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Small Business Runway Extension Act Takes Effect – Good News for Small Business and NSWC Dahlgren Division
January 15, 2020
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Deputy for Small Business Kris Parker speaks with II Corps Consultants, Inc., executive Earnest King at an NSWCDD event for small businesses. A Small Business Administration final rule to implement the 2018 Small Business Runway Extension Act effective on Jan. 6, 2020 is good news for Dahlgren, according to Parker. The law increased the period of measuring small businesses’ annual revenue from three to five years in the contract evaluation process. “This change to five years is a logical move, as it helps account for the cyclical nature of contract awards,” he said. “It should really help increase our potential small business base.”  (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWC Dahlgren Distinguished Community Service Award Winner Recounts Impact of Her High School Mentor
January 13, 2020
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy human factors engineer Chelsey Lawson credits the impact of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) on her life to a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer – her high school calculus tutor – by the name of Leonard Wilson who retired in 2019 after 36 years of government service. “I went to college and earned a degree in biomedical engineering because his mentoring had a huge impact on my life,” said Lawson, who won the 2019 NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award.  “I participated in STEM activities in our surrounding community to guide and inspire students on how to combine their interests with STEM education and careers – like Mr. Wilson did for me.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWC Philadelphia Division Leaders Encourage Branch Heads to Continue “Expanding the Advantage”
January 7, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Technical Director Tom Perotti addresses NSWCPD’s Branch Head Forum on Dec. 12, 2019. Perotti, along with NSWCPD Commanding Officer Capt. Dana Simon, provided their perspectives on the November 2019 Naval Sea Systems Command Leadership Forum, including encouraging attendees to continue to “expand the advantage” and to work with a “sense of urgency.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class John Banfield/released)

NSWC Dahlgren Division Laboratory Recertified to Impact Fleet, Homeland Defense
December 19, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Melanie Keeven, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) biologist, prepares reagents for Sample Standard Lab operations. The impact of an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) audit reaccrediting the NSWCDD Sample Standards Laboratory is significant to national defense, command officials announced on Dec. 19, 2019. “The recertification of the NSWCDD Sample Standards Laboratory to ISO standards for testing and calibration laboratories serves to assure Dahlgren’s customers that our sample standards lab’s products and services meet the most rigorous standards for labs of its ilk,” said Ellen Pittenger, Sample Standards Laboratory program manager. (U.S. Navy photo /Released)

Sailors Look inside a Gas Turbine Engine in Philadelphia
December 16, 2019
U.S. Navy Sailors attached to USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) receive borescope inspection training conducted by Scott Brown, Senior Engineering Technician, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The borescope tool provides access to the internal sections of an engine, enabling the users to view any damage, cracks or imperfections within the confined chambers of the engine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield).

NSWC Dahlgren Internship Impacts U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman’s Senior Capstone Project
December 3, 2019
DAHLGREN, Va. (July 12, 2019) – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Natalie LaPlaca, right, and her mentor, Laura Maple, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer, are pictured at NSWCDD headquarters during LaPlaca’s summer internship. LaPlaca’s work as an intern on human sensors – titled ‘Correlating Sleep and Temperature Patterns in Navy Warfighters with Current and Future Health Status’ – is her U.S. Naval Academy senior capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

NSWC Dahlgren Holds Cupcake Competition at Veterans Day Event
November 15, 2019
IMAGE: DAHGLREN, Va. (Nov. 8, 2019) – Cupcakes are pictured at a combat cupcake competition sponsored by the NSWCDD Strategic and Computing Systems Department (A) and the NSWCDD Weapons Control and Integration Department (H). Scientists, engineers, business, and support specialists from A and H voted for winners in the best tasting and best presentation cupcake categories. The A and H personnel also paid tribute to America’s living veterans – specifically to those veterans in attendance and throughout the command – with speeches and good news about opportunities for the command’s veterans, including a new initiative called the Veteran Integration Program.

NSWC Dahlgren Employees Engage with Charities to ‘Focus on a Cause’
November 13, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Nov. 6, 2019) – Pictured at the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity Fair sponsored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), left to right: Gloria Evans, Liz Comacho-Hart, NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Casey Plew, Rebecca Stork, Shermanda Williams, Christine Tolbert, and Gilbert Correa-Ruiz. Second row, left to right: Katy Evans and Lisa Wallington. “I observed several of NSWC Dahlgren employees engaged in conversation with the participating charities,” said Wallington, the Naval Sea Systems Command CFC co-campaign manager. “I’m certain that those conversations are going to impact the surrounding communities in a positive and lasting way.”  (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy Safety and Environmental Experts Collaborate at 2019 Face-to-Face Symposium
October 29, 2019
IMAGE: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 22, 2019) – Navy safety and occupational health and environmental managers from 10 Naval Warfare Center divisions, Naval Air Station Oceana Regional Safety Office, and the Navy Safety Center, are pictured at the Naval Warfare Center’s Safety and Environmental Face-to-Face Symposium. The managers shared innovative ideas, trends, and information impacting safety, occupational health, and environmental protection at the event hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity.  (U.S. Navy photo by George Bieber/Released)

Dahlgren Sailors and Civilians Celebrate Navy's 244th Birthday
October 16, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 16, 2019) – The oldest and youngest Sailors attending the Navy's 244th anniversary celebration cut the birthday cake at Gray's Landing on the Potomac Restaurant. The Navy birthday cake-cutting ceremony is important to all Sailors, as it is an annual renewal of each Sailor's commitment to the Navy and the Navy's commitment to our nation's quest for peace and freedom worldwide. The Sailors cut the cake with a sword, a traditional reminder that they are among a band of warriors, committed to carrying arms so that the United States and its people may live in peace. (U.S. Navy photo by Pamela Berry/Released)