Photo by Aaron Lebsack | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.22.2024
240222-N-ZB499-1031 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 22, 2024) Retired model ships rest in the “bone yard” outside the ship model shop at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 22, 2024. Testing antenna configurations on model ships before installing them on real ships 48 times the models’ size saves the Navy time and money by validating high-frequency radio communications......
Photo by Aaron Lebsack | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.22.2024
240222-N-ZB499-1021 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 22, 2024) From left, Fred Blas, Bob O’Neill, Jun Peralta, modelers retired from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, and Ben Wong, modeler at NIWC Pacific, pose behind a brass model of USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in the ship model shop at NIWC Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 22, 2024. Among the four of them, Wong and his predecessors have ruled the......
Photo by Aaron Lebsack | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.22.2024
240222-N-ZB499-1003 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 22, 2024) From left, Bob O’Neill, Fred Blas, Jun Peralta, modelers retired from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, and Ben Wong, modeler at NIWC Pacific, pose in front of the tripod arch at the Antenna Model Range at NIWC Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 22, 2024. Among the four of them, Wong and his predecessors have ruled the Center’s ship......
Photo by Aaron Lebsack | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 10.18.2023
231018-N-ZB499-1007 SAN DIEGO (Oct. 18, 2023) Ben Wong, modeler at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, poses in the Center’s ship model shop in San Diego, Oct. 18, 2023. Testing antenna configurations on model ships before installing them on real ships 48 times the models’ size saves the Navy time and money by validating high-frequency radio communications coverage before any......
Photo by Aaron Lebsack | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 10.18.2023
231018-N-ZB499-1004 SAN DIEGO (Oct. 18, 2023) Ben Wong, modeler at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, adjusts a miniature satellite dish on a brass ship model in the Center’s model shop in San Diego, Oct. 18, 2023. Testing antenna configurations on model ships before installing them on real ships 48 times the models’ size saves the Navy time and money by validating......
Courtesy Photo | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.02.2009
090202-N-N1809-1004 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 2, 2009) A close-up of a model of USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) at the Antenna Model Range at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 2, 2009, shows its hull number among all its miniature details: satellite dishes, antennas, railings, and anything solid that could affect high-frequency radio communications. Testing antenna......
Courtesy Photo | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.02.2009
090202-N-N1809-1003 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 2, 2009) A close-up of a model of USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) at the Antenna Model Range at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 2, 2009, shows a mast and all its miniature details: satellite dishes, antennas, stairs, and anything solid that could affect high-frequency radio communications. Testing antenna configurations on model......
Courtesy Photo | Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific | 02.02.2009
090202-N-N1809-1002 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 2, 2009) A close-up of a model of USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) at the Antenna Model Range at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego, Feb. 2, 2009, shows a miniature satellite dish, just one detail on a model ship consisting of tiny antennas, satellite dishes, add-on compartments, and anything solid that could affect high-frequency radio......
