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Tomorrow's Engineers Test Their Skills at Carderock's International Submarine Races
July 1, 2015
150624-N-PO203-076 BETHESDA, Md. (June 24, 2015) Navy divers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Division at Indian Head, Md., assist student teams with their human-powered submarines during the 13th International Human-Powered Submarine Race (ISR) being held in the David Taylor Model Basin at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division. ISR is a unique international engineering design competition that inspires high school and college-age students of the various engineering disciplines to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)
Jackson (LCS 6) Completes Acceptance Trials
June 30, 2015
NSWCDD hosts Fredericksburg Summer Regional Governor's School
June 29, 2015
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's School on June 25. Students from the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City, and other private schools in the region were given tours of NSWCDD's unique facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Defense Laboratory, Railgun Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. Dr. Bryan Tienes, Chemist, CBR Concepts & Experimentation Branch (NSWCDD Z21) used the cryogenic capabilities of liquid nitrogen in a demonstration focused on highlighting the relationship between a material's temperature and its physical properties. In the photo, Dr. Tienes is exhibiting the phenomenon of a magnet levitating over a low temperature superconductor chilled with liquid nitrogen.
Students Take on Navy Missions and Prepare for Future Careers with STEM
June 29, 2015
Students operate the Army Talon Ordnance Disposal Robot, mastering their skills on a robot designed to defeat counter-improvised explosive device at the Virginia Demonstration Project STEM summer academy at King George Middle School, King George, Virginia.
PCU John Warner (SSN 785) delivered to the Navy
June 25, 2015
150521-O-ZZ999-110 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 21, 2015) A dolphin jumps in front of the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John Warner (SSN 785) as the boat conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by Chris Oxley/Released)
NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division Recognizes Individuals, Teams for Excellence
June 25, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) held the annual Honorary Awards ceremony, June 23, at the Indian Head Town Pavilion to recognize those individuals and teams who made significant contributions to fulfilling the command's mission during calendar year 2014.
Navy engineer patents innovative data transfer system
June 24, 2015
150617-N-LX636-004 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (June 17, 2015) Matt Sheehan, NSWC PHD R&D system engineer, was recently awarded a relatively rare, first action allowance, on a patent application for a Light Information Transmitting Optical System (LITOS), which will be integral in supporting cybersecurity initiatives. (U.S. Navy Photo by Tom Frazee/Released)
NSWC Crane, USI Continue Strong Partnership through Intermediary Agreement
June 23, 2015
150622-N-BK152-001 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the University of Southern Indiana announced a renewed Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) on Monday, June 22 during an event held on the USI campus. The event included representatives from both Crane and USI, including NSWC Crane Commanding Officer CAPT Jeffrey Elder and USI President Linda L. M. Bennett. (Photo credit - University of Southern Indiana)
NSWC Dahlgren Laser Weapon System Team Wins 2014 Top Navy Scientists and Engineers Award
June 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2015) - Sean J. Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition, is joined by Dr. Delores M. Etter as he recognizes the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) engineering team from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) during the 2014 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Awards ceremony at the Pentagon. LaWS is a collaborative effort between the Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and NSWC-DD. The system deployed aboard USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf in 2014.
British Royal Navy's Second Sea Lord Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division
June 22, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and British military officials pause in front of the Potomac River Test Range metal map during the UK delegation's tour June 10. Dahlgren scientists and engineers briefed the delegation on the command's testing facilities and technologies ranging from the electromagnetic railgun to the hypervelocity projectile. Briefings on directed energy programs included a high energy laser demonstration. "NSWCDD has a rich history of collaboration with the UK that includes many topics from short term tasks all the way to a missile agreement established in 1963 that we continue to support here today," said Jed Ryan, NSWCDD International Partnering Office lead. "Working together with our allies during the science and technology as well as the RDT&E (research, development, test and evaluation) phases can lead to many benefits such as program improvements, cost and time savings plus enhanced interoperability." Standing (l. to r.) are NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant; UK Defense Attaché to the US, Maj. Gen. Richard Cripwell; UK Royal Navy Second Sea Lord Vice Adm. Jonathan Woodcock; Ryan; Lt Col. Carl Harris, staff officer to second sea lord; Cmdr. Ned Kelly, UK assistant naval attaché to the US; Lt. Cmdr. Mick Deakin, Personnel Exchange Program U.K. naval officer assigned to NSWCDD; and Steve Waterworth, British defense staff officer.