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AEGIS Baseline 9 Destroyer Scores Historic Flight Test Mission
November 21, 2014 — WASHINGTON -Sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) inpartnership with U.S. Pacific Command and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)successfully executed Flight Test Standard Missile-25 (FTM-25), the firstlive-fire event in the integrated air and missile defense radar priority mode toengage a ballistic missile target and a raid of cruise... MORE

SEWIP Block Upgrade Program Evaluated for Use on LCS
November 21, 2014 — WASHINGTON -- The Navy is evaluating a scaled-down version ofthe Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) system for potentialincorporation on future Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), Naval Sea Systems Commandannounced, Nov. 20. SEWIP is an evolutionary development block upgrade program forthe SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare (EW) System and... MORE

Fabrication Begins on the Navy's First Ship to Shore Connector
November 17, 2014 — NEW ORLEANS- Textron, Inc. began fabrication of the Navy'sfirst Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) at its New Orleans facility today. In October 2014, the Navy approved Textron to start productionfollowing the SSC Production Readiness Review during which the Navy evaluatedthe design maturity, availability of materials, and industry's ability to startand... MORE

Future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) Deckhouse Successfully Integrated
November 14, 2014 — BATH, Maine - The future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001),completed the successful lift and integration of the deckhouse on to the ship'shull at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard Nov.14.The Michael Monsoor will be the second ship of the DDG 1000Zumwalt class, the U.S. Navy's next generation destroyer. Deckhouse integrationis a major... MORE

Change of Command at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport
November 13, 2014 — NEWPORT, R.I. - Navy Capt. Howard Goldman will relieve NavyCapt. Todd Cramer as commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)Division Newport during a change of command ceremony here on Friday, Nov. 14 at1 p.m. A naval submariner originally from Baltimore, Md., Goldman isa 1987 graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas, with a bachelor... MORE

NSWCDD - ODU Collaboration Enriches Students, Faculty and Navy Technological Programs
November 3, 2014 — NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion University and Naval Surface Warfare CenterDahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leaders initiated an epic increase in Navy anduniversity collaborative efforts by signing three agreements at a ceremony Oct.28. The agreements – a memorandum of understanding, an education partnershipagreement, and a non-disclosure agreement - will... MORE

NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Commander Capt. Brian Durant and Old Dominion University President Dr. John Broderick sign a memorandum of understanding at ODU Oct. 28. In addition to the memorandum of understanding – which defines the engagement field of a maturing NSWCDD-ODU relationship - they signed education partnership and non-disclosure agreements to expand collaboration benefitting Navy technology programs as well as the university's students and faculty.

Fabrication Begins for the Future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118)
October 31, 2014 — BATH, Maine - The start of fabrication of the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) was celebrated at the Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard Oct. 31... MORE

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 19, 2004)
U. S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) speaks at the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) commissioning ceremony in Pearl Harbor. The ship is named in honor of Rear Adm. Gordon Paie'a Chung-Hoon, who was born and raised in Hawaii and awarded the Navy Cross and Silver Star for gallantry as Commanding Officer of USS Sigsbee during the Battle of Okinawa. Chung-Hoon was also assigned to USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Chung-Hoon is the 43rd ship of 62 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
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NSWC Dahlgren System Safety Practitioners Receive SECNAV Safety Excellence Award
October 27, 2014 — WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (NNS) -- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installation and Environment) Dennis McGinn honored two government civilians with the Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award during a Pentagon ceremony Oct. 20.The Navy civilians - systems safety practitioners Rebecca Funkhouser and Robert Heflin - received... MORE

141020-N-ZZ999-001 WASHINGTON (Oct. 20, 2014) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Dennis McGinn presents the Safety Integration in Acquisition Award at the Pentagon to Rebecca Funkhouser and Robert Heflin from the System Safety Engineering Division Team, Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, and Vice Adm. William Hilarides, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy and Marine Corps Honored with Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Award for Innovation
October 22, 2014 — NEW YORK (NNS) -- A Navy civilian engineer and two of his Marine Austere Patrolling System (MAPS) colleagues received a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a New York ceremony, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) announced Oct. 22.Popular Mechanics honored Eric South - the NSWCDD lead electrical engineer for MAPS - for... MORE

Navy Integrates Weapon Systems with Unmanned Vehicles for New Surface Warfare Capability
October 2, 2014 — DAHLGREN, Va. - (NNS) -- Navy engineers used technologies supporting the science of integration to guide live gun fire onto distant targets, demonstrating a new integrated surface warfare capability in a maritime environment, Sept. 29.Military and civilian leaders observed as unmanned surface and air vehicles - integrated with naval guns and the... MORE

A Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle launches from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Potomac River Test Range during a surface warfare integration test featuring the virtual USS Dahlgren. Scan Eagle identified, targeted, engaged and supported reengagement throughout the experiment as the NSWCDD-patented Visual Automatic Scoring System sent gun targeting corrections to the MK160 gun weapon system operator. "USS Dahlgren is empowering our integration of unmanned air and surface vehicles into the fire-control-loop for greatly expanded battle space and increased reaction times," said Neil Baron, NSWCDD distinguished scientist for combat control.

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