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Faces of Dahlgren: Franklin Ray Dean Sides Advocates Support and Prevention as Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
April 27, 2021 — The month of April is nationally recognized at Sexual Assault Awareness month. According to the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Office, more than 35,000 servicemen and women are certified as Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) and Victim Advocates (VAs). In the Naval Support Activity South Potomac... MORE

IMAGE: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. At NSWC Dahlgren Division and Indian Head, retired Navy Information Systems Technician and Air Force Technical Sergeant Franklin Ray Dean Sides fills the role of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC). “We aren’t normally the ones you call on your best day,” said Sides. “If something happens to you or you see something happen to someone else, call me. Call my office or the hotline and tell me what you saw. It’s better to be safe than sorry.” To reach the SAPR Hotline, call 540-424-0660. To reach Sides directly, you can call 202-672-4686.

NSWC Crane Infrastructure Division demonstrates business excellence
April 27, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division’s (NSWC Crane) Infrastructure Division protects and enhances Crane’s resources. Learn more about their work in the video below.Click the photo to watch on YouTube.For DOD viewers: https://video.fusion.navy.mil/watch/RDuo2PLcJZvYAbout NSWC CraneNSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of... MORE

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Acting SECNAV Harker visits PSNS & IMF, discusses future transformation efforts
April 27, 2021 — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 26, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts, along with the command’s COVID-19 mitigation strategies.Harker, who was guided through his visit by... MORE

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, April 26, 2021. Harker met with command leadership and toured PSNS & IMF facilities to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth G. Takada)

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Cyber Red Team Notches Another Win in National Hacking Event
April 26, 2021 — A team from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) captured Third Place during last month’s Department of Defense (DOD)-authorized HACKtheMACHINE challenge, despite facing an increased number of competitors and an “unknown” sentinel system protecting the program that team members were trying to hack.With a first-place win... MORE

Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Cyber Red Team Development Program (RTDP) conduct training and tabletop exercises in penetration testing to protect the integrity and readiness of U.S. Navy systems at the Fathomwerx Lab, Feb. 13, 2020. Pictured are RTDP members (clockwise from left), Shane Bennett, Calvin Raines, Christopher Draper, Steven Coleman, Devin Gavin and Bao Huynh. The team recently captured Third Place in the Navy-sanctioned HACKtheMACHINE contest.

NAVSEA commander visits PSNS & IMF during visit to Northwest region
April 26, 2021 — Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 23, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities, learn about the status of various maintenance availabilities, and to discuss process improvement and transformation efforts.Galinis addressed PSNS & IMF leadership... MORE

Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 23, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities, learn about the status of various maintenance availabilities, and to discuss process improvement and transformation efforts.

Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards: Underway and Making an Impact
April 26, 2021 — The Navy’s four Naval Shipyards are transforming how they maintain and modernize submarines and aircraft carriers. Naval Sustainment Systems - Shipyard (NSS-SY) is a business and process improvement effort designed to increase the on-time delivery of submarines and aircraft carriers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; Norfolk Naval... MORE

Vice Adm. Bill Galinis, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 23, 2021.

NSWCDD Engineers Expand to Impact Navy Vertical Launch System Capabilities
April 23, 2021 — Scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are developing and delivering upgrades to the Navy’s Vertical Launch Systems (VLS), improving the fleet’s anti-air, ship self-defense, ballistic missile defense and land attack capabilities despite the COVID-19 pandemic.What’s more, NSWCDD hired new software and... MORE

NSWC Crane employee receives second-highest DoN award for nine years of dedication to Marine Corps
April 22, 2021 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee received the Department of the Navy (DoN) Superior Civilian Service Award (SCSA), which is the second highest honorary award in the DoN. Alan Matthews, the SCSA recipient, was awarded for his outstanding efforts as Test Manager for Program Manager Infantry Weapons (PM IW), NSWC... MORE

In Historic First, Navy’s Oldest Floating Dry Dock To Support Dive Boat Repairs
April 22, 2021 — For the first time, the Navy’s oldest floating dry-dock, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Dynamic (AFDL 6), successfully docked a dive support boat, April 15.Dive Support Boat 1103, attached to the MARMC’s Dive Locker, will undergo emergent repairs. Boat 1103 is one of four dive boats in the Dive Locker’s fleet, which is vital... MORE

NSWCDD Innovation Lab Empowers Innovators to Test Ideas, Solve Naval Warfare Challenges
April 21, 2021 — Dr. John ‘JT’ Rigsby and Tamara Stuart see the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Innovation Laboratory, or “iLab,” as a special place where innovators develop ideas in a creative atmosphere that accelerates problem-solving to meet challenges of all types.The disparate backgrounds of the iLab’s new leaders – Rigsby, a physicist... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director John Fiore interacts with a concept captured in virtual reality that would enable the collection, curation, collaboration and conduction of Next Generation Combat Information Center (CIC) data and missions. Fiore engaged in the immersive experience made possible by the Next Generation CIC Tactical Advancements for the Next Generation Project developed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab scientists and sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency to create engagement and awareness around CIC possibilities through speculative design, looking ahead to 20 years in the future.

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