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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 Crane continues to foster innovation ecosystem that accelerates technology advances to warfighter
December 3, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) continues to foster its innovation ecosystem with partner organizations to accelerate the development and transition of technical capability to the warfighter.NSWC Crane’s innovation ecosystem is comprised of well over 200 different organizations represented by academic... MORE

Panama City scientist honored with NAVSEA scientist of the year selection
December 3, 2019 — A scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) was recently selected as Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Scientist of the Year for his exceptional service.Joshua Slaughter, computer scientist at NSWC PCD, currently serves as the lead for Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) software development and integration for the... MORE

Joshua Slaughter, computer scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, was recently selected as Naval Sea Systems Command’s Scientist of the Year for his exceptional service.

Navy awards Block V Virginia-class submarine contract
December 2, 2019 — The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) -- Block V contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2. The contract includes an option for one additional submarine with VPM. The Block V contract is a $22.2-billion fixed-price incentive fee, multi-year procurement contract for fiscal years... MORE

Official U.S. Navy file photo of Virginia-class submarine the future USS Delaware (SSN 791).

Product delivery: A system-wide approach to supporting the fleet
November 27, 2019 — When a command is as large as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, it is sometimes challenging to grasp how each person, shop and code contributes to the mission of maintaining, modernizing and retiring the Navy's fleet; however, every individual at the command has an important piece in meeting that mission.Command... MORE

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 1, 2018.

Mount Whitney Hike Transforms NSWC PHD Technical Director and Plants Backpacking Seed
November 26, 2019 — The grueling, daring, at times painful but personally satisfying climb up California’s Mount Whitney that Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) Technical Director Paul Mann did recently has left him empowered, encouraged, wiser and wanting more.Mann joined NSWC PHD’s Lt. Todd Coursey, In-Service Engineering Agent of the... MORE

View looking east across the Owens Valley towards the Inyo Mountains with Death Valley National Park just beyond them from around 11,000 feet altitude and about five miles up the trail toward Mount Whitney’s summit.

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)

Shipyard and consulting group team up to improve processes
November 26, 2019 — When representatives from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and from the Boston Consulting Group teamed up to improve processes and workflow in Shop 31 Work Center-402, Ball valves, they realized they would need to physically transform the ball valve workspace in conjunction with process improvement to reach their... MORE

Romel Ramos, a bench mechanic with Shop 31, Inside Machine Shop, updates the status board for employees with Work Center-402 inside Building 432.

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)

LCS Mission Module Program Office Completes At-Sea Demonstration of GARC/TALONS System
November 25, 2019 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Navy completed a demonstration of the Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) and Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS), the service announced Nov. 25.The GARC/TALONS prototype is being evaluated to provide enhanced communication ranges for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission... MORE

The Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) is a parafoil-based system shown kiting from the Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft. TALONS relays data between the MCM USV and the LCS via the government-developed multi-vehicle communication relays system.

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