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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: NAVSEA continues fleet support mission despite COVID-19 restrictions
April 28, 2020 — If there is a single message Vice Adm. Tom Moore shares every day with his workforce, it's that NAVSEA is open for business. Moore, as Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, leads a global workforce of more than 83,000 civilian and military personnel tasked to deliver combat power to the fleet by designing, building, delivering, maintaining, and... MORE

Dr. Andrew Schicho, NSWC PCD mechanical engineer, led one of the five teams by building a ventilator prototype in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Hack-a-Vent Innovation Challenge.

Carderock Engineer Assists with International Fight Against COVID-19
April 28, 2020 — Being a member of the military often requires personnel to be able to adjust to the needs of a new mission on short notice. To some degree, the same is required of its civilian employees, such as Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s Milton Perez-Cruz, who went to Spain for one job and ended up doing another. Perez-Cruz normally works... MORE

Miguel Angel Garcia (left), a Spanish Armada functionary; Milton Perez-Cruz (center), a mechanical engineer from Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division; and David Sanchez, a Spanish Armada engineer, assemble face shields produced in their additive manufacturing lab at the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Detachment Rota, Spain, in April 2020 for use at local hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

No Break in Communication: NSWC PCD keeps Task Force New York connected
April 27, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) provided valuable communication equipment to Task Force New York (TFNY) while supporting operations in the fight against COVID-19 in the New York City area.The Joint Expeditionary Command and Control team (JEXC2) from NSWC PCD, in collaboration with Shore and Expeditionary Integration... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) provided valuable communication equipment to Task Force New York (TFNY) while supporting operations in the fight against COVID-19 in the New York City area.
The Expeditionary Carry-On Network (ExCON) kit provides Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)/Voice over Secure Internet Protocol (VoSIP) connectivity with Defense Information System Agency (DISA) or other tactical networks. It uses a commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) on the move antenna for use when mobile operations are necessary and has an agnostic transport capability, current in use by TFNY, that allows any commercial bandwidth of opportunity (LTE, Wifi, or hardline) to provide secure, high-speed voice, video and data, enabling reliable transmission of voice and data in a variety of situations.

NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge, IN3 host inaugural technology demonstration featuring Indiana companies
April 27, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. –The NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge and Indiana Innovation Institute (IN3) hosted their first technology demonstration featuring companies across the Hoosier state. The Tech Demo took place virtually and exhibited innovative technology to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and U.S. Navy representatives on March 31.The... MORE

The NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge and Indiana Innovation Institute (IN3) hosted their first technology demonstration featuring companies across the Hoosier state.

Carderock’s Etxegoien is Resident Ship Liaison Officer at the Cartagena Arsenal and Navantia Shipyard
April 27, 2020 — As an immigrant to the U.S. with family ties to the Basque Country of northern Spain, it is only fitting that Jon Etxegoien would spend the last few years of his career with Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Spain.Etxegoien was born in El Pao, Venezuela, where his dad worked as an engineer at an iron ore mine. He and his family... MORE

Jon Etxegoien overlooks the Port of Cartagena, Spain.

Navy Announces $30M for Accelerated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Businesses Can Apply Starting Monday
April 24, 2020 — The Department of the Navy will begin accepting proposals from innovative startups and small businesses for development and commercialization of dual-use technologies April 27, following its 20.4 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Technology Acceleration Broad Agency Announcement (BAA).The announcement details $30 million in... MORE

Ver Hage Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Navy Regional Maintenance Center
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command... MORE

Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Vice Adm. Tom Moore was the presiding officer.

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Delbert D. Black
April 24, 2020 — Pascagoula, Miss. - The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) from Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Apr. 24.Accepting delivery of DDG 119 represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Prior to delivery, the ship successfully conducted a... MORE

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Delbert Black (DDG 119) conducts the second builder's trials in the Gulf of Mexico

Navy Accepts Delivery of USS Zumwalt
April 24, 2020 — SAN DIEGO - The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, on April 24. Following this delivery, the ship will transition from Combat Systems Activation to the next phase of developmental and integrated at-sea testing.This event marks a major milestone of the... MORE

Seidle to be Executive Director of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Dr. Brett Seidle has been selected as the executive director of Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA’s) Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers. Seidle will succeed Donald McCormack, who retires April 30.Seidle most recently served as the technical director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, in Indiana, where... MORE

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