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French Naval Delegation Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division
September 28, 2015
Dr. Chris Lloyd, High Energy Laser Lethality Lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), briefs French Rear Adm. Christian Dugué, Naval Technical Director for France's Defense Procurement Agency, at the NSWCDD Laser Lethality Lab during the French delegation's NSWCDD visit. Lloyd explained the importance of rigorous modeling and laboratory testing against target materials to ensure high energy laser systems are built that meet the requirements of the warfighter once fielded. NSWCDD is leveraging its knowledge of electromagnetic launchers, hypervelocity projectiles, and directed energy weapons, in addition to its established core capabilities in complex warfare systems development and integration to incorporate electric weapons technology into existing and future fighting forces and platforms.
Commercial Applications of Navy Inventions 'Brainstormed' at Event
September 9, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist Dr. Kevin Boulais uses liquid nitrogen in a molecular beam epitaxy system to create photo capacitors for light guide film applications.
NSWC Commander Inspires Innovators at Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting
August 27, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Commander Rear Adm. Lorin Selby speaks to unmanned systems experts from the government, industry, and academia at NSWC Dahlgren Division's second annual Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting, Aug. 19. Selby encouraged military innovators and business executives to overcome the challenges they face to obtain funding for new technologies that can rapidly become a program of record and deployed to the warfighter.
Navy Engineer Honored with Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress
August 19, 2015
Dr. Wayne Chepren, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division engineer, received the 2014 Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress at the 2015 U.S. Navy League national convention in Tampa, Fla. Since 1957, this Navy League award for scientific and technical progress has been presented to a Navy or Marine Corps officer, enlisted person or civilian who has made an outstanding contribution in any field of science that has furthered the development and progress of the Navy or Marine Corps.
VADM Hilarides presents letters of appreciation at NSWCDD ceremony
August 18, 2015
DAHLGREN, Va. - NSWC Dahlgren Division awardees Christopher Nerney, Donna Wheater, Melanie Lunney and David Luck, l to r, are pictured with Vice Adm. William Hilarides, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, moments after the admiral presented them with letters of appreciation at an Aug. 11 awards ceremony. Hilarides commended the team, including Michael Clark and Adrienne Phaler, for supporting the Cybersecurity Technical Exchange Meeting sponsored by NAVSEA. "This meeting brought together leaders from Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, and United States Tenth Fleet in one place to discuss and 'connect the dots' pertaining to cyber-related work spanning the Navy enterprise," said Hilarides in the letter. "Your behind the scenes involvement in this technical exchange was paramount, enabling both current and future cyber deliberations that are of the highest importance to the Navy." Describing the accomplishment as "a major milestone in charting Naval Sea Systems Command's way ahead for the Navy's implementation of the cybersecurity mission priority," Hilarides thanked, "the men and women of NSWCDD for taking a stake in the Navy's ability to promote cybersecurity operations through technical excellence and accountability."
VADM Hilarides presents Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Awards at NSWCDD ceremony
August 18, 2015
DAHLGREN, Va. - Vice Adm. William Hilarides, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, presents the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award to Marie Colitti at an Aug. 11 awards ceremony. Hilarides congratulated Colitti and nine of her colleagues - James Morrissett, Troy Bentz, Lorilee Geisweidt, Amanda Cardiel, Steven Sovine, Keith Manion, Meredith Murray, Jeffery McConnell and Christopher Knowlton - who also received the award for their impact on the Small Surface Combatant Task Force last year. "In response to the Secretary of Defense-directed study of a more lethal and more survivable small surface combatant, these recipients used their professional expertise to assist in the development of an extraordinary body of work that establishes the direction for a significant portion of the U.S. Navy shipbuilding and Force capability that reaches deep into this century," according to the citation. "The unassailable logic, method, and results that these recipients exhibited and applied to this task, provided the Department of the Navy and Department of Defense with the confidence it needs to make decisions of such high importance."
NSWC Dahlgren Systems Safety Team Competes in Mud Run, Raising Funds for Local Children, Families, and Residents in Need
July 14, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Systems Safety Engineering Division personnel - known as the "Mud Crazy G70 Team" - ran a challenging four mile-long obstacle course, raising funds for local children, families and residents June 27.
NSWCDD hosts Fredericksburg Summer Regional Governor's School
June 29, 2015
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's School on June 25. Students from the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City, and other private schools in the region were given tours of NSWCDD's unique facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Defense Laboratory, Railgun Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. Dr. Bryan Tienes, Chemist, CBR Concepts & Experimentation Branch (NSWCDD Z21) used the cryogenic capabilities of liquid nitrogen in a demonstration focused on highlighting the relationship between a material's temperature and its physical properties. In the photo, Dr. Tienes is exhibiting the phenomenon of a magnet levitating over a low temperature superconductor chilled with liquid nitrogen.
Students Take on Navy Missions and Prepare for Future Careers with STEM
June 29, 2015
Students operate the Army Talon Ordnance Disposal Robot, mastering their skills on a robot designed to defeat counter-improvised explosive device at the Virginia Demonstration Project STEM summer academy at King George Middle School, King George, Virginia.
NSWC Dahlgren Laser Weapon System Team Wins 2014 Top Navy Scientists and Engineers Award
June 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2015) - Sean J. Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition, is joined by Dr. Delores M. Etter as he recognizes the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) engineering team from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) during the 2014 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Awards ceremony at the Pentagon. LaWS is a collaborative effort between the Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and NSWC-DD. The system deployed aboard USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf in 2014.