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NSWCDD engineer Helmer Flores demonstrates how a shipboard Collective Protection System (CPS) filter housing works while briefing Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for the Littoral Combat Ships program, on the system and its capabilities. NSWCDD CBR Defense engineers designed the shipboard collective protection system to protect Sailors, critical operations, and equipment within selected areas of a ship, or zones, from CBR contamination when the ship is operating in a contaminated environment. Personnel in the protected zone do not need to wear protective clothing or masks which impose heat stress and can impact crew members' performance.

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Navy Scientists and Engineers Increase Awareness of NSWCDD Technical Capabilities at Navy Yard Event

NSWCDD engineer Helmer Flores demonstrates how a shipboard Collective Protection System (CPS) filter housing works while briefing Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for the Littoral Combat Ships program, on the system and its capabilities. NSWCDD CBR Defense engineers designed the shipboard collective protection system to protect Sailors, critical operations, and equipment within selected areas of a ship, or zones, from CBR contamination when the ship is operating in a contaminated environment. Personnel in the protected zone do not need to wear protective clothing or masks which impose heat stress and can impact crew members' performance.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) chemist Tim Anthony explains the Navy's shipboard chemical warfare agent detector, called the Improved Point Detection System - Life cycle Replacement, at the NSWCDD Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command headquarters, Nov. 3. The Navy has installed the system - designed to quickly alert warfighters to the presence of chemical warfare agents - on 50% of all active guided missile destroyers and cruisers, aircraft carriers, large and small deck amphibious ships, littoral combat ships and dry cargo/ammunition ships with plans to be completed by the end of 2019.

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Navy Scientists and Engineers Increase Awareness of NSWCDD Technical Capabilities at Navy Yard Event

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) chemist Tim Anthony explains the Navy's shipboard chemical warfare agent detector, called the Improved Point Detection System - Life cycle Replacement, at the NSWCDD Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command headquarters, Nov. 3. The Navy has installed the system - designed to quickly alert warfighters to the presence of chemical warfare agents - on 50% of all active guided missile destroyers and cruisers, aircraft carriers, large and small deck amphibious ships, littoral combat ships and dry cargo/ammunition ships with plans to be completed by the end of 2019.

Cameron Sorlie, technical lead for the Navy's Laser Weapon System (LaWS), discusses high energy technologies at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) headquarters, Nov. 3. "It's great to talk to NAVSEA leadership and provide additional details on the capabilities that the warfare labs provide," said Sorlie, a member of the LaWS engineering team that designed and developed the laser weapon system. The team installed and integrated LaWS aboard the deployed USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) while training the ship's Sailors on its operation. USS Ponce Sailors reported the weapon performed flawlessly, exceeding expectations for both reliability and maintainability, during June 2015 testing in the Arabian Gulf.

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Cameron Sorlie, technical lead for the Navy's Laser Weapon System (LaWS), discusses high energy technologies at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) headquarters, Nov. 3. "It's great to talk to NAVSEA leadership and provide additional details on the capabilities that the warfare labs provide," said Sorlie, a member of the LaWS engineering team that designed and developed the laser weapon system. The team installed and integrated LaWS aboard the deployed USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) while training the ship's Sailors on its operation. USS Ponce Sailors reported the weapon performed flawlessly, exceeding expectations for both reliability and maintainability, during June 2015 testing in the Arabian Gulf.

Charles Garnett, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun system engineer, explains how electricity can launch railgun projectiles at seven times the speed of sound.
The electromagnetic railgun is a long-range weapon that launches projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants and is under development by the Department of the Navy for use aboard ships.

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Charles Garnett, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun system engineer, explains how electricity can launch railgun projectiles at seven times the speed of sound. The electromagnetic railgun is a long-range weapon that launches projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants and is under development by the Department of the Navy for use aboard ships.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientists and engineers showcased cutting-edge technologies and briefed military personnel, government employees and contractors attending the NSWCDD Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command headquarters, Nov. 3.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientists and engineers showcased cutting-edge technologies and briefed military personnel, government employees and contractors attending the NSWCDD Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command headquarters, Nov. 3.

Hamish Malin, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun projectile designer, briefs NSWC Commander Lorin Selby (right) and Navy Warfare Centers Chief of Staff Capt. Randell Dykes about the challenge of gun-hardening delicate electronics in his efforts to turn projectiles into guided missiles.

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Hamish Malin, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun projectile designer, briefs NSWC Commander Lorin Selby (right) and Navy Warfare Centers Chief of Staff Capt. Randell Dykes about the challenge of gun-hardening delicate electronics in his efforts to turn projectiles into guided missiles.

WASHINGTON - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientists and engineers showcased cutting-edge technologies and briefed military personnel, government employees and contractors attending the NSWCDD Briefing and Technical Demonstration held at Naval Sea System Command headquarters, Nov. 3.

The Navy Yard event featured briefs and demonstrations that included NSWCDD 101; cyber warfare engineering; chemical, biological and radiological defense; directed energy; hypervelocity projectile; electromagnetic railgun; battle management system; integrated training Systems; human systems integration projected displays and augmented reality; and electric power.

Dahlgren scientists also demonstrated an In-house Laboratory Independent Research project called, "Electromagnetic Response of Stress-Grown Carbon Nanotubes", and the Navy Innovative Science and Engineering project, "Real-Time Integrated Sensor Suite".