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6 NEWPORT, R.I., – When the coronavirus pandemic pushed much of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce into telework status for an extended period last year, connectivity became vital. It was also challenging, with so many people dispersed like confetti across the region and country.
So to stay connected with co-workers, Cassandra Tompkins, a scientist in Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department, created a daily “Story Circle” series on an internal social media network. The series started as a casual way to communicate during a difficult time, but later transformed into a valuable method of engaging in meaningful conversation with her colleagues.
6 NEWPORT, R.I. Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, under the direction of the Program Executive Office, Submarines’ (PEO SUB) Submarine Combat and Weapons Control Program Office (PMS 425), is showing what is possible when you combine speed with technical rigor.
In less than one year, Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department created and fielded a virtualized AN/BYG-1 submarine combat control system (CCS) that provides equivalent CCS functionality in one-fourth the hardware footprint of the organic CCS. The program recently had significant achievements with its first live-fire demonstration and deployment of a new machine learning application.
“While the team still has a lot of work to do, the successes are the culmination of an outstanding collaboration among multiple programs, fleet, industry and warfare center teams,” Rear Adm. David Goggins, Program Executive Officer for PEO SUB said. “This is a prime example o