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Navy Conducts Restrained Missile Firing Test for LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
October 6, 2016 — Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS) successfully completed a restrained firing test of the Longbow Hellfire missile for the LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM), the Navy announced Oct. 6... MORE

A Longbow Hellfire Missile rocket motor burns while being restrained within the container during a test of the Missile Exhaust Containment Structure at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's Explosive Experimental Area. The restrained missile firing test is designed to duct missile exhaust and fire through plenum exhaust chambers in the top of the LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module.

NSWC Dahlgren Division and Old Crows Collaborate on Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Capabilities and Challenges
September 29, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) co-hosted the Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare (EMW) Systems Engineering and Acquisition Conference in partnership with the Association of Old Crows at the University of Mary Washington's Dahlgren Campus, Sept. 20-22. The event provided a collaborative environment for discussions on the... MORE

Roger Campbell, an aerospace engineer in the Laser & Optic Systems Branch, provides an overview of the high energy laser lethality lab at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The laser lethality lab has 44kW laser capability for vulnerability testing and an indoor 100m laser tunnel.

U.S. Navy Transfers New Decontamination Technology to Small Business for Distribution to Warfighters and First Responders
September 9, 2016 — DAHLGREN, Va. - The U.S. Navy signed an exclusive license agreement with a Virginia-based small business Sept. 7 to permit the manufacture of a lifesaving decontamination technology for warfighters and first responders nationwide. The 'Dahlgren Decon' decontamination solution - developed to defend warfighters against chemical, biological, and... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 7, 2016) - Capt. Brian Durant and Amit Kapoor sign an exclusive license agreement authorizing First Line Technology LLC to manufacture Navy patented lifesaving decontamination technology for warfighters and first responders. The 'Dahlgren Decon' decontamination solution - developed to defend U.S. troops against chemical, biological, and radiological agents - is protected under several patents by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Durant, NSWCDD commanding officer, and Kapoor, First Line Technology president, emphasized the importance of the technology transfer that will equip first responders across the nation with technology to defend the public from hazardous threats. "This is the home run of technology transfer and doesn't happen without a lot of contributors," said Chris Hodge, NSWCDD scientist and Dahlgren Decon inventor, standing. Hodge and his team worked for more than a decade to develop and test this revolutionary response to chemical and biological warfare agents.

Virtual Strike Group Verifies New U.S. Navy Combat Capability in Complex Test
September 2, 2016 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The Navy evaluated a strike group’s gun weapon systems, combat systems, and unmanned vehicles’ interoperability with surface and air assets while firing on targets at the 2016 USS Dahlgren demonstration, Aug. 30.It was the first time an entire Navy strike group was brought together in a land-based environment spanning the entire... MORE

PHILIPPINE SEA - The Nimitz-class Aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Navy personnel evaluated virtual and hardware representations of the Stennis strike group's gun weapon systems, combat systems, and unmanned vehicles integrated with surface and air assets at the 2016 USS Dahlgren demonstration, Aug. 30. The test - made possible by a cybernetic laboratory called USS Dahlgren - proved engagement coordination across the battlegroup and live fire destruction of multiple targets from two combatants utilizing two different gun based systems. "This has been five to six years in the making and couldn't come at a better time as we see real-world events such as the recent small boat incursions in the Middle East, highlighting the need for the Fleet," said Capt. Brian Durant, NSWCDD commanding officer.

NREIP Interns Impact Navy Technologies, Return to College, Plan DoD Careers
August 23, 2016 — DAHLGREN, Va. — Summer interns who worked on technological programs crucial to national defense and security are heading back to classrooms at universities across the country with a new perspective about the U.S. Navy. In fact, many are envisioning themselves as potential Department of Defense civilian scientists and engineers. First, the... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. — Florida State University student Charisa Powell presents her research on the “Development of Software Tools for Simulation Prototypes” to military and government personnel during her 2016 summer internship. Powell - among 22 students who completed their internships at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) - is working towards a bachelor’s degree in computer science. The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) encourages students to pursue science and engineering careers, furthers education via mentoring and their participation in research, and makes them aware of Navy research and technology efforts, which can lead to civilian employment within the Navy.

