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Aug. 1, 2023 - AVBotz team ready for RoboSub 2023 Coming off its second-place finish in the 2022 RoboSub competition, Amador Valley High School's robotics team, AVBotz, has returned this week to defend its high standing in the international event. This year's competition is ongoing now at NIWC Pacific's TRANSDEC in San Diego, being contested from this Monday through Sunday (July 31 to Aug. 6). Read more July 20, 2023 - NUWC Division Newport’s Coral Mitigation Team keeps AUTEC pier construction project on schedule by relocating rare coral ANDROS ISLAND, Bahamas – When it was determined last year that sections of a pier at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Atlantic Undersea and Test Evaluation Center’s (AUTEC) on Andros Island in the Bahamas needed to be replaced and repaired, the project wasn’t as simple as it seemed on the surface. Coral colonies that grew on the underwater pier structures over decades included species of coral that were designated as rare or threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and therefore required protection in accordance with the Environmental Final Governing Standards (FGS) for the Bahamas. Divers and scientists from NUWC Division Newport collaborated with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific Littoral Dive Unit, NIWC Pacific Scientific divers, and AUTEC to safely remove and relocate the coral. Read more July 20, 2023 - NIWC Pacific employee earns Women of Color STEM Technology All-Star award This month, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific leadership announced a Center recipient for a Career Communications Group’s (CCG) 2023 Women of Color Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Technology All-Star award: Wanda Lam, a systems engineer from the Command & Control and Enterprise Engineering Department. Technology All-Stars are accomplished women of color in mid-level to advanced stages of their careers with more than 15 years of experience. Awardees are chosen for their excellence in their workplaces and communities. Read more July 19, 2023 - NIWC Pacific employee shares how her career started with the SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program Meet a current oceanographer and outreach lead at NIWC Pacific. Most of her oceanography work involves using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying whale behavior. We track actively vocalizing whales in order to investigate their kinematic behavior, learn about their song patterns, and measure the intensity of their vocalizations. This work helps the Navy get baseline behavior information about these animals, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, and estimate whale abundance in our study areas. This is important for understanding and reducing the impact of Navy training and testing on protected species. Read more July 14, 2023 - Cubesats, robotics, 3D printing: Hands-on STEM experience for high school students From space exploration using robotics to creating 3D printed wearable devices, 16 high school students from Oʻahu experienced a hands-on learning opportunity in the field of engineering through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering’s Junior Engineers Summer STEM Experience (JESSE) program. The six-week rigorous curriculum provided an opportunity for participants to engage in engineering projects and assist college undergraduates, researchers and professors with their research in state-of-the-art facilities. Students also participated in cultural programming, professional development workshops, and other enrichment activities, and made weekly site visits to engineering employers including Island Energy, Hawaiian Electric Company, SSFM International, Burns & McDonnell, Booz Allen Hamilton, KAI Hawaii and NIWC Pacific. Read more July 7, 2023 - Third Marine Aircraft Wing Squadron prints medical device in-flight MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- On June 21, 2023, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), facilitated the in-flight three-dimensional (3D) printing of a medical cast aboard an MV-22B Osprey, in support of the Marine Corps’ Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-23. This milestone event took place as the U.S. Marine Corps looks to sharpen its expeditionary manufacturing capabilities. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, emphasized the importance of these organic Marine Corps capabilities in recent testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The specific printer used is known as a TAMOS (Tactical Advanced Manufacturing Operational System), developed by Mr. Spencer Koroly from Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California. Read more Jun. 16, 2023 - Benthic microbial fuel cell as a local power source for oceanic devices
Scientists at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific have invented a novel benthic microbial fuel cell, a carbon-neutral energy resource that can operate in marine sediments and provide underwater power. As a possible power solution for oceanic devices, Navy researchers have developed an advanced benthic microbial fuel cell technology that could act as a local power source. Read more
