DAHLGREN, Va. - U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
congratulates Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist
Steve Anderson for his NATO Science and Technology Organization's Scientific
Achievement Award May 18. Wittman - a
member of the House Armed Serves Committee who chairs the Readiness
Subcommittee and Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee - spoke with
NSWCDD personnel engaged in various directed energy technological programs
during his tour of the Electromagnetic Railgun Facility and Naval Directed
Energy Center.
NATO Chief Scientist Major Gen. Albert Husniaux,
conferred the award to Anderson for his impact on a task group's work on data
farming in support of NATO. "It was
a great honor to collaborate with some of the most talented people I have ever
met," said Anderson regarding the prestigious U.S. and international
scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and military personnel in the task
group. The collaboration enabled
Anderson and his colleagues to achieve their objective - assess data farming
capabilities worldwide to impact the development of improved decision support
to NATO forces. The Scientific
Achievement Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the context of
activities in aerospace science and technology or aerospace systems
applications. Anderson discussed his
NATO support during a Federal News Radio interview about his award in February.
The discussion is available via:
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/1269/3796526/Steve-Anderson-Principal-Scientist-Naval-Surface-Warfare-Center.