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Three Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employees were recently awarded the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Bronze Medals.
Robert McGovern, Darlene Sullivan and Joan Turner have each won the 2018 award. The NDIA Bronze Medal is an annual award that recognizes outstanding individual achievements in science or engineering in the field of undersea warfare (USW).
Robert McGovern of Richmond, Rhode Island, chief engineer for Sensors and Systems Assessments for the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, has served as a trusted advisor for NUWC Newport and external Navy organizations for more than 33 years. As a recognized USW sensors and sonar systems authority, the performance analyses that McGovern has conducted have informed many mission-related decisions over several decades. He also provides mentorship to several younger analysts, working side-by-side with them as they learn modeling and simulation. McGovern is contributing to a better understanding of all sonar systems performance on surface ships and submarines.
In the realm of USW electromagnetics (EM), Darlene Sullivan of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, has built a reputation as an authority over her 28-year career at NUWC Newport and is highly regarded as a capable leader. As director, USW Electromagnetic Maneuver Systems, she leads technical and programmatic initiatives in USW EM across multiple warfare and systems centers. She works with the Navy enterprise to assess future mission needs in the area of USW EM and electromagnetic maneuver warfare systems and develops technological plans to address those needs.
Joan Turner of Kingston, Rhode Island, who has an impressive 37-year Navy career, is a nationally recognized expert in anti-submarine warfare analysis in the USW Engineering and Analysis Department. Recently, she has been involved in a surface ship torpedo defense study examining potential torpedo defense capabilities on littoral combat ships. This groundbreaking study will examine the performance of systems and sensors that have never before been fully assessed and will result in a unique performance simulation capability. She has demonstrated a sustained commitment to finding solutions to some of the Navy's most complex challenges.
The winners will be presented their NDIA Bronze Medals on Sept. 18 during the annual Undersea Warfare Division Fall Conference held at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut.
NUWC Division Newport, part of NAVSEA, is one of two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. NUWC Division Newport’s mission is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, undersea offensive and defensive weapons systems, and countermeasures. NUWC’s other division is located in Keyport, Washington.
| Date Taken: | 09.11.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.11.2018 13:05 |
| Story ID: | 292221 |
| Location: | NEWPORT, RI, US |
| Hometown: | KINGSTON, RI, US |
| Hometown: | PORTSMOUTH, RI, US |
| Hometown: | RICHMOND, RI, US |
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