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Carderock engineers, using NISE 219 funds, help discover what sank WWI cruiser USS San Diego
March 12, 2019 — The Navy announced its findings into what sank the World War I cruiser USS San Diego (ACR 6) after a two-year study at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting on Dec. 11... MORE

Navy Mentors Challenge Students at 2019 Regional SeaPerch Competition
March 12, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers partnered with academia March 8 and challenged students to a regional SeaPerch competition at the University of West Florida. Students at this year’s event prepared their remotely operated vehicles (ROV) to compete by navigating through an obstacle and a challenge course... MORE

Students had to complete a “finesse” challenge where the SeaPerch had to open a door, swim through a hoop, and pick up small targets before returning to the surface.

Former COMNAVSEA Sullivan Packs House at Carderock for Lecture on Submarine Safety
March 11, 2019 — Every seat in the David Taylor room at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division was filled on Feb. 14 to hear retired Vice Adm. Paul Sullivan’s lecture on submarine safety. Having served as the 41st commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, Sullivan’s presence alone brought a wealth of experience for his audience to glean from... MORE

Retired Rear Adm. Paul Sullivan, the 41st commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks on the importance of the Navy's submarine safety program on Feb. 14 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Rear Adm. David Taylor Naval Architecture Lecture in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

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

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

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