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Excellence in acquisition: NSWC Dahlgren Division NMESIS Team wins prestigious award
August 8, 2023 — Exemplifying innovation and dedication, the Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) Engineering Team emerges victorious as the proud recipients of the prestigious Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Award.The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division team members from the Integrated Engagement Systems... MORE

IMAGE: The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System Engineering Team was honored with the Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Award.

Initiative helps workforce better understand Navy's mission
August 8, 2023 — Submarines and aircraft carriers resting in dry docks are a common sight for employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The maintenance work done on operational vessels is essential to national security and interests, and each shipyard employee plays a part.The Connect to Mission initiative, or C2M, is designed to... MORE

Kevin Wilke, division head, Code 105.7, Radiological Controls Special Projects, leads a recent Navy 101 Connect to Mission (C2M) presentation for Code 1180, Command University, employees, designed to help them better understand the mission of the U.S. Navy, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

NUWC Division Newport engineer wins Leaders and Achievers Award from Providence Business News
August 7, 2023 — Kim Belenger, lead system systems engineer for the surveillance towed array sensor system-expeditionary (SURTASS-E) in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, recently won a Providence Business News 2023 Leaders and Achievers Award. This annual award recognizes senior level employees who are leaders in their field and contributors to the community... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division STEM team challenges and inspires kids at Spotsylvania-area camp
August 7, 2023 — A dozen Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employees served as instructors at the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office STEM camp July 31-Aug. 3 at the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Area Campus.The NSWCDD volunteers included scientists, engineers and interns with a heart for community service and a desire to pass... MORE

IMAGE: Kelly Morgan, a scientist in the Strategic and Computing Systems Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, tests a boat constructed by youth at the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office STEM Camp July 31 at the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Area Campus.

NSWC PCD’s collaboration with Sagetech elevates Navy to new unmanned aircraft systems heights
August 7, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) continues its pursuit to be a collaborator of choice who expands naval superiority in its latest partnership with Sagetech Avionics, Inc. The two organizations held a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) signing ceremony, July 27. This CRADA, entitled the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Collaborative Research Effort, aims to combine technology and reimagined design within this dynamic field using Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) capabilities. This is the first-ever signing of a CRADA between NSWC PCD and Sagetech Avionics, Inc., and was put together in support of a Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) effort in UAS... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division and Sagetech Avionics, Inc., enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement during a signing ceremony, July 27. (left to right) Lt. Rich Morales, NSWC PCD acting executive officer, Wes Shover, Sagetech Sales and Channel director, Paige George, NSWC PCD Technology Transfer manager, Tom Furey, Sagetech CEO, Capt. David Back, NSWC PCD commanding officer, Ryan Kendall, NSWC PCD Test and Evaluation and Prototype Fabrication Division mechanical engineer, Gavin Taylor NSWC PCD electrical engineer, and Dr. Kerry Commander, NSWC PCD chief technology officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Ronnie Newsome)

NSWC Crane leads Silent Swarm electromagnetic spectrum experimentation event
August 4, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led Silent Swarm 2023, a two-week experimentation event to further develop early-stage Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities. Silent Swarm 2023 was sponsored by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Integrated Sensing and Cyber office (OUSD R&E IS&C). The event was executed July 9-21 in Alpena, Michigan at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC)... MORE

ALPENA, Mich. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led Silent Swarm 2023, a two-week experimentation event to further develop early-stage Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities. Silent Swarm 2023 was sponsored by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Integrated Sensing and Cyber office (OUSD R&E IS&C). The event was executed July 9-21 in Alpena, Michigan at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC).

PHNSY Celebrates 75 Years of Naval Reactors
August 4, 2023 — Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program on Aug. 4, 2023... MORE

FDRMC Leadership Visits Aegis Ashore Sites in Support of Maintenance Mission
August 4, 2023 — Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center’s (FDRMC) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Karosich and Executive Director Christopher Ledlow visited the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Systems (AAMDS) located at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, Romania and Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, Poland last week. FDRMC is responsible for the planned... MORE

Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center’s (FDRMC) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Karosich and Executive Director Christopher Ledlow visited the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS) located at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, Poland. FDRMC is responsible for the planned maintenance and modernization of AAMDS as well as emergent repairs through fleet technical assistance. FDRMC project teams oversee comprehensive Chief of Naval Operations maintenance availability on-site. Planned maintenance periods ensures Aegis Ashore receives needed repair and modernization so that it remains fully mission capable throughout its service to the NATO alliance.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Named Naval Supervising Authority and Lead Maintenance Activity for Submarine Rotational Force - West
August 3, 2023 — WASHINGTON - Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. Bill Galinis named Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) as the Naval Supervising Authority (NSA) and Lead Maintenance Activity (LMA) for Submarine Rotational Force – West (SRF-W) July 26. As the NSA/LMA, PHNSY & IMF will support the establishment of SRF-W, which is the first phase of the AUKUS Pillar One effort that is delivering conventionally armed nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia. SRF-W will host up to four Virginia-class and one United Kingdom Astute-class attack submarines (SSNs) at HMAS Stirling on a rotational basis in Western Australia starting in 2027... MORE

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after completing a scheduled extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA).

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Named Naval Supervising Authority and Lead Maintenance Activity for Submarine Rotational Force - West
August 3, 2023 —

WASHINGTON - Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. Bill Galinis named Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) as the Naval Supervising Authority (NSA) and Lead Maintenance Activity (LMA) for Submarine Rotational Force – West (SRF-W) July 26.

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