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Navy honors NSWC Dahlgren Division engineer for High Power Microwave laboratory achievement
July 21, 2026 — As threats evolve across the seas, the Navy needs to be confident in directed energy weapon systems deployed to the Fleet. It relies on Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the Naval Sea Systems Command warfare center for directed energy research, development, testing and evaluation.NSWCDD is currently focused on High Power... MORE

Dr. Andrew Fairbanks, lead engineer in the High Power Microwave Prototype Weapon Systems & Applications Branch of the Integrated Engagement Systems Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division was honored with the 2026 Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award for Emergent Engineers for the establishment of the High Power Microwave Effects Laboratory at the division. (Jennifer Erickson/NSWCDD Photo)

NSWCDD Develops Safer Weapons Alternative
February 17, 2022 — Videos of U.S. military personnel stopping drug-smuggling boats are exhilarating and frightening. They are not Hollywood movies but real-life, dangerous encounters on the high seas. In each of those instances, the use of force applies.The High Power Microwave (HPM) Weapon Systems Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)... MORE

IMAGE: - Nhan Bui, a statistician with the High Power Microwave (HPM) Weapon Systems Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, works on an HPM system. HPM is designed to be a safer alternative to other vessel stopping mitigations, using nonlethal methods. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWCDD Department Stands Up High Powered Microwave Division in Directed Energy Refocusing Efforts
January 5, 2022 — Under the Directed Energy (DE) umbrella, there are two significant areas of interest: high-energy laser and high-power microwave (HPM) weapon systems. At Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the growing demand from the operational community for novel DE weapon systems resulted in a corresponding growth in NSWCDD’s technical... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist Thomas Salvato tests vessel stopping efforts. Vessel stopping efforts fall under the directed energy umbrella at NSWCDD, using high powered microwaves.

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