fires on the USS West Virginia and USS Arizona for two days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor will soon be on display in the lobby of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCDs) historical item in residence, the USS Tern bell. The bell will be housed in the entryway lobby of building 110. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command)

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