Jun. 5, 2023 - Digital Transformation: NATO Workshop looks to an AI-Enabled Future for NATO’s Lessons Learned Tools
From 23 to 25 May 2023, the NATO hosted a three-day workshop in Cascais, Portugal. The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate LL end-users and LL staff to explore the ways in which incorporating semantic representation into LL tools could better support their everyday work. Semantic representation enhances the ability of machines to understand context, and offers the potential for future LL tools to be smarter and more automated. The event was organized in partnership with a NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Research Task Group (SAS-IST-179) on Semantic Representation to Enhance Exploitation of Military Lessons Learned. The JALLC is co-chairing this three-year Research Task Group with the US Naval Information Warfare Centre Pacific. Read more
June 1, 2023 - NIWC Atlantic and NIWC Pacific collaborate with University of Hawaii to create opportunities for cybersecurity students
CHARLESTON, S.C. – An academic collaboration between Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, NIWC Pacific and the University of Hawaii (UH) is creating paths for cybersecurity students to gain vital hands-on experience and bolster their career opportunities for government work. The Naval Information Warfare Center and University of Hawaii System Cybersecurity Internship Program was created in 2020 with the university’s Information and Computer Science department to increase the number of cybersecurity professionals in Hawaii. Read more
May 8, 2023 - The Navy’s sea lions love video games
SAN DIEGO — Meet Spike, the most avid gamer in a sea pen floating in the San Diego Bay. He likes fish, ice, naps, and when people cheer his name. He was last of three male sea lions to learn how to play video games, but first to complete training on a game system Navy scientists created as part of their latest research on cognitive enrichment for marine mammals. His name isn’t really Spike; you can think of it more like his gamertag. His ability to understand the concept of controlling a cursor on a screen, then progress through a series of more challenging games, marks the first recorded success in testing cognition of California sea lions with an animal-controlled interface. Read more
May 4, 2023 - NIWC Pacific holds change of command, retirement ceremony SAN DIEGO — Capt. Patrick McKenna assumed command from Capt. Andrew Gainer in a change of command and retirement ceremony at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific May 4. As commanding officer, McKenna will lead more than 5,200 civilian employees and military members across the globe in serving NIWC Pacific’s information warfare mission. Read more
May 1, 2023 - AI2 researchers release new multimodal approach to boost AI capabilities using images and audio
Earlier this month Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI (AI2) released an open multimodal augmentation of the popular text-only corpus, c4. This new data set, which AI2’s researchers dubbed Multimodal C4, or mmc4, is a publicly available model that interleaves text and images in a billion-scale data set. This open data set will allow researchers to explore new ways to improve AI’s ability to interpret and learn, so they can provide us with better tools in the future. Work on Multimodal C4 was supported in part by DARPA MCS program through NIWC Pacific, the NSF AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning, Open Philanthropy, Google, and the Allen Institute for AI. Read more
Apr. 24, 2023 - Triton’s Role in Australian Defense and Deterrence
Triton’s high-altitude, long-endurance capabilities make it much more than an ISR & Targeting platform. With an operating altitude greater than 50k feet, and endurance great than 24 hours, Triton can provide continuous communications relay to keep a distributed force connected to ensure commanders are operating off a shared common operational picture. By leveraging MQ-4C Triton’s utility as a gateway node the aircraft showcased the ability to connect fifth-generation platforms with naval assets across a distributed maritime fleet. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was conducted in partnership with Naval Air Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, and BAE Systems. Read more
Apr. 19, 2023 - Air Force Special Operations Command hosts U.S. Air Force multi-classification Hackathon
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The Department of the Air Force conducted its latest “BRAVO” hackathon March 20 – 24 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, this time partnering with the other defense services and intelligence agencies. A hackathon is an innovation building conference commonly employed by technology companies where agile teams develop prototypes, working around-the-clock over the course of a week in response to challenges associated with data. Prior BRAVO projects have produced multiple prototypes and inventions influencing major Defense Department programs. Read more about NIWC Pacific's participation in this event here.
