Naval Sea Systems Command > Media > News - Aug 2019

Carderock team sets new standard for ship maintenance
August 20, 2019 — With the cost of building ships often north of a billion dollars, keeping maintenance costs low is always a high priority. A team of engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Corrosion and Coatings Engineering Branch (613) has introduced a new standardized method of ship inspection that they believe contributes to that...

Carderock teams attempt platform acquisition start to finish in less than a week
August 20, 2019 — Three teams of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees attempted the impossible: design, fabricate, integrate software and test a robotic vehicle that meets specific performance criteria in less than five days. The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) conducted its Engineering Management Workshop Aug. 12-16, providing Carderock...

NSWC Panama City laboratory expands capabilities, modernizing functionality
August 20, 2019 — A test facility at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent modernization to expand research and development (R&D) capabilities. The Hydrospace Laboratory (HSL) uses hyperbaric and hypobaric technologies to simulate conditions without the use of human subjects.The lab tests various diving and life support...

NAVSEA hosts small business industry day
August 19, 2019 — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Small Business Industry Day, Aug. 13, in the Humphreys building on the Washington Navy Yard. The event brought together Navy program managers, contracting officers and large defense contractors wanting to team together with small, innovative businesses to support the Navy’s shipbuilding,...

Girl Scouts Tour NSWC Philadelphia Test Sites and Labs
August 19, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted middle and high school girls during the annual Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Experience Summer Camp on August 15.The visit to NSWCPD was the capstone of the summer camp. During the visit the scouts toured the...

NSWC Crane names new Technology Transfer Director
August 19, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has named Jenna Dix its new Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Technology Transfer (T2) Director. Dix previously served as NSWC Crane’s T2 Agreements Administrator.As T2 Director, Dix will conduct strategic management of the lab’s intellectual capital and...

Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Holds Change of Command
August 19, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) held a change of command ceremony at Vista Point Conference Center in Norfolk, Virginia, August 16.Capt. Dan Lannamann turned over command to Capt. Tim Barney.The command is responsible for providing surface ship maintenance, management and oversight of private sector maintenance...

NSWC Warfare Centers Host Sixth Annual Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting
August 19, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 8, 2019) - Steering Committee members of the Navy's sixth annual Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting are pictured at this year's event. Military and civilian unmanned, weapon, and energetic systems experts throughout the Naval Research and Development Establishment, Office of Secretary of...

PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett holds change of charge ceremony
August 19, 2019 — A new leader took the helm of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Everett Friday, when Cmdr. Aaron Coudray relieved Cmdr. Mark Schuchmann in a change of charge ceremony at the detachment.Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presided over the ceremony...

PHNSY & IMF Welcomes the Largest Class of Apprentice Program Graduates
August 16, 2019 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) welcomed the largest class of apprentice program graduates in its history on August 15, 2019. U.S. Rep. Ed Case, Hawaii First Congressional District, was the keynote speaker welcoming 278 new journey-workers to the workforce at...

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