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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... MORE

As part of a Lunch and Learn Series, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Chief Engineer (CHENG) Adam (Scott) Freedner hosted two virtual sessions on NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program. The sessions were designed to explain NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program and the importance of the program to maintaining world class expertise. (Graphic Courtesy NSWCPD/Released)

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),... MORE

On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile that successfully intercepted and destroyed a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division personnel supported the complex at-sea test while aboard the John Finn and from various shore-based command and control locations around the Pacific region.

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 &... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander Dec. 2, 2020, at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, during a unique change of command ceremony that 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. Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, participated in the event via teleconference from NAVSEA headquarters in Washington, D.C. (PSNS & IMF photo by Carie Hagins)

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... MORE

Three pieces of reverse engineered prototypes were 3D printed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Additive Manufacturing Laboratory. These prototypes were a proof of concept for the NSWC PCD Fabrication and Prototype Shops to rapidly deliver a solution to meet emerging fleet needs. Pictured from left to right: Computer numerical control Delrin plastic prototype, 3D printed polyethylene terephthalate, hand-cut plastic proof of concept.

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... MORE

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert G. Sutton, left, and Cpl. Moses E. Perez, field wireman with Combat Logistics Regiment 15 install new solar panels on Combat Outpost Shukvani, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 19, 2012.

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... MORE

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