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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... MORE

NSWC PCD engineer receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for excellence
April 14, 2022 — Passion, drive, perseverance and attention to detail are just some of the superlatives which have been used to describe Stephen (Rusty) Weathers, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) lead systems engineer.The results he produced using these same qualities has led to him being... MORE

(left) Capt. David Back, Naval Surface Warfare Center commanding officer and (right) Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director present Stephen (Rusty) Weathers, NSWC PCD Airborne Mine Neutralization System lead systems engineer with the Department of the Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award on March 28. As a result of Weathers' system-of-system approach, the program realized a $66M cost avoidance due to his analysis and bringing forth his recommendation to change the maintenance philosophy of the Launch and Handling System from a required 5-year overhaul to a performance based overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Anthony Powers)

NSWC Panama City Division celebrates 2021 Annual Awards excellence
April 7, 2022 — Over 100 exceptional personnel were recognized at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Annual Awards Ceremony held at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC), March 25.The ceremony marked the first in-person annual awards ceremony since the start of the pandemic. The award process has a six-week nomination period where any... MORE

These Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Annual Awards trophies would be handed to award recipients at a ceremony held at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC), March 25. This year, 74 nominations for teams and individuals across 15 award categories were received to celebrate the accomplishments of 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

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... MORE

IMAGE: A 40-foot tower constructed at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is topped by a radar prototype used in foreign comparative testing. The middle-level contains a command and control room. This effort supports the Navy’s Future X-Band Radar program.

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... MORE

IMAGE: From left to right, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division engineers Ryan Littleton and Michael St. Vincent perform seeker calibration on the semi-active laser (SAL) seeker they helped develop. The new SAL seeker is smaller and lower in cost than previous seekers and will be compatible with the future generations of guided munitions systems.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employees Support Regional SeaPerch Event
April 5, 2022 — On a blustery, cool Saturday outside the YMCA in King George, things were heating up inside for regional underwater robotics teams as they competed for three spots in the international SeaPerch competition Mar. 19.“SeaPerch is an international STEM program supported by RoboNation. Elementary, middle and high school students in the area get to build... MORE

IMAGE: An underwater look at unmanned robots created by local students. The teams competing at the regional SeaPerch competition maneuvered their work through both a challenge course and an underwater obstacle.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Stands Up Pillars for New Naval Storehouse Software Factory
April 4, 2022 — In today’s day and age, software moves at lightning speed and is delivered just as quickly. The need to evolve that technology faster, build smarter and increase adaptability is the driving force for many within the Navy’s workforce, especially in the software development arena. One new advancement that is attracting notice in the software... MORE

IMAGE: Senior Scientific Technical Manager Candaice Deloach spearheads the naval software factory, Storehouse, utilizing an innovative five pillar approach. The five pillars focus on software training, software development policy, software quality and agile metrics, data governance and software reuse referred to as Backyard and Sky Solutions.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer Learns Shoulder-to-Shoulder in Naval War College Program
March 30, 2022 — When an employee starts at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) or any of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)’s other surface or undersea warfare center divisions, the doors of opportunity swing wide open. For NSWCDD’s Digital Proving Ground (DPG) Lead Systems Engineer Emily Hester, she found herself learning alongside active duty... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Lead Systems Engineer Emily Hester poses with Naval War College classmates Lt. Cmdr. Tamara Alvarado and Lt. Cmdr. Duncan McColl. Hester studied at the Naval War College as a Bundy Scholar and learned alongside military personnel during her time in the program.

Navy Ship to Shore Connector delivers CH-46 for Air Force training
March 23, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) demonstrated its versatility and effectiveness to provide logistics support.Program Manager, Ships (PMS) 317 Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft and NSWC PCD Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) civilian operators played a vital role in the delivery... MORE

Skip Whitmore, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Landing Craft Air Cushion 100 Class Test & Evaluation Task Lead, marshals LCAC 103 vehicle while it transports a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter onto shore south of Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 24. Program Manager, Ships (PMS) 317 Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft and NSWC PCD LCAC In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) civilian operators played a vital role in this delivery. Flight crew members who supported this effort were Mitch Martin, C1P/C2P, Mark Williams, C1P/C2P, Jason Wilson, Flight Engineer (UI), Dave Minchew, Deck Engineer, James Forrister, Deck Engineer, Keenan Cowart, Deck Engineer (UI), and Jeff Reece, Deck Engineer (UI). (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Taking Inventory with Revonna Waring
March 22, 2022 — Revonna Waring grew up in Charles County, Maryland, and originally planned on pursuing a career in accounting. Her first experience with the U.S. Navy came in 1984 through a high school co-op program that combined academic coursework and part-time responsibilities at Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head. “We were doing calculations for explosive mix... MORE

IMAGE: The Department of the Navy bestows the Civilian Service Achievement Medal to seven employees from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Inventory Accuracy Officer Revonna Waring received the award for her work, perseverance and technical expertise while supporting various NSWCDD initiatives and programs.

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