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NSWC Crane and Indiana University collaborate on $1.7m grant to pilot AI student education
May 18, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Indiana University (IU) were awarded $1.7 million to collaborate on Artificial Intelligence (AI) programming for rural students. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) funded the AI pilot program, which will begin this summer for middle school students.NSWC Crane is teaming up with... MORE

NSWC Corona Presents Jerry Hayes Award to Celebrated Scientist, Former Hayes Apprentice
May 18, 2021 — A civilian scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division received one of the command’s most prestigious awards for his immense contributions to the Navy mission during a command ceremony.The Jerry L. Hayes award was presented to Senior Scientist Dr. Stephen Dwyer of NSWC Corona’s Measurement Science and Engineering (MS)... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientists Rapidly Deliver High-Energy Laser to the Fleet Despite Pandemic
May 17, 2021 — As COVID-19 spread across the nation and world in March 2020, an elite group of federal employees developed and executed a strategy to continue development, integration, testing and installation of a laser weapon aboard Navy warships.Their plan guaranteed that progress on high-energy programs would not be impacted as they pressed forward to... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 17, 2019) – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Max Shuman mounts a thermocouple assembly that houses spring fit thermocouples to a target plate during his internship at the Navy’s Laser Lethality and Development Facility which features an above-ground tunnel used for evaluating high energy laser weapon systems. Shuman’s mentor, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division scientist Chris Heflin, observes as the Midshipman prepares for a test shot accomplished with a flat top beam to ensure uniform heating across the sample.

NSWC Indian Head Welcomes New Energetics Manufacturing Department Head
May 17, 2021 — Dr. Phillip J. Cole recently joined Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) as the new Energetics Manufacturing (M) Department head. His background includes research and development; global security testing and evaluation (T&E); chemical engineering; materials science and engineering; nuclear technology, and combat weapons.Dr... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division Energetics Manufacturing Department Head Dr. Phillip J. Cole

NSWC Crane technical experts contribute to plans to bolster the radar industrial base
May 17, 2021 — A group of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Electronic Warfare (EW) and Radar technical experts have been instrumental in plans to bolster the Radar Industrial Base (RIB) for the United States (U.S.).Strengthening the US RIB is a Department of Defense (DoD) priority, and Adele Ratcliff, the Director of the Industrial Base... 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 Corona Presents Aaron B. Powers Award to Data Scientist
May 17, 2021 — A civilian scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division received one of the command’s most prestigious awards for his immeasurable contributions to the Navy.The 2021 Aaron B. Powers award was presented to Raymond Ward of NSWC Corona’s Acquisition and Readiness Assessment (AR) Department, which uses data analytics and metrics to... MORE

Under Secretary of the Navy James F. Geurts visits NSWC Port Hueneme Division
May 14, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) hosted The Honorable James F. Geurts, currently performing the duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, May 7 as he toured facilities and received updates on programs that advance capabilities for the U.S. Navy’s future force.Geurts met with NSWC PHD’s Acting Technical Director Michael... MORE

The Honorable James F. Geurts, currently performing the duties of (PTDO) Under Secretary of the Navy (center), speaks to sailors and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) employees at the command’s Mission Package Support Facility on Friday, May 7. The facility will house the Navy’s new Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles for technicians to test and evaluate prior to deployment.

NSWCDD Engineers Lead Tri-Service Testing Program Aimed at Improving Munitions Strike Methodologies
May 14, 2021 — More than a year of meticulous planning and world-class test design led to the brief moment that a 500-pound bomb blew through the soil beneath a 2,500-square-foot concrete masonry unit (CMU) structure. A cloud of dust trailed fragments of airborne building materials as engineers looked on and gathered data that will ultimately inform strike... MORE

IMAGE: Enhanced Weaponeering and Collateral Damage Estimation engineers detonate a 500-pound bomb buried beneath a cement structure at a test facility in Aberdeen, Maryland. Test engineers successfully collected data that will ultimately be used to create or revise munitions strike methodologies.

Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) Hosts Virtual Industry Day
May 13, 2021 — The Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB) hosted a virtual industry day on May 6.The MATB is a partnership between Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division Norfolk Detachment, NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Hampton Roads Detachment and Commander, Second Fleet (C2F). Each of these... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer Brings New Capabilities to High Power Microwave Technology through DoD Scholarship Program
May 13, 2021 — While Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is well-known for its work in both lasers and pulsed power systems, incorporating lasers into pulsed power is a new area of research. As such, the basic requirements of the research effort must be built from scratch.Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey of the High Power Microwave (HPM) Technology... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey stands next to a pulsed power system used for the development and testing of novel high power microwave devices. Pouncey – principal investigator of a new project called the Micro-Laser Triggered Switches for Deployable Pulsed Power – is also the NSWCDD technical lead on three other high power microwave projects.

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