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NSWCDD Early Career Organization Hosts Second Mentoring and Networking Event
September 12, 2022 — On Sept. 8, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) hosted their second Early Career Organization (ECO): Career Paths and Mentoring event. This event included several guest speakers, a mentoring session and a networking opportunity for fellow NSWCDD employees. According to NSWCDD leadership and ECO, the most impactful mentorships... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Chief of Staff, Terri Gray, speaks with attendees during the NSWCDD Early Career Organization Career Paths and Mentoring event, Sept. 8.

Suicide Prevention September
September 9, 2022 — You feel trapped. Surrounded by walls of loose sand with incomprehensible height. It’s dark, and you want nothing more than to get out of the depths. You dig your fingers deeply into the cold sand, attempting to pull yourself up and out of the mess. The grains gently fall over your hands, down your arms, and to your feet. There is no leverage. It... MORE

The future USNS Apalachicola Achieves Milestones with Acceptance Trials and Completion of Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials
September 9, 2022 — The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13), the Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport successfully completed Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials.Acceptance Trials consists of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the Navy and the shipbuilder, Austal USA, to assess the ship’s systems and... MORE

NSWCPD Awards its First Contract through the Other Transaction Authority Streamlined Contracting Vehicle
September 9, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division awarded its first contract under the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for the design, development, and delivery of a small actuator test stand to evaluate electrohydraulic actuators through the Maritime Sustainment Technology Innovation Consortium (MSTIC) on June 9, 2022.According to the Maritime... MORE

Rendered image of Small Linear Actuator Test Stand (SLATS) prototype designed and built for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division. (Image Courtesy of Exlar/Curtiss Wright)

Start of Fabrication Begins for Future USS Pittsburgh
September 8, 2022 — PASCAGOULA – The start of fabrication of the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31) began at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Sept. 7.This milestone signifies the first 100 tons of steel for the ship having been cut.LPD 31 will be the 15th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and the second ship built in the... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Departments Use Unique Facility for Laser Data Collection Event
September 7, 2022 — A blending of the past and present offered the perfect environment for indoor laser testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). In the mid-1940s, the Department of the Navy constructed an above-ground, enclosed multi-compartment concrete tunnel measuring 117 meters in length that supported the former site of an outdoor... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Scientist Graham Schattgen from the Integrated Clip-on Advanced Targeting Sight Dual Band Imager team, who support the Precision Sensing Branch, along with Luke Patrick from the Laser Weapon System Optics and Beam Control Branch work together during a laser data collection event in late May.

Federal Painter Wage Grade Standardization at All Four Navy Shipyards
September 6, 2022 — WASHINGTON – Federal painters across all four public shipyards will soon have the same wage potential after the top tier wage grade for the positions was set to WG-10.Previously, federal painter positions at some shipyards had a top tier wage grade of WG-9.The effort to standardize wage potential was led by the Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Celebrates Women’s Equality Day
September 6, 2022 — Women’s Equality Day is celebrated each Aug. 26 in the U.S.For more than 50 years, the day has commemorated the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying the right to vote based on sex.Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) held a virtual celebration... MORE

Video phone kiosks support deaf, hard of hearing employees
September 5, 2022 — The hum of industrial machinery, chimes of moving cranes and honks of transiting vehicles are familiar sounds around Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. However, for the shipyard’s deaf and hard of hearing employees, their daily auditory experiences are far different than that of their hearing-enabled teammates.In... MORE

Sheila Marks, personnel support technician and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee of 34 years, demonstrates the use of one of the shipyard’s newly installed video phones. The video phones provide deaf and hard-of-hearing employees with convenient access to a live American Sign Language interpreter to assist with making phones calls to hearing-enabled individuals.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NAVSEA Tech Refresh Increases Productivity For Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
September 2, 2022 — Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) goal to transform digital capability through the Naval Sustainment System-Shipyards (NSS-SY) program offers an important edge for increased production across the U.S. Navy’s four public shipyards. With the oversight of the Information Technology (IT) pillar of NSS-SY, new and improved laptops are expected to... MORE

Daniel Bumanglag, right, an information technology specialist with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) Cellular Device Team, uses a newly acquired laptop to update a customer’s government mobile phone. Currently, PHNSY & IMF has received more than 3,800 new and faster desktops and laptops since February 2021 and is scheduled to refresh the remaining 1,200 computers by the end of 2022. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Marc Ayalin)

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