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Defeating customer service obstacles by using clear plastic barriers
May 5, 2020 — When members of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s 14,000 strong workforce need help with services such as payroll or travel, they often rely on face-to-face contact with specialists. The jarring arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic meant those in command customer service roles had to figure out new ways to continue... MORE

Jared David (left), Tracy Atkins (center) and Harlen Caldwell (right) assemble clean barrier made from vinyl in the Moonshine Lab at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility May 4. This team is part of a cadre of innovators taking on the challenge of designing and building protective barriers for customer facing interactions within the shipyard.

Department of the Navy Honors NSWC Dahlgren Division Human Resources Specialist for Technical Excellence
May 5, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Bridget White loves winning and helping others win.The human resources specialist in the Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch of the Human Resources Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) coupled her winning attitude with technical rigor to improve the NSWCDD External Awards Program. As a result, she... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Bridget White, human resources specialist in the Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch of the Human Resources Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) garnered top honors in the Department of the Navy (DoN) Human Resources (HR) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Community Awards for Excellence in the Technical Excellence: Planning, Policy, Analysis and Program Management category. She was awarded for the technical rigor she applied to improving the NSWCDD External Awards Program. “She is truly representative of the professionalism and dedication required of the HR of today, and has the passion, forethought, and collaborative approach required of the HR support of the future,” said White’s supervisor and nominator, Audrey Lohr, Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch head; NSWCDD Corporate Operations Department. (U.S. Navy photo/Released).

First Organically Executed Cold Spray Repair Developed and Completed at NNSY
May 5, 2020 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) had a momentous win in innovation recently, developing and completing the first organic cold spray repair of the U.S. naval shipyards. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) had a repair opportunity arise in March 2020 after the discovery of damage to a water pump motor shaft. With the shipyard working to balance the mission... MORE

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard Cold Spray Team performed the first organically executed cold spray repair for any U.S. naval shipyard on a component for the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Project. Members of the NNSY Cold Spray Team included: Code 930’s Nick Allen, Jim Wiseman, Sean Schuffert, Sterling Slaughter, Rick Smith, Robert Ward, Tim Holland, Richard Griswold; Code 134’s Lenka Ovcina; Code 265’s Kyle Paragian and Stanley; and the Welding and Non-Destructive Test Engineering Department’s (Code 138) Mike Mannix.

Tomahawk Hardware Team Lauded for Design-to-Deployment Innovations
May 4, 2020 — In 2004, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) engineers Thomas Emmerich and Mark Monaco designed a workstation color printer prototype for the Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) after the program office requested a more affordable printer than the $20,000 one proposed by a contractor.The pair’s design would... MORE

Members of the Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System hardware engineering group at NSWC PHD, circa 2018, including: Thomas Emmerich, Tomahawk product hardware lead (center in green jacket); and Mark Monaco, Tomahawk hardware design agent (left of Emmerich in light blue shirt).

Partnership overcomes facemask challenges for deaf and hard of hearing teammates
May 1, 2020 — Wearing facemasks is an essential part of minimizing the spread of COVID-19. A challenge people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are now facing is that masks interfere with communication.Marlene Bell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s American Sign Language interpreter, understands those challenges first-hand.“American... MORE

Facemasks, produced through efforts of the Sail Loft, Shop 64 and employees from the Home Team Mask project are distributed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility deaf and hard of hearing employees. The mask were made with a see-through panel allowing employees to see lips and facial expressions. Trying one on for the first time is Brandon Salley, an electrical worker with Shop 51, Electricians.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard makes improvements to enhanced screening procedures
May 1, 2020 — No printer? No problem! Instead of needing to print and retain self-screening forms to access Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), a website has just been implemented for employees to perform their daily self-assessments. Now employees only have to complete online screening at home, show the green checkmark on their smartphones and have their... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard has been making improvements to its enhanced screening procedures which began April 22 for entering the installation, with personnel taking temperatures and asking questions to ensure employees are not exhibiting any symptoms or at increased risk for having COVID-19. NNSY is the first installation in the region and first of the four public shipyards to conduct temperature checks at its gates.

US Navy Awards Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) Contract
April 30, 2020 — WASHINGTON — Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) today. The contract for detail design and construction (DD&C) of up to 10 Guided Missile Frigates (consisting of one base ship and nine option ships) was awarded to Marinette Marine Corp., officials... MORE

An artist rendering of the guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The U.S.Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate on April 30.

Teams Band together to Perform First Time Maintenance on USS Georgia (SSGN 729)
April 30, 2020 — The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced people to alter the way they go about completing a task or a mission regardless of how complex it may or may not be. When USS Georgia (SSGN 729) arrived at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay for maintenance, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department Kings Bay (NRMD-KB), Trident... MORE

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729)(Gold) returns to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Ohio-class guided-missile submarines are capable of carrying up to 154 tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. The base is home to all East Coast Ohio-Class submarines.

NSWC Crane, ONR offer cash prize for mitigating hazards of transporting lithium batteries in first-ever prize challenge
April 30, 2020 — CRANE, Ind.- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is offering a total of $750,000 for concept and technology development for methods of mitigating inherent hazards with transporting small quantities of lithium batteries. The challenge, a first for NSWC Crane, is open for... MORE

NSWC Crane student interns conduct unique payload applications research for autonomous unmanned sailboat drone
April 29, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. – A team of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) student interns from Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) conducted research to enhance communications of autonomous unmanned sailboats during the 2019-2020 academic year. This research was part of their Capstone Senior Design Project.The... MORE

A team of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) student interns from Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) conducted research to enhance communications of autonomous unmanned sailboats during the 2019-2020 academic year. This research was part of their Capstone Senior Design Project.

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