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Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s work on critical repairs ensures USS John Paul Jones meets tasking
November 18, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s (PHNSY & IMF) Fleet Maintenance Repair (FMR) team provided outstanding support on USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) emergent repairs while the ship remained in a pre-deployment COVID-19 sequestration state. The leadership and urgency from the...

Warfare Center Partners with Students from Local Universities on Navy-Funded Capstone Projects
November 17, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) is leveraging its local college and university partnerships to solve materials issues and develop new industrial targets for range testing.Armen Kvryan, PHD's lead materials engineer, is working with the University of California, Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Mechanical Engineering Department...

Carderock’s Columbia Propulsor Acquisition Team Earns Navy Excellence Award
November 17, 2020 — The 2020 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony was held virtually on Nov. 5, 2020, with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Columbia Propulsor Acquisition Team accepting the Field Acquisition Activity Award.The Columbia-class submarine is the newest class of nuclear submarine and is being designed to replace...

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RD&A) Visits Units in Pacific Northwest
November 17, 2020 — Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development, and Acquisition James F. Geurts visited Commander, Submarine Group 9 and other strategic-deterrent support units in the Pacific Northwest, Nov. 17.Geurts’ visit comes two weeks after the office of ASN (RD&A) awarded a $9.47 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to officially...

Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Completes On-Time Delivery of USS Anchorage
November 16, 2020 — SAN DIEGO - Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) successfully delivered USS Anchorage (LPD 23) from her availability on-time Oct. 16.“SWRMC worked with BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair to find cost-effective and innovative solutions during the availability to support on-time delivery of the ship,” said Capt. David Hart, commanding...

Nineteen SERMC Sailors Earn Navy Enlisted Classifications
November 13, 2020 — MAYPORT, FL (NNS) – Nineteen Sailors from the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) were honored during an All Hands call Oct. 22 for attaining a Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) certification. Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) director, Surface Ship...

NSWCPD Commemorates Veterans Day During Virtual Ceremony
November 12, 2020 — Capt. Dana Simon, Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) joined the Veteran's Employee Resource Group (VERG) in honoring America’s Veterans during a virtual Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 9, 2020. Conducted in the historic atrium of Building Four, Simon placed a wreath to commemorate the men and women who...

Panama City collaborates with Navy Reserve to conduct egress testing of LCAC-100 class craft
November 12, 2020 — In order to ensure fleet readiness, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) partnered with the Navy Reserve to conduct egress testing on a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 100 Class Craft as part of the Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) Program’s Post Delivery Test & Trials, Nov. 7-8.During this collaborative egress testing, NSWC...

PHNSY & IMF successfully undocks USS Wayne E. Meyer
November 10, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on Nov. 5. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the shipyard and its partners remain open for business, executing a major milestone...

EXU-1 Completes Final Evaluation Training; Readies for Deployment
November 10, 2020 — It takes a lot of work to be known as the best in the business. For the Navy’s Expeditionary Exploitation Unit-1 (EXU-1) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD), that means a lot of training before deployment. As the Navy’s preeminent authority in the technical and forensic exploitation of advanced weapons and other systems,...

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