What if an app could get more U.S. Navy ships back to sea sooner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The co-founder of startup company Washington\u2019s Hammer knows just how hard it can be to get an aircraft carrier, battleship or destroyer back in sailing shape. That\u2019s why the NC State University College of Education grad decided to launch a tech company dedicated to developing a maritime collaboration platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The startup\u2019s software solution \u2014 Keelblok \u2014 seeks to streamline naval ship repair by making it easier for mechanics to make decisions, track progress and communicate updates. Keelblok was commissioned for beta testing on a naval aircraft carrier in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt all started with NC State,\u201d says Valeni Felton, who co-founded Washington\u2019s Hammer with his wife Chana Ruiz-Felton while earning his master\u2019s of education in training and development at NC State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The husband-and-wife team launched\u00a0Washington\u2019s Hammer<\/a>\u00a0in 2021, shortly after completing the National Science Foundation\u2019s I-Corps training program at NC\u00a0State. The\u00a0NSF I-Corps program<\/a>, managed at NC\u00a0State by the Office of Research Commercialization, aims to help researchers transition their ideas and inventions into the marketplace through customer discovery and market research.<\/p>\n\n\nRead Full Story<\/span>\n\t\t<\/use>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\nWhat if an app could get more U.S. Navy ships back to sea sooner?<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe co-founder of startup company Washington\u2019s Hammer knows just how hard it can be to get an aircraft carrier, battleship or destroyer back in sailing shape. 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