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High School Students Gear Up for 2nd Annual Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren
March 22, 2023 — The courses are ready and the stakes are high. The University of Mary Washington (UMW) Dahlgren Campus awaits 125 students who will compete for a prize purse of $7,500 at the 2nd annual High School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren.The challenge, hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), UMW, MITRE Corporation, the...

NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity employee is a teddy bear-hugging biker for a good cause
March 22, 2023 — Bikers and teddy bears aren’t normally associated together but for Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) program director for shore-based training systems, they are the perfect match. Greg Corder volunteers as a supporter of the motorcycle club known as Bikers Against Child Abuse, or B.A.C.A., and has helped...

Officer in Charge of Construction Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard to provide focused leadership, expertise in multi-billion-dollar recapitalization
March 21, 2023 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific commissioned its newest Echelon 4 command, Officer in Charge of Construction, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (OICC PHSNY) March 17 to execute a multi-billion-dollar construction effort here as part of the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP).Capt. Stephen Padhi became...

Carderock Engineers File Patent for Lithium 6T Top Cap Invention
March 20, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineers in the Expeditionary and Developmental Power and Energy Branch recently developed and filed a patent for their invention, a Lithium 6T (Li6T) Top Cap, which is a modular, field-reconfigurable direct current (DC) power distribution device that can be installed and mounted on top of a Li6T...

Educators Tour Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Facilities to Assess How They Can Help Prepare Students for Careers
March 17, 2023 — Senior-level educators from Ventura County recently toured Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) facilities as part of a broad initiative to possibly match curriculum taught at local schools with career opportunities at the command.The educators — including principals, community college presidents, curriculum specialists...

NSWC Philadelphia Chief Technology Officer Gives Historical Lecture as Part of National Engineers Week
March 17, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dr. Eugene “Michael” Golda gave a lecture about NSWCPD’s history as a part of National Engineers Week on Feb. 22, 2023.NSWCPD Chief Engineer Adam “Scott” Freedner helped kick off the lecture with his opening remarks.“The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Creating...

Shipboard fire a constant threat: Bonhomme Richard tragedy an enduring lesson in fire prevention, response
March 16, 2023 — July 12, 2020 was a lazy Sunday morning at Naval Base San Diego. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which had been commissioned only two years earlier, had recently made the base its new homeport and was docked as it underwent a maintenance availability.But, the silence of that morning was rocked by an explosion a few minutes before 9 a.m., changing...

With an eye toward the future: Taking care or your eyes should be just as important as getting daily exercise and maintaining a healthy diet
March 16, 2023 — The ability to see and maintain ocular health can often be taken for granted, but as one of the body’s primary senses, vision deserves protection and care. Maintaining ocular health involves the examination and assessment of all of the structures in and around the eyes to determine overall health and diagnose eye disease. Within Puget Sound Naval...

USS Dewey successfully completes forward-deployed SRA
March 16, 2023 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) completed Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey’s (DDG 105) selected restricted availability (SRA) on time, March 6.The project team, production shops and ship's force executed over 74,000 man-days, valued at over $26.6 million during their...

NSWC Indian Head Division Returns to Charles County HITS Expo
March 16, 2023 — The winds outside howled on a chilly Saturday, as the first attendees to the seventh annual History, Industry, Technology, and Science (HITS) Expo trickled into St. Charles High School in Waldorf, Maryland, March 11. Things would soon heat up however, as students and parents alike flooded the event, and encircled the Naval Surface Warfare Center...

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