Tag Archives: Naval Surface Warfare Center

A Marine wears a prototype dive helmet with the Diver Augmented Vision Display at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at the Naval Support Activity in Panama City, Florida, July 14, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

Smart Glasses, Underwater Bikes Move Navy Divers Forward

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katie Lange

Testing equipment and conditions for Navy divers is challenging but entertaining. Check out some of the great things happening at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit.
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Posted in Articles, Engineering, Photos, Research, Rotator, STEM, Technology, Top Technology, Videos | Tagged DAVD, decompression sickness, Diver Augmented Vision Display, Naval Support Activity, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Navy Experimental Diving Unit, ocean simulation facility, Panama City | Comments Off

DoD Lab Day Spotlights Military Advancements

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

First-ever DoD Lab Day highlights science and research efforts from around the services.
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Posted in Articles, Featured | Tagged Development and Engineering Command, DoD Lab Day, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Medical Research and Materiel Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, research, science, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

The Navy’s Indoor Ocean

Posted on February 6, 2015 by jtozer

It’s one of the largest indoor oceans in the world, making the MASK the most advanced test facility of its kind. So why does the Navy NEED an indoor ocean? Good question.
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Posted in Articles, Education & Culture, Energy, Engineering, Featured, STEM, Technology, Top Technology, Videos | Tagged armed with science, AWS, bullseye, bull’s-eye, Calvin Krishen, Carderock, Carderock Division, Department of Defense, dod engineering, DOD Science, Dr. Christopher Kent, engineering, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, making waves, Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin, mask, naval ship design, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Navy ocean, Navy's indoor ocean, R&D, S&T, stem, U.S. Navy, warfighter, wave paddles, waves | 2 Comments

Advancing DoD’s Ability to Test Critical Microelectronics

Posted on January 9, 2015 by jtozer

DARPA has developed a “virtual lab” with an integrated CAD and file-sharing environment to transfer the large volumes of data accumulated during microchip analysis and debugging.
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Posted in Articles, Lasers, Technology, Top Technology | Tagged advanced failure analysis, AFRL, AFRL Wright Patterson, Air Force Research Laboratory, DARPA, DARPA program manager, DARPA’s virtual lab, Kerry Bernstein, multiple scanning optical microscope techniques, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC, NSWC Crane, ntegrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits program, state-of-the-art equipment, unauthorized tampering, University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute | Comments Off

Caught Red-handed: DARPA’s Counterfeit-detecting Technology

Posted on October 16, 2014 by jtozer

Look out, counterfeiters; this new DARPA technology will support supply chain analysis efforts, ensuring microchips are functional and reliable.
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Posted in Articles, Cyber Security, Technology | Tagged Advanced Scanning Optical Microscope, armed with science, counterfeit microelectronics, Counterfeit-detecting Technology, cybersecurity systems, DARPA, integrated circuits, Integrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits, IRIS, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC Crane | Comments Off

New Meteorological Insight into Mid-Level Clouds

Posted on August 8, 2014 by jtozer

Research meteorologists employing the Navy’s Mid-Course Doppler Radar (MCR) at Cape Canaveral were able to characterize mid-level, mixed-phase altocumulus clouds!
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Posted in Articles, Earth Sciences, Videos | Tagged altocumulus clouds, CLOUDSAT, Department of Defense, Dr. Piotr Flatau of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, LIDAR measurement, Marine Meteorology Division, mid-level, mission planners, mixed-phase, Naval Surface Warfare Center, navy, NRL, radarand, satellite-based, scripps institution of oceanography, supercooled liquid water, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, warfighting decision maker | Comments Off

Here comes the BOOM: The Real Railgun of the U.S. Navy

Posted on April 9, 2014 by jtozer

The U.S. Navy is showing the world, for the first time, the power of their newly advanced railgun weapons system. This is something you won’t want to miss.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Technology | Tagged air, air defense, armed with science, AWS, Back to the Future, Ballistic Missile Defense, Chief of Naval Research, cruise missile defense, Doc Brown, DOD Science, electromagnetic force, hyper velocity projectile, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, JHSV, long range strike defense, Lorenz Force, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAVSEA, pulse forming network, rail guns, Rear Adm. Bryant Fuller, Rear Adm. Matt Klunder, science reality, science-fiction, sea, space, Star Wars-like, the military rail guns, the Navy's railguns, the real Armed with Science, U.S. Navy, USS Millinocket JHSV | 5 Comments

It is a long process for a ship or weapons system to go from concept to deployment, but it all starts in the mind of a naval engineer. Every ship starts as a blueprint, or a computer drawing, but before …
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Posted in Challenge, STEM, Videos | Tagged buoyance, Carderock Division, Carderock's Naval Architecture and Engineering Department, David Taylor Model Basin, Dr. Tim Acano Jr., engineering, guidance systems, human-powered submarines, hydrodynamic design, International Submarine Races, ISR, Math, naval engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, navy, NSWC, propulsion, science, stem, submersibles, Technical Director of NSWC Carderock Division, Technology, underwater life support systems engineering | Comments Off