Apr. 11, 2023 - NAVWAR Mentors Tomorrow’s Talent at FIRST® Robotics Competition
Ten high school teams, mentored by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific employees, competed at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST®) Robotics Competition (FRC) San Diego Regionals Tournament March 24-26 at the UC San Diego LionTree Arena in San Diego, Calif. With 50 teams total from across Southern California and even abroad, these high school students had six to eight weeks to design and build their robots to the challenge’s specifications. This year’s theme, CHARGED UP℠, inspires teams to see the potential of energy storage in a new light as they compete to charge up their communities. Read more
Apr. 11, 2023 - ONR’s RoboBoat Competition Makes a Splash in Sarasota, Florida
ARLINGTON, Va.—A unique maritime competition, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), recently took place in Sarasota, Florida. The 16th annual RoboBoat competition brought together teams of students from across the globe to assemble and navigate autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV) through a series of real-world challenges, including coastal surveillance, port security and oceanographic exploration, at Sarasota’s Nathan Benderson Park. Read more
Apr. 3, 2023 - Navy tests secret Project Overmatch tech with Carl Vinson strike group
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy is testing technology developed as part of its secretive Project Overmatch using the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the waters off California, according to the chief of naval operations. Read more
Mar. 29, 2023 - NIWC Pacific Logistic Specialist Named Sailor of the Year in Full Circle Moment
Logistics Specialist First Class (LS1) Nichole Usita was named Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Sailor of the Year for fiscal year 2022 at a ceremony March 3, at NAVWAR Headquarters. Selected from a field of exceptional performers, NAVWAR Sailor of the Year is a prestigious honor recognizing Sailors who embody sustained superior performance, command impact, proven leadership, and the Navy’s core values of honor, courage, and commitment. Assigned to Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, Usita distinguished herself through her work as the Aviation Branch Lead Petty Officer. Her enthusiastic approach to team engagement led to qualifications of multiple team leads, system admins, and functional analysts, providing systems life-cycle support to Naval Air Stations, Marine Corps Aviation Groups, surface ships, and aviation squadrons throughout the Pacific Fleet. Read more
Mar. 29, 2023 - What Was She Thinking? An Investigation
In 2012, future First Lady Melania Trump tweeted a photo of the smiling face of a beluga whale accompanied by the text: “What is she thinking?” This question, however unsettling its speaker or baffling its context, was a good one, and not without precedent. It’s clear animals think, often in ways that recall our own intelligence; crows use tools to extract termites and Japanese macaques salt their sweet potatoes in the ocean. Although my investigation led me to the identity and life story of the particular beluga whale in Melania's photo, a whale whose life was uniquely well-documented compared to other beluga whales and who likely thought about us as well, I still do not know exactly what this whale was thinking. This larger question may always remain beyond our grasp. Read more
Mar. 29, 2023 - NIWC Pacific and its partners are building a quantum Navy
Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific’s mission touches cyber, sea, space — and, since 2000, the subatomic realm. We make sense of the first three through programming rules and various fields of classical mechanics; the fourth is something else entirely. For one, classical physics can predict, with simple mathematics, how an object will move and where it will be at any given point in time and space. How objects interact with each other and their environments follow laws we first encounter in high school science textbooks. What happens in minuscule realms isn’t so easily explained. At the level of atoms and their parts, measuring position and momentum simultaneously yields only probability. Knowing a particle’s exact state is a zero-sum game in which classical notions of determinism don’t apply: the more certain we are about its momentum, the less certain we are about where it will be. Read more here or watch a video here.
Mar. 20, 2023 - NAVWAR Seeking Applicants for Department of Defense’s New HBCU/MSI Scholarship for Service Program
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) is currently accepting applications for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU/MSI) Scholarship for Service (S4S) Program. The deadline is March 31. This brand-new program across the Department of Defense (DoD), piloted by NAVWAR, is an effort to encourage research and educational partnerships between HBCU/MSIs and government defense organizations. Like the NAVWAR HBCU/MSIs Data and Cyber Internship program, NAVWAR is prioritizing supporting young graduates by providing unparalleled hands-on experience and mentorship from Navy STEM professionals along with financial assistance. Read more
Mar. 16, 2023 - NIWC Pacific cohosts international underwater vehicle competition
SAN DIEGO — Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific will cohost the 26th international RoboSub competition in its Transducer Evaluation Center with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) July 31-Aug. 6. At the underwater vehicle competition, students from across the globe will build robotic submarines designed to overcome simplified versions of challenges relevant to the autonomous underwater vehicle field. Read more on Navy.mil.
