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NSWC Dahlgren Team Receives Award Nomination for Contributions to Major Navy Study
June 1, 2022 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) team is now under consideration for the Navy Award of Merit for Group Achievement, following a nomination in late-February for contributions to a multiyear study. The NSWCDD Future Surface Combatant team played a leading role in a major new analysis from the Department of the Navy, which...

NSWC Dahlgren Division’s Dr. David Hubble Wins the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineers of the Year Award
June 1, 2022 — Dr. David Hubble’s path to a career in engineering began during his days growing up on his family’s farm in Andersonville, Tennessee. His dad served as an engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority and held a master’s degree in aerospace engineering. “He would work engineering into everything we did on the farm,” said Hubble. “I grew up fixing our...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Promotes Small Business as Another Weapon in Navy’s Arsenal
May 20, 2022 — During his opening remarks, the Department of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs Director Jimmy Smith described small businesses as essential to helping the Navy face the growing number of challenges in defense of our nation. “We have to use small businesses as a weapon because of their ability to pivot with agility to provide capability...

NSWC Dahlgren Division’s Support for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Students Fosters Innovation
May 19, 2022 — Virginia Tech graduates more than 400 mechanical engineering students every year. The major's program requires each student to complete a capstone project during their senior year. Much like real life, the project is completed in teams as students solve real-world problems while facing practical issues such as budget, design deadlines and risk...

Meet the NSWC Dahlgren Team that Maps Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Amidst a Changing Climate
May 9, 2022 — In 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD) set out to gauge the effects of a changing climate on national security by examining a representative sample of 79 installations selected across the service branches. Of 19 naval installations analyzed in the report, each faces a single or combination of threats such as recurring flooding, drought or in some...

Fredericksburg Christian School Robotics Team Places First at Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren
May 3, 2022 — The sounds of sonar echoed through the room as Fredericksburg Christian School’s (FCS) robot navigated a maze of landmasses and ships on its way to acquiring and destroying a squadron of jets assembled like bowling pins at the end of the course. FCS robot’s flawless performance launched the team into first place in the inaugural Innovation...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Change of Command Ceremony
April 29, 2022 — After days of extreme wind, conditions were “absolutely awesome” along the Potomac River Test Range (PRTR) gun line for the change of command ceremony, according to Capt. Stephen “Casey” Plew. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) said farewell to Plew and hello to incoming Commanding Officer Capt. Philip “Phil” Mlynarski, April...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employees Receive First Quarter 2022 PEO IWS Awards
April 15, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leads the way in innovating new technologies while improving upon existing platforms. The fiscal 22 First Quarter Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Excellence Awards recognize 45 NSWCDD scientists and engineers from eight individual teams for their exemplary work...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Searches Out Future Radar Systems on the Potomac River
April 6, 2022 — On a recent warm afternoon at the Potomac River Test Range, recreational speedboats and jet skis plied the cool waters as a handful of Navy engineers gathered shoreside under a reconnaissance and surveillance tower, to begin powering up a mobile engineering lab that is mounted 40-feet in the air. One member of the Navy group pointed out a good...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineers Develop Modernized Low-Cost SAL Seeker
April 6, 2022 — Engineers at NSWC Dahlgren Division have developed a new, lower-in-cost, semi-active laser (SAL) seeker.SAL seekers are a key enabling technology for guided munitions that allow warfighters to target stationary and moving targets in areas where GPS is unavailable.SAL seekers function in tandem with an operator that directs a pulsing, infrared laser...

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