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NSWCPD Chief Engineer Hosts Virtual Technical Competency Lunch and Learn Sessions
December 3, 2020 — Much like ship maintenance is a mandatory requirement for a successful Navy, so too is ensuring that the engineers who support the fleet continue to sustain their expert-level proficiency. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recognizes it must “Expand the Advantage” to maintain world class expertise by developing and...

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Led Critical Steps in Successful Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-44 (FTM-44)
December 2, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) personnel oversaw several critical steps leading to and during the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)’s and Navy’s recent milestone success using a standard missile to destroy a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).On Nov. 16, the MDA and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113),...

New commander takes charge of PSNS & IMF in unique socially distanced ceremony
December 2, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander during a unique change of command ceremony here, Dec. 2, which was arranged to protect participants and audience members from COVID-19.Capt. Jip Mosman relieved Capt. Dianna Wolfson during the ceremony in the historic Building 460. Wolfson had commanded PSNS &...

NSWC Panama City provides rapid testing support with in-house manufacturing capabilities
December 1, 2020 — While ashore or afloat, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is prepared to support and provide capabilities to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s mission.During a recent technical evaluation in San Diego, Calif., a tiger team from NSWC PCD working to address launch and recovery capabilities related to unmanned surface vessels...

Carderock Patent Spotlight – Solar Panel Deployment Method
December 1, 2020 — A team from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division received a second patent for their solar panel deployment technology, a product that was created in 2009. U.S. Patent No. 10,804,839, Solar Panel Deployment Method, was issued on Oct. 13, and is a division of U.S. Patent No. 10,024,579, Solar Panel Deployment System, which was awarded in...

NSWCPD Employees Support American Society of Naval Engineer Virtual Symposium
December 1, 2020 — Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) shared their latest patents and papers during the American Society of Naval Engineers (ANSE) Virtual Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium (AMTS) on Oct. 7 and 8.The symposium, normally held in Philadelphia biannually, brought together...

Navy to Decommission USS Bonhomme Richard
November 30, 2020 — Below article re-posted from www.navy.mil: https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2429949/navy-to-decommission-uss-bonhomme-richard/ WASHINGTON – After thorough consideration, the Navy has decided to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, due to the extensive damage...

NSWCPD Becomes First Warfare Center to Earn Voluntary Protection Program Star Certification Three Times
November 30, 2020 — At the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), there is simply no substitute for safety. When NSWCPD earned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Recertification on Oct. 5, 2020, it also became the first Warfare Center to receive the prestigious certification three...

PSNS & IMF Innovation Lab designs, builds prototype LED disinfecting devices to combat COVID-19
November 25, 2020 — A team of innovators from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility designed and built two handheld ultraviolet-C LED disinfecting prototype devices that are currently being tested to determine how effective they are at killing COVID-19 on surfaces.According to Branden Doyle, the nuclear innovation program manager with Code...

Marine Corps Veteran Speaks at NSWCDD Observance – Advises Fellow Veterans to Rebrand for Successful Careers
November 25, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – From debutante to leatherneck – Duanna ‘Kimberly’ Tanner, once the sole minority student in her class at Stuart, a refined all-girls school, embraced a new life as a hard-charging Marine whose many career moves fit one word – “unexpected.”“My mother gave me the best advice before I left for boot camp,” said Tanner who regaled her...

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