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NSWC Dahlgren Internship Impacts U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman’s Senior Capstone Project
December 3, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – As Midshipman Natalie LaPlaca works on her U.S. Naval Academy senior capstone project, she recalls her internship and real world data analysis at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).In fact, LaPlaca’s work on human sensors as an NSWCDD intern is the focus of her capstone project, titled, ‘Correlating Sleep and... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (July 12, 2019) – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Natalie LaPlaca, right, and her mentor, Laura Maple, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer, are pictured at NSWCDD headquarters during LaPlaca’s summer internship. LaPlaca’s work as an intern on human sensors – titled ‘Correlating Sleep and Temperature Patterns in Navy Warfighters with Current and Future Health Status’ – is her U.S. Naval Academy senior capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWC Dahlgren Honors American Indian Heritage, Culture, and Traditions
November 26, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The day nationally celebrated as the first Thanksgiving marks the historic occasion when the English colonists and the Wampanoag North American Indians joined for a harvest feast in 1621.The Wampanoag were a confederacy of tribes of the Northeast Woodland Native American cultural group who spoke in Algonquian.Minnie Lightner of the... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Capt. Casey Plew, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, presents the Dahlgren history book, "The Sound of Freedom," to Twila Bradley and Minnie Lightner, guest speakers at the NSWCDD sponsored National American Indian Heritage Month Observance at the base theater. Bradley and Lightner – members of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia – spoke about the culture, history, and contributions of the Patawomeck Tribe in terms of the heritage month’s 2019 theme: “Honoring Our Nations: Building Strength Through Understanding”. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Microsoft Tactical Vehicle Takes Center Stage at NSWC Dahlgren Innovation Day
November 26, 2019 — KING GEORGE, Va. – U.S. Navy scientists and engineers gathered to watch MTV but rather than music videos, they saw quantum-based computing, virtual reality, and DeepCam image recognition among a host of technological solutions emanating from the cloud. The MTV they witnessed – an SUV jam-packed with new technological capabilities, sensors, onboard... MORE

IMAGE: CORAL SEA (July 11, 2019) The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a formation of 17 other ships from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during Talisman Sabre 2019. Talisman Sabre 2019 illustrates the closeness of the Australian and U.S. alliance and the strength of the military-to-military relationship. This is the eighth iteration of this exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/Released)

Culpeper County Middle School Students Tour NSWC Dahlgren
November 25, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The seventh grade students visiting Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities saw a century of Dahlgren during a special tour.The Culpeper Middle School and Floyd T. Binnis Middle School students – who participate in the Academically Challenging... MORE

IMAGE: Seventh grade students from Culpeper Middle School and Floyd T. Binnis Middle School visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The students – who participate in the Academically Challenging Education or ACE program at their schools – toured Dahlgren and participated in a myriad of science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities during their visit. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Naval Historians, Authors Highlight Battle of Midway Heroes at Dahlgren
November 21, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – It was a day Laura Orr did not expect in 2011 – a returned phone call from legendary Battle of Midway dive-bomber pilot Norman Jack “Dusty” Kleiss.Orr, special events coordinator at Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, Va., at the time, had called him with a speaking invitation. Although he accepted, he was unable to speak due to... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Nov. 15, 2019) - Timothy Orr, an associate professor of military history at Old Dominion University, and co-author of “Never Call Me A Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway,” stresses the importance of never forgetting the Battle of Midway warfighters. He shares their stories as a part of the Naval Heritage Command Lecture Series sponsored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Integrated Combat Systems Department Nov. 15 at the base theater. “No matter what they did, whether they came back or died out on the ocean, were wounded, or blew up in their plane – all of that is a story worth telling,” he said. “It explains how the U.S. eventually triumphed over the empire of Japan in the Pacific War. It really shapes the world as we know it today.”

NSWC Divisions at Dahlgren and Carderock Collaborate to Build Small Business Relationships
November 21, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – What does building a body have in common with building small business relationships at the Navy Warfare Centers?According to Carlos Duran – the new deputy for small business at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division – bodybuilding and his current duty at Carderock have three things in common: determination, dedication and... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 29, 2019) - Carlos Duran, the new deputy for small business at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division, meets with Kris Parker, the NSWC Dahlgren Division deputy for small business who filled in as the acting deputy for small business at NSWC Carderock for six months. “Collaboration and close communication are paramount to the success of any program and specifically in small business,” said Duran, a retired Marine who considers his experience and collaboration with Parker as “nothing but exceptional”. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

SAIGE Winner Shares Knowledge of American Indians with NSWCDD Dam Neck Team
November 20, 2019 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Sailors, Department of the Navy civilian employees, and contractors assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division – Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) celebrated National American Indian Heritage Month with a ceremony, Nov. 12, in Hopper Hall Auditorium.NSWCDD DNA Chief of Staff Eric LaCross opened the command's... MORE

IMAGE: Virginia Beach, Va. (Nov. 12, 2019) – Joe Rubye, a retired Navy chief petty officer and member of the Jicarilla Apache (Tinde) Nation, plays a tribal tune on his flute for Naval Surface Warfare Dahlgren Division - Dam Neck Activity team members during an American Indian Heritage Month celebration in Hopper Hall Auditorium. (U.S. Navy Photo by George Bieber/Released)

NSWC Dahlgren’s OTA Opens the Door to New Business Opportunities
November 20, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Seeking to find faster routes to emergent, urgent, and innovative naval surface and maritime capabilities, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recently established a new Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) allowing increased collaboration with a larger industry base generating faster, flexible, and more... MORE

New NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer Reflects on National American Indian Heritage
November 19, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – “It’s a good day to be Indian,” are the words James Herbert Oxendine hears every year he gathers with fellow members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) system safety engineer reflected fondly on his roots in Lumberton, N.C., and the tribal homecoming held the week of... MORE

IMAGE: James Herbert Oxendine is the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division featured employee for National American Indian Heritage month.

NSWC Dahlgren Holds Cupcake Competition at Veterans Day Event
November 15, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – It began like many Veterans Day events – government employees and defense contractors recited the pledge of allegiance and John Wedding, a Navy scientist, played taps on his trumpet.There was a solemn moment of silence and respect in honor of veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the United States of America.At that point,... MORE

IMAGE: DAHGLREN, Va. (Nov. 8, 2019) – Cupcakes are pictured at a combat cupcake competition sponsored by the NSWCDD Strategic and Computing Systems Department (A) and the NSWCDD Weapons Control and Integration Department (H). Scientists, engineers, business, and support specialists from A and H voted for winners in the best tasting and best presentation cupcake categories. The A and H personnel also paid tribute to America’s living veterans – specifically to those veterans in attendance and throughout the command – with speeches and good news about opportunities for the command’s veterans, including a new initiative called the Veteran Integration Program.

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