Mar. 9, 2023 - U.S. DOT and NIWC Pacific Host SeaVision Training for Exercise Cutlass Express 2023 Participants
MOMBASA, Kenya - In concert with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted SeaVision training for exercise Cutlass Express 2023 (CE23) participants, in Mombasa, Kenya, March 8, 2023. Read more
Feb. 22, 2023 - NAVWAR Discusses the Need to Capitalize on Commercial Capabilities for the Future Fight
Key leaders from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Enterprise and its affiliated Program Executive Offices (PEOs) came together to discuss “Capitalizing on Innovation” at the Department of Navy Information Technology (DON IT) West Coast Conference, Feb. 13, at the San Diego Convention Center. DON IT West provides the opportunity for attendees to hear directly from Navy leadership, allowing them to obtain the necessary information to identify innovative IT solutions for current and future challenges. During the conference, NAVWAR Commander Rear Adm. Doug Small discussed how the robust constellation of allies and partners remains a critical strategic advantage over our competitors. He also stressed the importance of speed and the role entrepreneurship plays in rapidly fielding systems for the future force. Read more
Feb. 17, 2023 - NAVWAR's First-Ever Buildathon Inspires the Next Generation of Citizen Developers Using Microsoft Power Platform Tools
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) hosted its inaugural Buildathon Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, facilitated by the NAVWAR Office of the Command Information Officer (OCIO) and Acquisition and Program Management competency, alongside Program Executive Office (PEO) Digital and Microsoft. Read more
Feb. 14, 2023 - Connecting Distributed Platforms Across Domains
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully demonstrated its gateway technology in a flight test that proved the ability to connect airborne platforms with naval assets. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was conducted with Naval Air Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and BAE Systems. Northrop Grumman demonstrates its next generation gateway system on a Triton Flying Test Bed. This multi-platform, multi-domain capability on the Triton platform bolsters the Navy's interoperability to help enable distributed maritime operations. Read more
Feb. 6, 2023 - Navy Innovation in Environmental Compliance
Perhaps you’ve been out for a stroll across one of the many docks and shipyards that make up the three U.S. Navy bases on the San Diego Bay in San Diego, Calif. Spotting a storm cloud on the horizon, maybe you’ve even thought to yourself, ‘I wonder what could be done to prevent the contamination of marine habitats when surges of storm water flood across industrial facilities that contain potential contaminants like copper and zinc?’ Okay…maybe not, but there is someone who has: Leonard “Len” Sinfield. Not only has this question kept him up at night, Len has invented a filtering device that he hopes will reduce the amount of potential contaminants that run off from industrial sites. With the support of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, Len’s innovative idea was awarded a patent through the U.S. Navy patent office in Oct. 2022. Read more
Feb. 6, 2023 - Science Success Stories: Naval STEM Highlights Student-Outreach Efforts in 2022
Last year was busy for the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office. Located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in northern Virginia, the team worked hard to expand its program offerings for all levels of students — from elementary to graduate school. These activities included an international robotics competition; a four-week internship focusing on orthopedic surgery; and an online essay contest aimed at introducing students to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) topics impacting the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Read more
Feb. 3, 2023 - 2023 ROBOSUB Competition: Intent to compete now open
Are you ready to explore another world of autonomous robotics? If your answer was indeed, than join us for an event full of exploration and adventure–the 2023 RoboSub Competition! Get started by completing the Intent to Compete – now open! We want your team to join us in Southern California this summer and be a part of our incredible RoboSub community! Get started and learn more here.
