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NSWC IHD Wargaming Event Ushers In a New Phase of Warfighting
August 18, 2021 — Warfighting looks different these days and one of the greatest challenges of modern warfare is changing its perception. The best way to do that is to put it into practice. The Wargame for Innovation and Frontline Improvisation pilot event, held July 27-29 at the College of Southern Maryland’s Velocity Center in Indian Head, Maryland, aimed to do... MORE

A team discusses strategies during the Wargame for Innovation and Frontline Improvisation Pilot event, hosted by NSWC IHD at the College of Southern Maryland’s Velocity Center in Indian Head, Maryland, July 27.

NUWC Division Keyport, local Navy units host virtual STEM camp
August 17, 2021 — NUWC Division Keyport and multiple Navy organizations teamed up to host a virtual Navy Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics summer camp Aug. 10-12.The camp served about 200 students in Kitsap County ranging from third to eighth grade.“Navy STEM camp is the result of the successful partnership between the education STEM teams at Puget... MORE

Navy commands provide STEM kits for community during pandemic

NSWC IHD Employees Recognized With Warfare Centers Awards
August 17, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) is pleased to honor 16 employees recognized in two different categories at the 2021 Warfare Centers Awards.This year’s 178 nominations represent the calendar year 2020 accomplishments of 1,315 members from all 10 divisions of the Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers. Established in... MORE

NSWCDD Engineer Gives Talk at Virtual Reality Summer Camp for Teens
August 17, 2021 — After navigating halls filled with 3-D printers and advanced computing labs, Senior Topside Systems Engineer Robert Fowler came to a room of students eager to hear how virtual reality (VR) positively impacts the fleet’s mission.“It’s important to spark interest in STEM and show young people what their role can be and how they can make a... MORE

IMAGE: NSWCDD Engineer Robert Fowler gives a presentation on applications of virtual reality in naval engineering during an event at the Cyber Bytes Foundation’s virtual reality summer camp.

NSWC IHD Hosts Annual Eastern National Robot Rodeo
August 16, 2021 — The locality around Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) is known for quiet, meandering country lanes, roadside produce stands and lush woodland scenery. From Aug. 2-6 however, it became the epicenter for cutting-edge explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technology as the command and the town of Indian Head, Maryland, hosted... MORE

Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, operate a mini caliber robot through an abandoned building to try to locate and X-ray an improvised explosive device at the 2021 Eastern National Robot Rodeo held in Indian Head, Maryland, Aug. 2.

NSWCDD iLab Hosts Wargaming Hackathon with Summer Interns
August 13, 2021 — The task? Design a destroyer to escort a WWII-era Allied convoy to U.S. waters while avoiding Axis submarine attacks. The tasked? Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) summer interns.On July 27, NSWCDD interns representing every technical department across the warfare center engaged in a wargaming hackathon at NSWCDD’s Innovation... MORE

IMAGE: Ellianna Bailey, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Test Engineer and participant, observes wargaming challenges during the Wargaming Hackathon event at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, July 27. The bootcamp portion included tutorials on modeling and simulation concepts. The afternoon session included surface warfare scenarios followed by increasingly more difficult scenarios where participants used their acquired M&S skills to defeat the enemy. This event provided an overview of Naval capabilities across all departments.

$1.7-billion drydock project awarded to improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard capacity
August 13, 2021 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $1.7-billion construction project Aug. 13. This effort will expand and reconfigure a dry dock complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, to increase the shipyard's capacity to maintain, modernize, and repair the Navy's attack submarines and return them to the fleet... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME: Jun 22, 2021: USS Virginia (SSN 774) successfully exits dry dock at the shipyard. Virginia is at the shipyard for a scheduled maintenance period.

NUWC Division Keyport hosts sustainment and logistics based wargame development event
August 12, 2021 — NUWC Division Keyport hosted a walkthrough development event Aug. 9-10, for a new wargame concept.As part of the Wargaming Operational Logistics Forward in Peer Adversary Conflict, or WOLFPAC’s development, the event allowed personnel to refine its rules and capabilities.Distinct from other wargames that focus on practicing maneuvers or combat... MORE

NSWC Crane collaborates with Warfare Centers to bring high-energy laser project to the fleet
August 12, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) collaborated with NSWC Dahlgren, NSWC Port Hueneme, Integrated Warfare Systems 2.0, Directed Energy (IWS 2.0, DE), and Lockheed Martin to bring a high energy laser control system to the Navy fleet.The Navy is developing several ship-based weapons that could improve the Navy’s surface ships... MORE

NSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) with mission areas in Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions and Electronic Warfare. The warfare center is responsible for multi-domain, multi- spectral, full life cycle support of technologies and systems enhancing capability to today's Warfighter.

NSWC Crane computer scientist recognized as Employee of the Year by national publication
August 11, 2021 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) computer scientist was recognized as Employee of the Year by CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine for 2021. Award-winner Aimee Flynn has worked at NSWC Crane for a decade this fall.CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine was established in 1986, and as stated on their website, they are the nation’s... MORE

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