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NSWC Dahlgren Division Honors Scientist for Research on ‘Peculiar’ Quantum Mechanical Energy
November 30, 2016
DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy scientists Dr. Dan Parks, left, and Dr. Jeffrey Solka are pictured with a poster explaining weak energy thermodynamics that Parks presented at a November 2016 poster session featuring Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) projects. Solka, the NSWCDD ILIR and Independent Applied Research Program Director, presented Parks with the command’s ILIR Excellence Award for his research over the course of ten years on weak energy and its properties at the event. Potential military applications of weak energy includes new energetics and explosives as well as significant impact to high performance engines and the storage of power for warfighters deployed to dangerous and remote regions.
NSWC Dahlgren Division Welcomes Capt. Weekes, Says Goodbye to Capt. Durant
November 22, 2016
Capt. Godfrey Weekes, left, incoming commanding officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), greets Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Capt. Brian Durant, center, outgoing commanding officer of NSWCDD, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 18 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren.
South Korean Minister of National Defense Tours Directed Energy Facilities at U.S. Navy Base
November 8, 2016
Republic of Korea (ROK) Brig. Gen. Park Cheol-kyun, deputy director general of the ROK Ministry of National Defense International Policy Bureau, holds an electromagnetic railgun projectile in front of the electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). ROK Minister of National Defense Han Min-Koo – who led the ROK delegation to see new and emerging technologies developed at NSWCDD – is pictured to the right of Park. NSWCDD engineers briefed the South Korean delegation on electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to the command’s capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms. Pictured front row, left to right, is Tom Boucher, Office of Naval Research Railgun Program manager; Moon Sanggyun, ROK Ministry of National Defense spokesperson; Park; Han; ROK Major Gen. Shin Kyungsoo, defense attaché to the United States; Rear Adm. Chung Anho, chief director for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate; Chris Johnstone, principal director for East Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defense; U.S. Army Col. John Lee, defense attaché to the Republic of Korea. Pictured back row, left to right, is Chester Petry, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun lead systems engineer; Scott Kelley, deputy program manager for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office; Capt. Brian Durant, NSWCDD commanding officer; Jed Ryan, NSWCDD International Partnering Office lead; Ken Wallace, NSWCDD electromagnetic railgun systems engineer; Frank Dixon, NSWCDD Directed Energy and Pulsed Power Division head; and Jorge Hernandez, NSWCDD lead for the Ground Based Air Defense Directed Energy Project.
Women of Color Magazine Honors Navy Engineer with Esteemed Award
October 28, 2016
DETROIT, Mich. – Navy engineer Tiffany Owens, left, receives the Women of Color Magazine’s 2016 Community Service Award at the magazine’s annual awards gala held at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center, Oct. 15. Owens was honored for inspiring and mentoring students throughout Virginia in a myriad of science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. “In serving our country as a systems safety engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Tiffany Owens has also gone above and beyond in service to her community,” said Karen Davis, Naval Sea Systems Command Executive Director for Surface Warfare, told the audience before presenting the award to Owens.
Virginia Education Leaders Meet with Navy STEM Planners
October 19, 2016
A recent meeting at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus brought together Virginia educators and administrators with Navy scientists and engineers to discuss how to best implement the STEM resources that the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) offers. Shown here, Eric Rhodes, the director of the office of science and health education at the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), Joseph Fordham from NSWCDD public affairs, and NAVSEA STEM Technical Advisor Bob Stiegler discuss ways to facilitate STEM support throughout the state.
Navy Awardees Inspire Audience with Astute Advice at 2016 Academic Recognition Ceremony
October 19, 2016
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employees honored at the command's 2016 academic awards ceremony are pictured after the event where they were commended for successfully taking on the challenges of balancing work and family responsibilities with academics to obtain certifications or degrees. In addition to core engineering disciplines – mechanical, electrical and systems engineering – this year's graduates earned degrees in areas such as aerospace engineering, cybersecurity, national security and strategic studies, contract management, operations research, applied physics, and biochemistry.
Navy Conducts Restrained Missile Firing Test for LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
October 6, 2016
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
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. (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
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.