Feb. 1, 2023 - NAVAL UX Forum 2023: ‘Designing for the Warfighter’
More than 200 people attended the 2023 NAVAL UX (User Experience) Forum, held Jan. 26, in the UCSD Park & Market complex, San Diego, Calif. The conference started out as NAVAL UX Day, a virtual half-day event created by the user-centered design (UCD) subject-matter experts at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific and championed by the research and development center’s leadership team. Speakers included the Honorable Ms. Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (via video); Rear Adm. Douglas Small, commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command; and Mai Nguyen, director of the University of California, San Diego Design Lab. Capt. Andrew Gainer, NIWC Pacific commanding officer, opened the event with a salute to Shyu’s vision, “Our Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering says it best, ‘the speed of decision making is what will give us an advantage over our adversaries.’ If human-centered design, here at the center, helps our warfighters focus less on systems and more on decisions, that’s a win.” Read more
Jan. 31, 2023 - NY Times Science Feature: The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging
White caps were breaking in the bay and the rain was blowing sideways, but at Naval Base Point Loma, an elderly bottlenose dolphin named Blue was absolutely not acting her age. In a bay full of dolphins, she was impossible to miss, leaping from the water and whistling as a team of veterinarians approached along the floating docks. Read more
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Jan. 26, 2023 - Overmatch secrecy needed as China, Russia surveil US Navy, experts say
The thick fog of secrecy encircling the U.S. Navy’s Project Overmatch is still needed to keep rival nations including China and Russia off-balance, unable to discern from afar how the service is readying for future large-scale conflicts, according to a pair of experts. Read more
Jan. 24, 2023 - Quantum Research Consortium Notching Progress
The Chips and Science Act is accelerating the work of a new Washington, D.C.-area quantum research consortium that is trying to create and operate a quantum network as a regional test bed, the body’s executive director said on Jan. 18. The Federal agencies involved in the effort are the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Observatory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Security Agency, and NASA. Additionally, the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and the Air Force Research Laboratory will participate as out-of-region affiliates. Read more
Jan. 19, 2023 - Product Test Center brings augmented reality to vendor partners
The Product Test Center Analytical at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support introduced augmented reality headsets for the purposes of performing remote inspections for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textile suppliers during a demonstration on January 9th. The Product Test Center will be responsible for training the vendor textile technologists and engineers on the usage of the AR headsets. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific will also be involved in providing technical support. Read more
Jan. 13, 2023 - NIWC Pacific Demos Cross-Banding Capabilities Between Legacy, Modern Satcom Systems
The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has conducted a demonstration to validate cross-banding capabilities between legacy and modern military satellite communications for the Department of Defense. During the event, operators established two-way communication between ultra high-frequency military satcom channels and modern mobile user objective system wideband code division multiple assets, Space Systems Command said Wednesday. Read more
Jan. 12, 2023 - Navy Scientists Test a Method for Healthier, Longer-Living Coral
The U.S. Navy and coral: neighbors; living, breathing structures; and members of interdependent ecosystems. Corals are animals, symbiotic with both the organisms living in their tissues and the ocean’s coastlines. In many ways, coral reef health is community health—they provide medicine, food, jobs, and recreation; and protect coasts from erosion and storms. That’s part of the reason Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific scientists have been researching a way to improve coral survivability for coastlines where coral and the Navy are neighbors. Thanks to the team’s innovative housing structures—or “Coral Arks”—they’ve improved survival rates of translocated coral by 38% during the past nine months compared to traditional methods. Read more
Jan. 10, 2023 - New Quantum Capabilities for Naval Warfare Centers
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and all 14 Naval Warfare Centers signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 2 with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Information Directorate to establish a conduit for exchange of technical expertise and the exploration of co-projects with a focus on creating useful quantum computing capabilities for the Department of Defense. To manage access to the IBM-Q Hub and facilitate advancements in quantum computing, NRL stood up a Naval Quantum Computing Program Office (QCPO) with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific serving as the co-lead, and with other representation from Naval Warfare Center quantum subject matter experts. Read more
