Three NUWC Division Newport engineering agents perform first modernizations to submarine in Australia
Dillon Savitzky, a Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Division Newport engineer and certified second-class Navy diver, jumps into the water from the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) to conduct maintenance on the submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) at HMAS Stirling in Perth, Australia, on Aug. 28, 2024. Savitzky was one of three In-Service Engineering Agents from Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department who participated a three-week Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period marking a significant step in the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) trilateral partnership. (U.S. Navy photo by