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NSWCDD Engineers Revolutionize Combat Training with TRACER Augmented Reality
July 31, 2019
IMAGE: 190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) A Sailor assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sponsored Tactically Reconfigurable Artificial Combat Enhanced Reality (TRACER) system. TechSolutions partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to develop the TRACER package, which consists of a virtual-reality headset, a backpack, a state-of-the-art simulated weapon designed to deliver realistic recoil, and a software package that creates multiple and adaptable simulation scenarios for security personnel to experience. ONRG TechSolutions allows Sailors and Marines to submit technology requests directly to the development community for rapid response prototyping. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams)
NSWCPD’s Poster Session Showcases Summer Intern Research Projects
July 26, 2019
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) summer interns participated in the Command’s annual poster session competition on July 24. This annual poster session competition is an opportunity for the interns to brief their projects and receive feedback from professional engineers, while bringing new perspectives to the Command. (U.S. Navy Photo by Kirsten St. Peter)/Released
Chief of Naval Research Visits NSWC Crane for First Time in Crane’s History
March 12, 2018
The Chief of Naval Research, Rear Adm. David Hahn, visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) on March 6 to learn more about Crane's capabilities in Strategic Missions, Expeditionary Warfare and Electronic Warfare. This was the first time the head of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has ever made a trip to Crane.
Navy Railgun Lines Named for Two Electromagnetic Railgun Visionaries at Ceremony
February 27, 2018
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Feb. 22, 2018) – Capt. Godfrey 'Gus' Weekes, right, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division commanding officer, and Donald McCormack, left, executive director of the Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers, present commemorative plaques to retired Adm. James Hogg, second from left, and Dr. Hans Mark, during an electromagnetic railgun line naming ceremony. As public servants, Hogg and Mark laid the foundation for the U.S. Navy Railgun Program and led the effort to explore and illustrate to senior leadership the warfighting advantages of this game-changing technology and were pivotal in gaining the initial funding necessary to demonstrate its feasibility. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)