Jan. 6, 2023 - Former NIWC Pacific employee elected Co-Chair San Diego’s Cyber Center of Excellence
San Diego’s Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) has announced the election of Pat Sullivan to co-chairman of the board. Sullivan’s prior positions included executive director for the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I), as well as the director for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. Read more
Jan. 3, 2023 - For 60 Years, the Navy Has Been Training Dolphins and Sea Lions to Keep Rivals Away From Its Most Sensitive Hardware
Since 1959, the U.S. Navy has trained a small force of bottlenose dolphins and sea lions to recover lost equipment, intercept intruders in ports, and detect buried sea mines. Read more
Dec. 27, 2022 - Navy Says Red Hill Cameras May Not Be Operable for Defueling
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, a Navy entity, was hired to do maintenance and repairs on the system under a contract worth up to $4 million. Its subcontractor, Integrated Security Technologies, has been doing most of the work. The biggest challenge has been global supply chain shortages for camera parts, the Navy said. Military officials estimate it could take six to 18 months or more to fix all of the cameras. Read more
Dec. 20, 2022 - Winners Announced for Navy’s Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Tool Automation Challenge
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division in April 2022 launched a two-phase prize challenge aimed at identifying providers of a capability that would automate document and data assessment for the controlled unclassified information (CUI) content using artificial intelligence (AI) and /or machine learning (ML). Recently, NSWCPD announced the winners of the challenge. Taking first place of the Phase Two challenge was IBM followed by Deloitte, SERCO/Nuix and the Navy’s own Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific Division’s (PAC’s) Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (ML/NLP) Group. Read more
Dec. 20, 2022 - Carderock Supports Atlantic Thunder 2022 (with video)
The sinking exercise was a collaborative event between United States and United Kingdom forces conducted to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. Carderock, together with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, took a central role in planning and conducting AT22. The team’s efforts focused on Battle Damage Assessment (BDA), 3D reality capture using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and providing crucial subject-matter expertise to 6th Fleet, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 65 and other AT22 planners and participants. Read more
Dec. 8, 2022 - Project Overmatch: US Navy preps to deploy secretive multidomain tech
The U.S. Navy is moving quickly to link its fleet through its Project Overmatch initiative, which has been kept almost entirely secret for two years. Read more
Dec. 7, 2022 - Seaport threat factors in Georgia
In recognition of the country’s critical contribution to the Black Sea security architecture, the U.S. has collaborated with Georgia on several initiatives in the region. In 2022, the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific worked with local stakeholders to find ways to improve search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, and port security in Georgia. By working with local stakeholders like Georgia to address both tangible security threats and their underlying socio-economic drivers, the United States can cost-effectively improve regional security. Read more
Dec. 2, 2022 - Fellowship Connects NPS Information Warfare Students to NIWC Pacific Needs
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC) Pacific selected five U.S Navy and Marine Corps students from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the prestigious NIWC-PAC Fellowship. These warrior-scholars are directly connecting their education, ideas and research to fleet information warfare (IW) force design objectives in support of the capabilities necessary to counter adversary forces, improve command and control across the fleet, and to persistently cover the maritime battlespace for decision advantage. The partnership between the two organizations provides a direct connection between the alignment select NPS research efforts with NIWC-PAC focus areas, advancing the impact of NPS education and research programs in IW for the U.S. Navy and DOD. In addition, the partnership lays the groundwork for future technical and project management assignments for NPS graduates at NIWC-PAC. Read more
Nov. 21, 2022 - Are Unmanned Surface Vessels the Key to a 500-Ship U.S. Navy
In an era of great power competition, navies – by virtue of their ability to span the globe and effectively deliver combat power – are likely to be the sine qua non of military power. This leads, naturally, to the tendency to count numbers of ship hulls when comparing the strength of navies. Lost on no one is the fact that the size of China’s Navy now exceeds that of the U.S. Navy, and the gap in ship numbers is growing. An article by George Galdorisi, director of Strategic Assessments for Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific. Read more
Nov. 17, 2022 - 70 acres of Navy federal property up for lease
The Navy has put up 70.3 acres of federal property that sits between Interstate 5 and Interstate 8 on the market for lease for a private development. The property includes Naval Base Point Loma, Old Town Campus, which is home to Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, or NAVWAR. Read more
