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NSWC Dahlgren Division looks to recruit at its career fair
February 12, 2024 — Do you live in the Fredericksburg region and are tired of the long, traffic-ridden and stressful commute to the Washington, D.C. area to your job? Consider a different route with the same or better pay as well as flexibility and opportunity to work on mission critical projects at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)!Come prepared... MORE

Merging generations: NSWC Dahlgren Division, partners, to host first middle school robotics innovation challenge
February 10, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and its partners are expanding the innovation challenges from college and high school students and industry professionals to the next generation of scientists and engineers – middle schoolers. “NSWCDD has world class scientists and engineers who are passionate about the work they do in support... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division STEM team challenges and inspires kids at Spotsylvania-area camp
August 7, 2023 — A dozen Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employees served as instructors at the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office STEM camp July 31-Aug. 3 at the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Area Campus.The NSWCDD volunteers included scientists, engineers and interns with a heart for community service and a desire to pass... MORE

IMAGE: Kelly Morgan, a scientist in the Strategic and Computing Systems Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, tests a boat constructed by youth at the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office STEM Camp July 31 at the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Area Campus.

Growing up in war-torn Vietnam, leads NSWCDD chief engineer in lifelong pursuit of stability
May 3, 2023 — At the tender age of six, Kathleen “Katie” Young endured the instability of a country torn apart by civil war. Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese on April 30, 1975, ending the Vietnam War and forever changing the trajectory of her family’s life.Young’s family enjoyed an upper-class life, including a lovely house with a service staff. Her father... MORE

IMAGE: Kathleen “Katie” Young is a chief engineer in Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Strategic and Computing Systems Department. Young’s early life was thrown into chaos as her family suffered turmoil and sadness in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

NSWCDD’s Pacifique Munezero Honored as a Safety Rising Star
September 23, 2022 — The National Safety Council has selected Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s (NSWCDD) Pacifique Munezero for the Rising Stars of Safety Award.The awards ceremony took place Sept. 19.Since 2010, the National Safety Council (NSC) has been honoring the next generation of safety professionals through the Rising Stars of Safety Award.The... MORE

IMAGE: The National Safety Council has selected Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Systems Safety Engineer and Model-Based System Engineering Safety Lead in the Electromagnetic and Sensor Systems Department Pacifique Munezero for the Rising Stars of Safety Award.

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.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Partners with Virginia Tech on NEEC Project to Provide Secure Software Solutions
September 17, 2021 — As software systems become more commonplace and increasingly complex, so does the need to ensure they are secure and operating efficiently. A team of student engineers at Virginia Tech are investigating ways to mitigate cyber vulnerabilities and verify that defense measures do not interfere with a system’s functional ability.Professor Binoy... MORE

IMAGE: (From left to right) Cathlyn Stone, Binoy Ravindran and Joshua Bockenek review software solution in development. Led by Professor Ravindran, Stone and Bockenek are doctoral students participating in a three-year NEEC project in partnership with NSWCDD.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Modeling and Simulation Summit
August 27, 2021 — Creativity and innovation are critical parts of the research, development, testing and engineering (RDT and E) community. As technology continues to expand, the role of modeling and simulation (M and S) has followed in step. M and S efforts seep into every technical department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) including its... MORE

Marine Corps Veteran Speaks at NSWCDD Observance – Advises Fellow Veterans to Rebrand for Successful Careers
November 25, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – From debutante to leatherneck – Duanna ‘Kimberly’ Tanner, once the sole minority student in her class at Stuart, a refined all-girls school, embraced a new life as a hard-charging Marine whose many career moves fit one word – “unexpected.”“My mother gave me the best advice before I left for boot camp,” said Tanner who regaled her... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Duanna ‘Kimberly’ Tanner – keynote speaker at the 2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division virtual Veterans Day Observance – encouraged veterans, government employees and contractors tuning in via Teams to rebrand themselves while transitioning throughout their careers. “We’re entitled to modify our personal branding to support the current environment that we live in,” said Tanner, a Marine Corps veteran and Marine Corps Systems Command project manager, at the Nov. 12 event. "We can figure out who we’re going to be and assimilate as much as necessary without compromising who we are.” (Photo courtesy of Duanna ‘Kimberly’ Tanner/Released)

2020 National Native American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month – NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Profile: Michael S. Brown
November 23, 2020 — Michael Brown is the Computing Integration and Analysis Branch Head at NSWC Dahlgren Division’s Strategic and Computing System’s Department. He is a member of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe, one of Virginia’s 11 recognized tribes, and he serves as the NSWCDD Native American Indian and Alaska Native (NAIAN) Special Emphasis Program Manager (SEPM).As... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Michael Brown holds a New Testament translated into the Algonquin language by English Puritan missionary John Eliot and printed in 1661. As a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division branch head and the command’s Native American Indian and Alaska Native Special Emphasis Program Manager, Brown strives to make a positive impact for Dahlgren’s employees. “I am thankful for the opportunity to serve in both of these capacities to help each person fulfill their purpose in their community, at NSWC Dahlgren Division and for the Navy.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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