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NSWCDD Engineers Adapt Commercially Available Equipment to Test and Evaluate Weapon Systems
November 5, 2021 — How do you simulate challenging, stormy seas when testing a new weapon system? Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineers found an effective solution in a less-than-obvious piece of technology – a motion base designed for flight simulators and theme park rides. “The idea is to try to simulate these low-frequency,... MORE

IMAGE: Commercial motion base typically used for flight simulators and theme park rides. Engineers at NSWCDD adapted the base to simulate ship movement environments for use in testing durability and function of weapons capabilities.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Tests G/ATOR System Capabilities for U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 2021 — Navy engineer Danny Mudd looked forward to the arrival of a new U.S. Marine Corps radar system after working on the program for years. When the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system – a mobile unit designed to be stationed anywhere while providing air surveillance and ground weapons locating capabilities – arrived at Naval... MORE

IMAGE:Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Principal Engineer Dr. Terry Foreman, G/ATOR Technical Program Manager Bill Shea and Radar Operations Lead Danny Mudd brief NSWCDD Technical Director John Fiore on the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system at the Potomac River Test Range. G/ATOR – a mobile unit designed to be stationed anywhere while providing air surveillance and ground weapons locating capabilities – completed five weeks of integrated test evaluations at NSWCDD in support of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Live Fire Test and Evaluation Team wins Navy award after years in the making
September 21, 2020 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) personnel were awarded for supporting an effort to complete a Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) program. During this program, the team expanded the understanding of the mine susceptibility of both Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Variants through simulation and sea testing.Nicole... MORE

Randy Horne, NSWC PCD technical program manager for threat analysis and exploitation, received the Department of the Navy Test and Evaluation Team Award.

NSWCPD’s HAMSTER Hammers Home Accuracy and Efficiencies
April 3, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently began delivering an advanced prototype tool to non-destructively test the bond between a coating and the hull of a vessel to several Navy shipyards.NSWCPD’s Hammer Activated Measurement System for Testing and Evaluating Rubber (HAMSTER) allows a shipyard worker to use an impact... MORE

(July 2019) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) developed the Hammer Activated Measurement System for Testing and Evaluating Rubber (HAMSTER) to determine the condition of the interface bond between a coating and the hull. The portable, battery powered hammer uses a unique algorithm to provide a real-time evaluation of the condition of the bond with each impact. (U.S. Navy photo by James McDonnell)

NSWCDD Technical Director Presents Navy Award to West Virginia University Professor
October 2, 2019 — MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director John Fiore presented an NSWCDD research award to a West Virginia University professor at a ceremony, Oct. 1.Dr. Patrick Browning – assistant professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the university’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering... MORE

IMAGE: Patrick Browning, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, right, receives research award from John Fiore, Technical Director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division of the United States Navy.

The Economic and Intellectual Impact of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
May 16, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The new Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Economic Impact Study closely examines the organization’s influences on the local economy, state and county revenues, as well as academic and intellectual life and progress, the NSWCDD Economic Impact Working Group announced May 16.This year’s study also analyzes how... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (May 16, 2018) – The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Economic and Intellectual Impact for fiscal year 2017 is outlined in the 'NSWCDD Impact' infographic released today by the NSWCDD Economic Impact Working Group. This year's study examined the organization’s influences on the local economy, state and county revenues, as well as academic and intellectual life and progress. Moreover, it analyzed how the command’s role as a Working Capital Fund Activity influences its operations, products, and services, and by extension – its customers, sponsors and the wider community.

Navy Engineer on Cutting Edge of Vibration Technology Wins Navy Technical Excellence Award
March 20, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Shawn Schneider won the 2018 Department of the Navy Award for Technical Excellence at a Test and Evaluation Facility or Range, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) announced March 20. The Navy engineer was honored for his extraordinary scientific and engineering contributions to the test and evaluation... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Shawn Schneider mounts an adapter plate to an Unholtz-Dickie T-2000 electro-dynamic vibration system capable of providing over 24,000 pounds of force in vibration at frequencies up to and exceeding 3,000 hertz (cycles per second). These systems are used to replicate shock and vibration environments experienced by test items during their lifecycle to ensure that performance and safety are not compromised prior to use by the warfighter. NSWCDD announced on March 20 that Schneider won the 2018 Department of the Navy Award for Technical Excellence at a Test and Evaluation Facility or Range. The engineer was honored for extraordinary scientific and engineering contributions to the test and evaluation community in the area of multi-input-multi-output vibration test profiles.

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