Nov. 14, 2022 - NAVWAR’s STEM Outreach Fosters Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) co-hosted the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) LEGO League (FLL) Challenge Qualifying Tournament Nov. 5 at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, Calif. The NAVWAR STEM Robotics Outreach Program, created by Robotics Outreach Coordinator and Tournament Director Wanda Curtis, enables the workforce to engage the community as a coach or mentor to a local robotics team. Now, both she and Brian Williams serve as co-coordinators and FIRST tournament directors, engaging and training NAVWAR and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific employees year-round. Read more
Oct. 18, 2022 - Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks Visits Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Deputy Secretary Hicks visited Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific today to see the Navy's most cutting-edge, multi-domain unmanned technologies and command-and-control programs, especially as they relate to operations in the Indo-Pacific. Among the unmanned technologies she viewed, was "Sea Hunter" – an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched in 2016 as part of the DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program to discuss advancements, challenges, and strategic advantages of autonomous technology and machine learning capabilities. Read more
Sep. 30, 2022 - NIWC Pacific’s all-source Intelligence Carry On Program reimagines DevSecOps for the fleet
What makes ICOP unique is its government-owned baseline and all-government engineering team, who maintains complete configuration management control of the hardware and software throughout the experimentation-to-deployment cycle. A program of record in the Battlespace Awareness and Information Operations Program Office (PMW 120) since 2015, the NIWC Pacific team has fielded ICOP systems across more than 90 ships, cruisers, and destroyers. The Marine Corps has funded ICOP and its associated antennas across every amphibious class of ship in the Navy. Thanks to its flexibility and capability to operate across multiple security domains, ICOP systems are now deployed across five numbered fleet Maritime Operations Centers providing critical support at the operational level of war. Read more
Sep. 28, 2022 - SECDEF visit highlights autonomous vehicle innovations at NIWC Pacific
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific leadership hosted Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Sept. 28 at NIWC Pacific for a tour of its latest unmanned undersea and surface vehicle capabilities. NIWC Pacific and its partners briefed the secretary on their innovations, many of which highlighted the Center’s constant collaboration with the warfighter. Read more
June 16, 2022 - Department of the Navy Top Scientists, Engineers Recognized for Excellence
WEST BETHESDA, Md. – The best of the best in Navy and Marine Corps science and engineering were recognized June 16, at the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RD&A) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Awards Ceremony. Read more
June 14, 2022 - BALTOPS 22: A Perfect Opportunity for Research and Resting New Technology
A significant focus of BALTOPS every year is the demonstration of NATO mine hunting capabilities, and this year the U.S. Navy continues to use the exercise as an opportunity to test emerging technology, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs said June 14. Experimentation was conducted off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark, with participants from Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, and Mine Warfare Readiness and Effectiveness Measuring all under the direction of U.S. 6th Fleet Task Force 68. Read more
Jun. 6, 2022 - Naval Information Warfare Center 5G Experts Recognized with Prestigious Etter Award
The Department of the Navy (DON) presented its most esteemed engineering award to a team led by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic on June 16 for its leadership in developing the 5G-powered smart warehouse on Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia (MCLB Albany). All six members of the DON 5G IPT accepted the award in person — four engineers from NIWC Atlantic and two from NIWC Pacific. Read more
May 2, 2022 - Department of Defense Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for 5G Smart Warehouse Network
The DoD 5G-NextG Initiative hosted a 5G Smart Warehouse Network ribbon-cutting ceremony at Naval Base Coronado last week. Developed in collaboration with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, Naval Supply Systems Command, Navy Reg ion Southwest, Naval Base Coronado, industry partners, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), the 5G Smart Warehousing project at Naval Base Coronado is the program’s use-case incorporating 5G capabilities for trans-shipments between shore facilities and naval units. Read more
Mar. 1, 2022 - Four NIWC Pacific SMART scholars receive Scholar and Mentor of the Year awards
Four Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific employees were recognized by the Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program recently for their achievements in the pursuit of their SMART-sponsored degree. Read more
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