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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.
British Royal Navy's Second Sea Lord Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division
June 22, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and British military officials pause in front of the Potomac River Test Range metal map during the UK delegation's tour June 10. Dahlgren scientists and engineers briefed the delegation on the command's testing facilities and technologies ranging from the electromagnetic railgun to the hypervelocity projectile. Briefings on directed energy programs included a high energy laser demonstration. "NSWCDD has a rich history of collaboration with the UK that includes many topics from short term tasks all the way to a missile agreement established in 1963 that we continue to support here today," said Jed Ryan, NSWCDD International Partnering Office lead. "Working together with our allies during the science and technology as well as the RDT&E (research, development, test and evaluation) phases can lead to many benefits such as program improvements, cost and time savings plus enhanced interoperability." Standing (l. to r.) are NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant; UK Defense Attaché to the US, Maj. Gen. Richard Cripwell; UK Royal Navy Second Sea Lord Vice Adm. Jonathan Woodcock; Ryan; Lt Col. Carl Harris, staff officer to second sea lord; Cmdr. Ned Kelly, UK assistant naval attaché to the US; Lt. Cmdr. Mick Deakin, Personnel Exchange Program U.K. naval officer assigned to NSWCDD; and Steve Waterworth, British defense staff officer.
NSWCDD HSI Senior Military Deputy Retires at Dahlgren
June 10, 2015
DAHLGREN, Va. (June. 5, 2015) - Capt. Brian Durant, left, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, presents the Meritorious Service Medal certificate to Cmdr. Shawn Cowan, NSWCDD senior military deputy for human systems engineering during Cowan's retirement ceremony at the Aegis Training and Readiness Center auditorium
NSWCDD Human Resources Specialist Wins Annual NAVSEA Warfare Center Human Resources Award
June 10, 2015
Battle of Midway and D-Day Exhibits Impact Personnel from Sailors to Scientists
June 9, 2015
The Center for Surface Combat Systems and AEGIS Training and Readiness Center, co-located aboard Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, kick off their commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway by exhibiting World War II artifacts, including items directly related to the June 4-7, 1942 battle that changed the course of the war in the Pacific. This is the third year that Udo Goff – a defense contractor and retired Navy commander - displayed his personal collection at Dahlgren in commemoration of the Battle of Midway. Exhibit items include: U.S. Navy officer swords, ship recognition models, an aviator flight cap and radio headset, various uniforms, and the battle flag of the USS Ray (SS-271). Japanese artifacts on display include a Samurai sword, a Japanese naval officer’s dagger, and military helmets. Goff also displayed artifacts in commemoration of the Normandy D-Day invasion at a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division building.
Congressman Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division, Commends Scientist for NATO Research
June 2, 2015
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.
Awardees Acclaimed for Achievements Impacting Current, New and Future Technologies Supporting Navy and Joint Warfighters
May 18, 2015
Dr. Orgal Thomas Holland received the John Adolphus Dahlgren Award for his technical excellence in implementing modeling and simulation to enhance naval warfighting capabilities at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) annual honor awards ceremony on May 14, 2015.
DEPSECDEF Loads HVP on Test Range & Observes Repetitive Rate Electromagnetic Railgun’s Commissioning Series
May 8, 2015
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work departs the Pentagon for his visit to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA on April 30, 2015.