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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Corrosion Testing Rust-A-Thon Will Go National in its Second Phase
April 28, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s inaugural Rust-A-Thon competition to find coating solutions for the Navy’s combat system corrosion issue will attack the challenge in its second round with new partners, judges, testing methods and products—and will go national as well.NSWC PHD Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan indicates testing is in progress during a recent and first corrosion-focused competition called Rust-A-Thon that sought to find coating solutions to the Navy’s combat system corrosion issues among materials submitted by outside competitors. The next Rust-A-Thon competition will begin May 1.

Navy’s advanced technology exercise showcases NSWC Carderock capabilities
April 28, 2021 — The 2021 Naval Integration in Contested Environments (NICE) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) took place from April 7-14 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — the same location of ANTX East that took place in the summer of 2019.“ANTX is one of my favorite innovation events,” Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division’s Technical... MORE

Carderock’s Autonomous Lab and Integration Center team demonstrating their unmanned surface vessel, Hammerhead Hanna, along the Intracoastal Waterway near Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Vice Chief of Naval Operations visits PSNS & IMF to discuss future
April 28, 2021 — Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Lescher, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 27, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and discuss how the Public Shipyard Improvement Plan and the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will enable PSNS & IMF to fully support the Navy the nation needs.Lescher... MORE

BREMERTON, Wash. – Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Lescher, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 27, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and discuss how the Public Shipyard Improvement Planand the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will enable PSNS & IMF to fully support the Navy the nation needs.(U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

How to build, maintain more ready fleet
April 28, 2021 — The Chief of Naval Operations NAVPLAN released in January calls on the Navy to build and maintain a more ready fleet by focusing on four priorities: readiness, capabilities, capacity and Sailors.To this end, “we will accelerate our momentum in improving on-time delivery of ships, submarines, and aircraft out of maintenance availabilities,” the CNO... MORE

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Lescher visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington, April 27, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and to discuss how the Public Shipyard Improvement Plan and the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will empower PSNS & IMF to fully support the Navy the nation needs. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Small Business provides Navy with innovative energy monitoring capability
April 28, 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project now provides Navy leadership with a dashboard system that captures and displays fleet energy and power data.Live and available to authorized users fleet-wide, the Fleet Energy Conservation Dashboard (FECD) is the cloud-based component of the Global Energy Information System... MORE

An Fleet Energy Conservation Dashboard user reviews a development page that displays the relationship between energy usage and shipboard events.

NSWCPD Engineers Receive Kudos from IWO JIMA CHENG
April 27, 2021 — In January 2021, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) engineers Bob Bent, Craig Smith, Steve Pack, and Shane Docks were dispatched to Mayport, Fla. on a mission to prepare USS IWO JIMA for her impending 2021 deployment. After multiple trips and countless hours spent on troubleshooting and repair, the NSWCPD team’s skills... MORE

NSWCPD Hosts Virtual Quarterly Awards Ceremony
April 27, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted its Quarterly Awards Virtual Ceremony on April 6, 2021. Among the nearly 250 awards presented were length of service to colleagues in recognition of their years of service in the United States government, Science and Engineer Development Program (SEDP) Graduates, and Letters of... MORE

Faces of Dahlgren: Franklin Ray Dean Sides Advocates Support and Prevention as Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
April 27, 2021 — The month of April is nationally recognized at Sexual Assault Awareness month. According to the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Office, more than 35,000 servicemen and women are certified as Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) and Victim Advocates (VAs). In the Naval Support Activity South Potomac... MORE

IMAGE: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. At NSWC Dahlgren Division and Indian Head, retired Navy Information Systems Technician and Air Force Technical Sergeant Franklin Ray Dean Sides fills the role of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC). “We aren’t normally the ones you call on your best day,” said Sides. “If something happens to you or you see something happen to someone else, call me. Call my office or the hotline and tell me what you saw. It’s better to be safe than sorry.” To reach the SAPR Hotline, call 540-424-0660. To reach Sides directly, you can call 202-672-4686.

NSWC Crane Infrastructure Division demonstrates business excellence
April 27, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division’s (NSWC Crane) Infrastructure Division protects and enhances Crane’s resources. Learn more about their work in the video below.Click the photo to watch on YouTube.For DOD viewers: https://video.fusion.navy.mil/watch/RDuo2PLcJZvYAbout NSWC CraneNSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of... MORE

One man sits at his desk while speaking to a man who is standing.

Acting SECNAV Harker visits PSNS & IMF, discusses future transformation efforts
April 27, 2021 — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 26, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts, along with the command’s COVID-19 mitigation strategies.Harker, who was guided through his visit by... MORE

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, April 26, 2021. Harker met with command leadership and toured PSNS & IMF facilities to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth G. Takada)

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