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Racing the clock: NSWC Dahlgren Division hosts Australian team in humanitarian mission engineering hackathon
DAHLGREN, Va. – The International Mission Engineering Hackathon brought together selected defense and national security teams from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and Australian counterparts to initiate a joint humanitarian assistance disaster response mission for a crisis scenario. The team from NSWCDD, known as the Dahlgren Dingoes, won the challenge in 2025. (U.S. Navy Photo by Dorina Watermolen)
Dec. 3, 2025 - Far beneath the South Pacific, in one of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth, a powerful earthquake has struck. On the nearby nation of Vanuatu, a string of some 80 islands stretching across 800 miles, a humanitarian crisis...
Like a high beam in the dark: The Mark 99 Fire Control System illuminates the way for naval defense
The Navy’s Aegis-equipped fleet must detect, track and eliminate threats with pinpoint precision. The Mark 99 Fire Control System is central to this capability, providing the last, vital link in the defensive chain. (U.S. Navy illustration by Dorina Watermolen)
Dec. 1, 2025 - In the complex world of modern naval warfare, those who can see and act the fastest often have the advantage. The Navy’s Aegis-equipped fleet must detect, track and eliminate threats with pinpoint precision. The Mark 99 Fire...
Carderock and UDC Use Machine Learning to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Tech
Nov. 28, 2025 - This year Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, partnered with students from the University of the District of Columbia for their project titled “Empowering the Navy's Energy Future: Nurturing Tomorrow's...
U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Final Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Cleveland (LCS 31)
LCS 31
Nov. 26, 2025 - MARINETTE, Wis. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) from Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) in Marinette, Wisconsin, November 26...
Across Land and Sea: Carderock Personnel Reflect on Shared Values Between Navy and Philmont Scout Ranch
Michael J. Hughes (second to left-back row) during his Philmont trek as a scout in 1980.
Nov. 26, 2025 - When Emily Tutton, branch manager for the Electrical and Electronic Energy Resource Branch at NSWC Carderock Division's Norfolk detachment, caught wind that some of her fellow coworkers had also recently embarked on a...
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