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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 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.

Naval Postgraduate School Meyer Scholar Shines at NSWC Dahlgren Division
April 5, 2022 — “Why did I join the Navy?” Lt. Sasha Barnett asked rhetorically. “Since I was probably 10, I’ve always felt a calling to be a part of something bigger and greater than myself.”Barnett, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division systems engineer who supports the High Energy Laser Integrated with Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS)... MORE

IMAGE: Lt. Sasha Barnett, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division systems engineer who supports the High Energy Laser Integrated Optical Infrared Surveillance program, is a Naval Post Graduate Meyer Scholar.

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 Works With Virginia HBCUs to Fill Prestigious Internships
April 4, 2022 — For employers like the United States Navy, where the highly talented workforce represent one of the institution’s strongest assets, finding talent to fill out the ranks of future Navy leaders takes on a special importance. Finding excellent people for those spots can be a challenge under normal circumstances, and with a nationwide labor shortage... MORE

IMAGE: Amy Richards serves as a contracting officer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and in December 2021 began systematically reaching out to area HBCUs in order to spread awareness of internship opportunities available at the base.

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.

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.

NSWC Dahlgren Computer Scientist Recognized for Work in Iraq
March 9, 2022 — One hundred and twenty-one – that’s how many emails the average person receives every day, according to The Guardian. Truthfully, most of those sent to our personal email accounts end up in the junk mailbox without a second thought. That number dwindles when it comes to work emails. For Joe Gills, a computer scientist at Naval Surface Warfare... MORE

IMAGE: Joe Gills, a computer scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, spent six months deployed in the Middle East as an on-the-ground engineer, supporting special operations forces. For his work, Gills received the Secretary of the Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism.