EXWC Technical Director Kail Macias helped kick off the excitement of the FIRST Robotics competition at the Fathomwerx tech bridge laboratory at the Port of Hueneme.
EXWC is sponsoring Team 4414, the HighTide robotics team of Ventura County, in partnership with Naval STEM and DoDSTEM. The team won the world championship in robotics in 2023.
“I want to connect what all these teams are doing here today and just how important it is not only for the Navy labs, but also industry and the world,” Macias said at the opening ceremony, March 1.
Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) awarded $20 million in contracts for innovative projects to increase mission resilience and mitigate impacts of climate change.
In early August, NAVFAC EXWC and several government and industry partners kicked off a project to test an underwater fuel cell system designed to recharge autonomous underwater systems without requiring them to return to a base or mothership.
Last week, Dr. William “Bill” Anderson was a guest lecturer at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability. EXWC Collaboration with academia is seen as key to energy resilience for the U.S. Navy.
