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NAVSEA’s HACKtheMACHINE Prize Challenge seeks cyber innovation, partners
March 23, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- Teams from across the country gathered virtually today to solve high-tech Navy challenges in a Prize Challenge hosted by Naval Sea Systems Command.The competition offers three separate challenges in Maritime Cyber, Data Science, and 3D printing over the next four days with teams competing for $95,000 in prize money.“HACKtheMACHINE is... MORE

U.S. Navy Recovers MH-60S Helicopter from Record Depth
March 22, 2021 — NORTH PACIFIC - NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) recovered a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan Thursday.The helicopter, a twin engine Sikorsky Seahawk, crashed into the Pacific Ocean last year while operating from the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). The air... MORE

An MH-60S on deck of contracted salvage vessel off the coast of Yokosuka, Japan on March 18, 2021, having just been pulled from the depth of 19,075 ft by NAVSEA Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, (SUPSALV) at the request of the Navy Safety Center to facilitate accident investigation.

NSWCPD Commences National Engineers Week with Virtual Kickoff Event
March 22, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) celebrated National Engineers Week (NEW) (February 21-27) starting with a Virtual Kick-Off Event featuring Dr. Tom Drake, head of Ocean Battlespace and Expeditionary Access Department at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Feb. 23, 2021.Drake leads the department responsible for Navy... MORE

Dr. Tom Drake gives a presentation during NSWCPD’s National Engineers Week celebration. Drake, head of the Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department at Office of Naval Research (ONR), spoke about his background, inspiration, and current work focus during the hour-long virtual event.

NSWC Corona Scientists, Engineers Snag ‘Hack the Machine’ Win
March 22, 2021 — Eleven Navy scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division spent a week hacking government cybersecurity systems and planning future crisis response.If you think you read that incorrectly, you didn’t. The scientists and engineers were participants in the Hack the Machine prize challenge, which kicked off March 23... MORE

Annie Voigt of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division’s Acquisition and Readiness Department discusses potential solutions with her data science teammates during the Navy’s Hack the Machine prize challenge March 22 in Norco, California.

Ronald Reagan project team celebrates 50 percent complete milestone
March 18, 2021 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center team working on the selected restricted availability for USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) marked the 50 percent complete milestone in Yokosuka, Japan, March 10.Ronald Reagan arrived back in Japan Nov. 14, 2020, following a six-month... MORE

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center team working on the selected restricted availability for USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) marked the 50 percent complete milestone in Yokosuka, Japan, March 10, 2010.Pictured here, Regan returns to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 14, 2020, following a six-month deployment.

Innovation aids carrier maintenance efforts: Automating heat exchanger cleaning process improves critical path work
March 18, 2021 — A team of innovators at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility spearheaded an effort to automate the process of cleaning heat exchanger tubes during aircraft carrier availabilities that proved so successful, the process is being exported to other carrier maintenance locations.Prior to the process change, mechanics would... MORE

A remote-operated, three-axis hydro-lance indexer is mounted in the tubes of a mock heat exchanger during recent vendor provided training inside Building 107 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo)

NSWC Crane Scientists Teach STEM Students about Infrared Light
March 18, 2021 — CRANE, Ind. – Scientists from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) worked with the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Program to develop a video teaching K-12 students about infrared lights, its uses in daily life, and how it applies to NSWC Crane.In early 2020, the STEM program pivoted and worked with... MORE

Command learns, adapts during pandemic: Effort to protect workforce, meet mission continues year after worldwide pandemic declared
March 17, 2021 — As the workers and leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility rang in the New Year the evening of Dec. 31, 2019, they had no idea of the tremendous personal and professional challenges that lay ahead for everyone in 2020.What started with an announcement from the World Health Organization, Jan. 9, 2020, of a new... MORE

Shop 64 fabric workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, make cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to Naval Hospital Bremerton and local hospitals if the need arises.

USS Michigan undocks as end of challenging availability nears
March 16, 2021 — USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.According to Melissa Kittrell, assistant project superintendent, Code 327, Operations Department Submarine Program, PSNS & IMF mechanics... MORE

USS Michigan (SSBN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 9, 2020, after more than a year and a half in Dry dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.

SRF-JRMC awarded Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
March 16, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday recently awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation to U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) for expeditiously returning USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) to full mission capability following its tragic collision in August 2017.Despite conducting the... MORE

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 27, 2018) – SRF-JRMC’s undocking team handle the lines as USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) crosses the sill during the ship’s undocking, marking a significant milestone in the ship’s recovery from her 2017 collision at sea.

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