NSWCDD Vietnam Memorial Commemoration Display Features Vietnam War Artifacts
August 16, 2016 — DAHLGREN - Marietto Jeffries, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Vietnam Memorial Commemoration coordinator; Nelson Zapata, an NSWCDD engineer and Marine Corps veteran; and Udo Goff, an NSWCDD defense contractor who is a Vietnam veteran and retired Navy commander, stand left to right with Zapata's service dog, Fallon, at the... MORE

DAHLGREN - Marietto Jeffries, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Vietnam Memorial Commemoration coordinator; Nelson Zapata, an NSWCDD engineer and Marine Corps veteran; and Udo Goff, an NSWCDD defense contractor who is a Vietnam veteran and retired Navy commander, stand left to right with Zapata's service dog, Fallon, at the NSWCDD Vietnam Memorial Commemoration display in the Herbert H. Bateman Chemical Biological Defense Center, Aug. 1.

NSWCDD holds Vietnam War Commemoration Event
August 16, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer CAPT Brian Durant pauses with ten Vietnam War Veterans after personally honoring them with commemorative pins and certificates during a ceremony at the command's Vietnam Commemoration held at the University of Mary Washington, Aug. 11. The event's keynote speaker, Brig. Gen... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer CAPT Brian Durant pauses with ten Vietnam War Veterans after personally honoring them with commemorative pins and certificates during a ceremony at the command's Vietnam Commemoration held at the University of Mary Washington, Aug. 11. The event's keynote speaker, Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, USAF retired, (left) recounted the women in service - as well as her own service - during the Vietnam era and the challenges they faced. She was the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit, the first Air Force woman graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and one of the most-decorated military women in U.S. history.

NSWC Dahlgren Engineer Honored with Navy Lifetime Achievement Award
August 15, 2016 — WASHINGTON - William Houchins, senior technical leader in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Test and Evaluation Division, was honored with the prestigious 2015 Department of the Navy Test and Evaluation Lifetime Achievement Award at a recent ceremony, Navy officials announced Aug. 15. DoN Test and Evaluation executives... MORE

Mr. William Houchins, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), center, is awarded the Department of the Navy Test and Evaluation Lifetime Achievement Award from Rear Adm. Mathias Winter N84, and Mr. Rick Quade, SES, DASN (RDT&E)/N84C.

Congressional Staffers Tour NSWC Dahlgren Division
August 3, 2016 — Congressional Staffers toured NSWC Dahlgren Division on July 29. The staffers - representing congressmen and women from Rhode Island, California, Alabama, Virginia, Hawaii, Indiana and Oklahoma - received tours and briefings on the battle management system, electromagnetic railgun, directed energy, virtualization, cybersecurity, and combined... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) senior engineer Ralph Stewart briefs congressional staffers on the 105 MM gun weapon system during the delegation's tour of the NSWCDD Battle Management System and Laboratory, July 29. The staffers - representing congressmen and women from Rhode Island, California, Alabama, Virginia, Hawaii, Indiana and Oklahoma - also received tours and briefings on the electromagnetic railgun, directed energy, virtualization, cybersecurity, and combined integrated air and missile defense-antisubmarine warfare. NSWCDD is a premier research and development center that serves as a specialty site for weapon system integration. The command's unique ability to rapidly introduce new technology into complex warfighting systems is based on its longstanding competencies in science and technology, research and development, and test and evaluation.

U.S. Navy Submarine History Makes 'Deep' STEM Impact on Students
July 29, 2016 — WASHINGTON - The deep-diving research vessel that took two hydronauts to the deepest point of the world's oceans 56 years ago is still diving - in many ways, deeper than ever. The Trieste - a Swiss-designed, Italian-built bathyscaphe acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1958 - first made history by reaching the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Pacific... MORE

WASHINGTON - Middle and high school students from Camp Dogwood Summer Academy take a break during their visit to the National Museum of the United States Navy, July 12. Retired Navy officers joined scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and a museum official to brief the 29 students on submarines and exhibits ranging from a diving capsule and torpedo room to a periscope and artic undersea operations, including ice breakthroughs.

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