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Faces of Dahlgren: Franklin Ray Dean Sides Advocates Support and Prevention as Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
April 27, 2021 — The month of April is nationally recognized at Sexual Assault Awareness month. According to the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Office, more than 35,000 servicemen and women are certified as Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) and Victim Advocates (VAs). In the Naval Support Activity South Potomac...

NSWCDD Engineers Expand to Impact Navy Vertical Launch System Capabilities
April 23, 2021 — Scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are developing and delivering upgrades to the Navy’s Vertical Launch Systems (VLS), improving the fleet’s anti-air, ship self-defense, ballistic missile defense and land attack capabilities despite the COVID-19 pandemic.What’s more, NSWCDD hired new software and...

NSWCDD Innovation Lab Empowers Innovators to Test Ideas, Solve Naval Warfare Challenges
April 21, 2021 — Dr. John ‘JT’ Rigsby and Tamara Stuart see the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Innovation Laboratory, or “iLab,” as a special place where innovators develop ideas in a creative atmosphere that accelerates problem-solving to meet challenges of all types.The disparate backgrounds of the iLab’s new leaders – Rigsby, a physicist...

NSWCDD and West Virginia University Partner on ‘Damaged States’ Tool to Transform Surface Warfare
April 19, 2021 — When surface warfare officers fire a missile to intercept a threat while defending their warship, what happens when the threat missile sustains specific types of damage at a specified range?The Navy is collaborating with West Virginia University professors and students who are using a wind tunnel to help crack an aerodynamic code necessary to...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Selects Nine Contractors for Important Infrastructure Contracts
April 13, 2021 — At the beginning of February 2021, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) entered into a substantial contract award with nine contractors. The nine contractors are part of an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract, designed to help support NSWCDD’s infrastructure. An example of supporting our infrastructure is the...

Women Evolve Into Leadership Roles at NSWC Dahlgren Division
April 12, 2021 — Stephanie Hornbaker, Shellie Clift and Robin Lacy are reflective when they talk about the evolution of women in leadership roles at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).Women are leading in various capacities at Dahlgren, senior leadership positions include three of seven technical department heads, Chief Technology Officer...

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Embarks on a Collaborative Relationship with the Society of Women Engineers through Corporate Sponsorship
April 9, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is excited to announce a new corporate sponsorship and partnership with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) that will begin July 2021 and run through June 2022.NSWCDD made the decision to invest in this strategic partnership to expand its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Tests G/ATOR System Capabilities for U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 2021 — Navy engineer Danny Mudd looked forward to the arrival of a new U.S. Marine Corps radar system after working on the program for years. When the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system – a mobile unit designed to be stationed anywhere while providing air surveillance and ground weapons locating capabilities – arrived at Naval...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Promotes Engaging Recruiting Practices During First NAVSEA Sponsored Virtual Career Fair
April 2, 2021 — Stepping into a crowded exhibit hall, exploring various booths and interacting one-on-one with an engaging recruiter seem like a distant memory. In a time when in-person recruitment fairs are simply not an option, organizations broaden their horizons to attract and engage the best and brightest in a strictly virtual event. Naval recruiters call...

Veteran and Wounded Warrior Programs Thrive Virtually at NSWCDD Despite Pandemic
March 31, 2021 — Marietto Jeffries never imagined how crucial his idea to keep veterans connected, informed and engaged at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) would become during a pandemic.Jeffries founded the ‘Veterans Connected’ newsletter several years ago to provide consistent communication of relevant information to government employees...

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