Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Recently, members of our team were awarded for their dedication to NAVSEA and the Warfighter. Brandy Ranard received the Environmental Excellence Award for her work as the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Storm Water Program Manager. NSWC Crane's Maritime Electromagnetic Warfare Sustainment Engineering Team received the Excellence in Engineering Award during the ceremony. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Today, NAVSEA joins the Nation in celebrating Women’s Equality Day which commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote in 1920. This year’s Women’s Equality Day theme is “One Piece at a Time,” a theme to celebrate the expansion of women’s rights and the achievements that women in our military and civilian ranks have made. As #TheForceBehindTheFleet, we commemorate the building of the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy’s 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler. The ship, which is scheduled to be christened next month, is named for American suffragist Lucy Stone, who joined other notable advocates such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Ernestine Rose, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell to petition for suffrage and abolition in the 19th century. Stone’s efforts as a founder of the Women’s National Loyal League were essential to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. Today, more than 180,000 women comprise the Dept. of the Navy’s total force. NAVSEA, alongside US Navy leadership, remains fully committed to ensuring that we can add more pieces to the picture of inclusive representation within our command. For more information on the impact that women have continuously made within the DON, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e2bV9ng Follow us here for continued coverage on the christening and commissioning of the future USNS Lucy Stone.

NSWC Crane hosted the annual Microelectronics Integrity Meeting (MIM) on July 29-30 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The MIM conference brought more than 500 people from government, academia, and industry to address challenges within the microelectronics industry. “The MIM is the Navy’s premiere microelectronics integrity event,” said Carl Todd, the Trusted Microelectronics Division Manager at NSWC Crane, is co-lead for organizing the event. “The MIM is where government, academia, and industry get together on relevant topics of trusted microelectronics, securing the supply chain, and investments made to ensure advantage as a nation going forward. The MIM is a forum for output and engagement with panels, keynote speakers, opportunities to collaborate across services, build professional relationships, and gain efficiencies for all programs.” Read more about the MIM this year in our article covering the event below! https://lnkd.in/guwyp8gz

NSWC Crane led a two-week electromagnetic spectrum operations experimentation event called Silent Swarm 2024 from July 15-26. At the third annual Silent Swarm, teams participated in experimentation with 50 technologies at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) in Alpena, Michigan. “Our event is larger and more complex this year,” said Robert “Ice” Gamberg, the Project Lead for Silent Swarm. “It’s been an evolutionary change. We have matured our processes and we have a more diverse collection of technologies across multiple domains and participants from industry, government research labs, and academia this year.” In addition to the number of participants increasing, there was also more engagement from international partners. Read more about Silent Swarm 2024 in the article below! https://lnkd.in/gj75683d

The AFCEA-IN cordially invites all CRDG members to attend the upcoming AFCEA Indiana Innovation and Technology Summit on October 2! Speakers include Dr. Kyle Werner, Mr. Chris Cleary (former Principal Cyber Policy Advisor for the DON), Mr. Ryan Busby, Deputy to the Commander U.S. Army Financial Management Command, Mr. Keith Strom, DFAS Chief AI Engineer, and more!   For Registration: https://lnkd.in/gYQSa2KE   Early bird pricing is still available!

NSWC Crane hosted a biennial North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military exercise in May and June at Indiana testing sites Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. The 2024 Thor’s Hammer NATO exercise is an electronic warfare (EW) event testing compatibility and effectiveness of Counter-Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (C-RCIED) and Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS). This is the first time the United States has hosted Thor’s Hammer, which began in 2015 and has been held in Norway, Sweden, and Australia. “One of the best aspects about picking NSWC Crane is that they have worked on their test infrastructure over the years,” said Michael Alperi, the Deputy Program Manager of Expeditionary Missions Program Office (PMS 408), Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants, and Chairman of NATO Subgroup One. “Camp Atterbury, and specifically Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, provide the first opportunity for countries to test in an urban environment. This is the most realistic test we’ve ever done since starting the event in 2015. This application of testing allows us to really understand how our systems work in real operational battle.” Read more about the U.S. hosting Thor’s Hammer for the first time in the article below! https://lnkd.in/gygYAYHC

NSWC Crane and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington have partnered together to create a new online course to help entrepreneurs learn about working with patented technology from federal labs and the NSWC Crane Technology Transfer office. The course is a beginner’s guide to understanding the many benefits of utilizing technology transfer in a business or startup. This course is free to the public. Click this link to enroll and read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gcWGECUx

Check out this podcast episode hosted by our Command Chief Engineer (CHENG) Lori Zipes! As we mentioned yesterday, this is a podcast where Lori sits down with fellow CHENGS and discusses their work in the field of engineering. https://lnkd.in/gYp2X5_b

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this episode of “Exploring NSWC Crane” interview with NSWC Crane Command Chief Engineer (CHENG), Lori Zipes. In this episode, Lori discusses her role as a CHENG and the importance it plays to the United States Navy. You can also check out Lori on NSWC Crane's podcast as she interviews other CHENGS in the series 'CHENG Chat'! https://lnkd.in/gRkK6DNk

Congratulations to Jawad Abuasabeh on receiving the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal! During Silent Swarm, Jawad worked as the unmanned airborne systems (UAS) lead. Under his leadership and through his tireless dedication and determination were pivotal to successful Silent Swarm planning, execution, data analysis and reporting.