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NSWCDD Engineers Revolutionize Combat Training with TRACER Augmented Reality
July 31, 2019 — The Sailors file into the room, their weapons ready and their adrenaline flowing. They operate as a team in a seamless manner. Their mission: to secure an active-shooter situation and apprehend the holographic perpetrator. Commands are given to the shooter, within the augmented-reality (AR) headset. The shooter surrenders, and the Sailors’ mission... MORE

IMAGE: 190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) A Sailor assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sponsored Tactically Reconfigurable Artificial Combat Enhanced Reality (TRACER) system. TechSolutions partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to develop the TRACER package, which consists of a virtual-reality headset, a backpack, a state-of-the-art simulated weapon designed to deliver realistic recoil, and a software package that creates multiple and adaptable simulation scenarios for security personnel to experience. ONRG TechSolutions allows Sailors and Marines to submit technology requests directly to the development community for rapid response prototyping. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams)

NSWC Dahlgren Division LGBT Event Features ‘Crucial Conversations’
July 31, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recognized Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month with the command’s first panel discussion featuring four LGBT government civilian employees, July 23.The employees – Dr. Pearl Rayms-Keller, Danica Leninski, Leonard Garrison, and Raine Bannister – shared... MORE

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Sees Fleet’s Future at Dahlgren’s Laser Lethality Lab
July 29, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Max Shuman faced a half dozen Navy officer and civilian engineers while reflecting on lessons learned as his internship concluded at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).Schuman – who interned at the command’s Laser Lethality and Development Facility from June 24 to July 19 –... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 17, 2019) – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Max Shuman is pictured with the officers he briefed on his Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division internship at the command’s Laser Lethality and Development Facility which features an above-ground tunnel used for evaluating high energy laser weapon systems. Pictured left to right: Lt. Adam Mattison, Shuman, Cmdr. Steven Perchalski, and Lt. Paul Cross.

William H. Neiger Fleet Readiness Excellence Award Recognizes Dam Neck’s IWS 5 Assistant Program Manager
July 19, 2019 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) announced Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) IWS 5 Assistant Program Manager, Dustin Hoover, as its 2018 recipient of the William H. Neiger Fleet Readiness Award July 1.PEO IWS Executive Director, Bilyana Anderson stated... MORE

IMAGE: Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) announced Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dam Neck Activity IWS 5 Assistant Program Manager, Dustin Hoover, as its 2018 recipient of the William H. Hoover Fleet Readiness Award, July 1.

NSWC Dahlgren Winners of 2019 Warfare Centers Awards Announced
July 15, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Nineteen Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) civil servants were named as winners of the prestigious 2019 Warfare Centers Awards, the command announced July 15.The Warfare Centers Awards – established in 2005 to recognize cross-Warfare Center collaborative efforts – comprises six categories that include... MORE

U.S. Navy Interns from Virginia and Maryland High Schools Tour NSWC Dahlgren Division
July 10, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy scientists and engineers briefed high school students participating in the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) during tours of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division, July 2.The students – who intern at either Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division or NSWC Indian Head Explosive... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 2, 2019) - Students from Virginia and Maryland high schools participating in the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division and NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division pause - with an engineer from both commands - in front of the Potomac River Test Range metal map during their tour.

Oravec Relieves Hoffman at NSWC Dahlgren Division – Dam Neck Activity
July 10, 2019 — VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Cmdr. Joseph J. Oravec relieved Cmdr. Andrew J. Hoffman as commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division - Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD – DNA) in a traditional Navy change of command ceremony June 27 at Naval Air Station Oceana’s Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) Ceremonial... MORE

IMAGE: (Left to right) Cmdr. Joseph Oravec renders as salute to Cmdr. Andrew Hoffman while Cmdr. Casey Plew, Commanding Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, presides over Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dam Neck Activity’s change of command. More than 200 Sailors and guests attended a traditional Change of Command ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana’s Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit’s ceremonial hangar aboard NAS Oceana June 27 where Hoffman was relieved of command by Oravec. Oravec became the command’s 28th commanding officer.

NSWC Dahlgren Division STEM Mentors Inspire Youth at Annual Summer Academy
July 8, 2019 — KING GEORGE, Va. – Raven Filcott’s persistent positive attitude is reminiscent of Thomas Edison who never gave up until he improved the light bulb and invented a myriad of products through trial and error.The Walker Grant Middle schooler pursued numerous techniques before hitting on the perfect design and putting her team’s robot together at the... MORE

IMAGE: KING GEORGE. Va. (June 26, 2019) – A middle school student prepares for an aerospace engineering rocketry activity at the 2019 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Summer Academy, held June 24-28. She was among 70 middle school students who constructed and calibrated their water rockets while discovering the optimal amount of fuel (water) to launch a ball the highest. The STEM Summer ‘campers’ worked in teams to organize and analyze their data in order to determine what fuel volume will result in the highest launch.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineers Recount Escapes as Refugees to a New Life in the United States
June 27, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – From tragedy to triumph, two Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) professionals have found success through strength, courage, and resiliency.Amara Elizabeth Halt and Dhruva Mishra could have given up early in life and allowed tragedy to impact their destiny. However, in the face of trial, tribulation, and possible... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN. Va. (June 24, 2019) - Dhruva Mishra and Amara Halt presented their stories during Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's World Refugee Day event, June 20.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Kicks off 2019 STEM Summer Academy
June 26, 2019 — KING GEORGE, Va. – Navy engineer David Campbell returned to the summer academy that inspired him to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) as a middle school student.Campbell is one of several guest speakers who are inspiring today’s middle school students with stories about their fascinating careers and STEM opportunities... MORE

IMAGE: KING GEORGE. Va. (June 26, 2019) - Middle school students build a robot at the 2019 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)-sponsored Navy science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Summer Academy, held June 24-28. They are among 70 middle school students who are developing their teamwork and problem-solving skills in math and science while partnering with a teacher and an NSWCDD scientist or engineer. The STEM Summer ‘campers’ will deploy the robots they design, build, and program to respond to 10 missions - including the delivery of humanitarian aid, rotating troops and transporting an electromagnetic railgun to the deck of a Navy ship – by the end of the week-long academy.