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British Royal Navy’s Second Sea Lord Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division
September 26, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 25, 2019) - British Royal Navy Second Sea Lord Vice Adm. Nicholas Hine shakes hands with Capt. Casey Plew, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, during a presentation held after a live test demonstration. Plew and Hine presented each other with their respective command coins. NSWCDD subject matter experts briefed the second sea lord and his delegation on programs and capabilities that included the NSWCDD Innovation Lab, digitalization of the U.S. Navy, high velocity tactical development, and directed energy weapons such as the high energy laser, electromagnetic railgun and hyper-velocity projectile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
CNO's Surface Warfare Division Director Briefed on Directed Energy at Dahlgren
September 26, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 6, 2019) - Theresa Gennaro, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) senior lead scientist for directed energy programs, briefs Rear Adm. Eugene 'Gene' Black, Surface Warfare Division director at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - on the Navy's high energy laser technological programs - including ODIN. The admiral was also updated on HELIOS -- High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance - during his NSWCDD tour. Gennaro was among the command's technical leaders and subject matter experts who briefed the admiral on a wide range of technologies encompassing modeling and simulation; guns and guided projectiles; Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense Anti-Submarine Warfare; and virtualization. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Admiral Recognizes NSWC Dahlgren Civilian Personnel with Secretary of Defense and Department of Navy Awards
September 23, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 30, 2019) – Naval Sea Systems Warfare Centers Commander Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage presents the Dr. Delores M. Etter Award to Dennis Larsen, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer, at an awards ceremony held at NSWCDD headquarters. The Etter Award is presented annually to scientists and engineers who have clearly demonstrated a superior accomplishment that is technically outstanding and highly beneficial operationally to the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, and national defense. (Photo by U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Navy Sailors Test New Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation System
September 16, 2019
IMAGE: Glenn White (center), Office of Naval Research, discusses Mentor Station “real time” data analytics to John Fiore, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division technical director. The briefing occurred during an Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation Phase 1 system demonstration in the command’s Naval Simulation Center.
Dahlgren Holds 9/11 Observance Ceremony
September 12, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN. Va. (Sept. 11, 2019) – Navy chief select Michael Hanley shares a story of heroism in response to the terrorist attacks and ensuing tragedies on 9/11. Hanley was one of seven chief select ‘heroism readers’ based at commands located on Naval Surface Facility Dahlgren who recounted acts of heroism on that tragic day in our nation’s history. Hanley – reading to military, first responders, government and contractor personnel gathered to honor the victims of 9/11 – recounted that: “Welles Crowther was an equities trader on the 104th floor of the South Tower. The man was a volunteer firefighter in his teens, he made his way down to the 78th floor sky lobby and became a hero to the strangers who were trapped there. He helped injured and disoriented office workers to safety, risking his own life. Crowther directed survivors to the stairway and encouraged them to help others while he carried an injured woman on his back. After bringing her 15 floors down to safety, he made his way back up to help others. He never came back...”
NSWC Dahlgren Division Commanding Officer Promoted to Captain at Ceremony
September 3, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 30, 2019) – Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers commander, left, promotes Cmdr. Casey Plew to the rank of captain before family, friends, and colleagues at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). It was Plew’s second ceremony marking a career milestone in four months. The new Navy captain took command of NSWCDD – the Naval Sea System Command’s largest Naval Warfare Center – at a ceremony held on the Potomac River Test Range in April.
NSWC Warfare Centers Host Sixth Annual Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting
August 19, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 8, 2019) - Steering Committee members of the Navy's sixth annual Unmanned Systems Integration Workshop and Technical Exchange Meeting are pictured at this year's event. Military and civilian unmanned, weapon, and energetic systems experts throughout the Naval Research and Development Establishment, Office of Secretary of Defense, and other services presented briefs and engaged in discussions on technologies and policies related to the strategies and challenges for test and evaluation of weaponized unmanned systems. Speakers and attendees networked while discussing partnerships, technology efforts, policy and demonstrated programs at the two-day event co-hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division, NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD), and the Unmanned Vehicle and Autonomous Systems Group at Naval Sea Systems Command. The workshop and technical exchange was sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Tactical Warfare Systems Office and the Land Warfare and Munitions Office), the Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise and the NSWC Warfare Centers. The event’s Steering Committee members left to right: Reid McAllister, Integrated Unmanned Maritime Mobility Systems director at NSWC Carderock Division; Carrie Gonzalez, NSWCDD project manager; Penny Moran, NSWCDD Autonomy Lead; Amy O'Donnell, NSWC IHEODTD deputy technical director; Daniel Pines, NSWC IHEODTD chief innovation officer; Dr. John Wilkinson, NSWC IHEODTD customer advocate for Science and Technology Business Development; and Tony Harris, NSWCDD Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Branch head.
NSWC Dahlgren Division Institutionalizes ‘Technical Excellence Framework’ to Ensure Warfighter Success
August 13, 2019
IMAGE: PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) successfully launches its second Tomahawk missile during weapons testing. Sterett is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Tomahawk missile testing in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
Navy Warfare Center Engineers Revolutionize AEGIS Combat System Training with CIAT
August 8, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 8, 2019) - The CIAT – Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Trainer – team is pictured at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division headquarters. The team worked with NSWC Carderock Division to develop a technical approach that originated during the early stages of CIAT’s combat system virtualization and technology exploration. NSWC Dahlgren Division is the lead integrator and the IAMD developer for CIAT. NSWC Carderock Division is the ASW developer and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division is the ASW components developer. The three divisions delivered CIAT to the Fleet shore based facilities in 2018 as the most capable combat systems trainer ever developed for the Navy surface force.
College and High School Interns Brief Findings at Dahlgren’s First Combined NREIP & SEAP Poster Session
August 7, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 25, 2019) — University of Virginia junior Kimberly Louie explains how the deck-gun she helped create and attach to a drone operates while briefing to military and government personnel during her 2019 summer internship. Louie was among 20 students who completed their internships at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) encourages students to pursue science and engineering careers, furthers education via mentoring and their participation in research, and makes them aware of Navy research and technology efforts, which can lead to civilian employment within the Navy.