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Warfare Centers News

Split-second science: Dahlgren Division engineers capture first live data on projectile and shockwave interaction

DAHLGREN, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division scientists and engineers used a M110 Howitzer modified with a 155 mm barrel to launch projectiles traveling nearly four times the speed of sound toward controlled blasts of 30 to 100 pounds of dynamite. The groundbreaking test was used to study how shockwaves affect high-speed rounds. (NSWCDD Photo)

Nov. 21, 2025 - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division recently fired high-speed projectiles into timed explosions to study how shockwaves affect high-speed rounds in a groundbreaking test. Over two days, a team of scientists and...

Future USS Massachusetts Delivered to U.S. Navy

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 8, 2025) The future Virginia class attack submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) participates in sea trials. The future Massachusetts is the 25th Virginia class submarine produced through the combined efforts of HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and General Dynamics Electric Boat. The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the submarine from NNS on Nov. 21.

Nov. 21, 2025 - NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Massachusetts (SSN 798), from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Nov. 21.The delivery represents the...

Digital Twin: The Next Generation of Fleet Resilience

Nov. 21, 2025 - BETHESDA, Md. – As global conflict increases, the Navy needs its fleet available more often, with less downtime and lower service costs. Dr. Michael Robert, Technical Project Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC),...

Carderock Holds Speed Mentoring Event

The Workforce Development Branch held their first Speed Mentoring Event on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The event consisted of mentees rotating through mentors to exchange information, advice and answer questions on specific topics while also speaking as a large group to talk about their previous experience in their respective fields. (U.S. Navy photo by Chalene Simmons.)

Nov. 20, 2025 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division hosted a speed mentoring event Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, to connect employees with mentors and strengthen professional networks across the command.Speed mentoring is a...

Carderock Specialist Sean Burger Gets Master’s Thesis Published

Nov. 20, 2025 - Sean Burger, an administrative and technical specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, recently celebrated a key milestone in his academic career: the publishing of his thesis from Naval Postgraduate...

Divisions’ Major Focus Areas

NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

NSWC Corona
Analytics and Data Driven Performance Assessments

NSWC Crane
Electromagnetic Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Systems and Strategic Systems Components

NSWC Dahlgren
Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

NSWC Indian Head
Energetics and EOD Technologies

NUWC Keyport
Sustaining Undersea Warfare Systems and Vehicles

NUWC Newport
Undersea, Subsea, and Seabed Warfare Weapons Systems Development and Integration

NSWC Panama City
Mine Warfare and Littoral Warfare Systems

NSWC Philadelphia
Surface and Undersea Machinery, Power, Controls, and Auxiliary Ship Systems

NSWC Port Hueneme
Integrated Logistics and Test and Evaluation for Surface Warfare Combat Systems

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