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Charting the Course: Military, Music and Math – What Brought Andrew “AJ” Rasure to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
July 28, 2021 — Marine. Fighter pilot. Astronaut. Musician - the dreams and goals of a young boy. And now the career path of one Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employee appears to have come full circle.Raised in a military family, it was only natural for NSWCDD Strategic Targeting Communications Analyst Andrew “AJ” Rasure to want to follow... MORE

IMAGE: Andrew “AJ” Rasure, strategic targeting communications analyst at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Investing in Facility Upgrades to Better Support the Warfighter
July 26, 2021 — Facilities and infrastructure continue to be an essential thrust for Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Over the last five years, the warfare center invested about $14 million per year in facility sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) projects to update existing buildings on base.In addition to SRM, NSWCDD has been... MORE

IMAGE: The Electromagnetic Environment Effects Assessment and Support Facility constructed in 2019. The new facility is part of an effort to create spaces that support the new capabilities Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division is delivering to the warfighter.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Contracting Specialist Views Work as a ‘Personal Mission’
July 15, 2021 — There is a saying that goes “We work to live, not live to work.” Wherever you work – whether inside the gates at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) as an active duty sailor, civilian employee or contractor, at home as a stay-at-home parent or doing something else entirely – is your work more than just work? For contracting... MORE

IMAGE: Yuleiny Garcia Contreras, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) contracting specialist, is recognized as a nominee for the Latina Style Meritorious Service Award. Garcia Contreras is the first NSWCDD employee to be nominated for the award.

NSWCDD STEM Ambassador Brings Passion for Computer Science to Local Students
July 13, 2021 — “I had no idea I wanted to study computer science when I was younger,” said Kelly Morgan. “If not for this one HTML project in college, I don’t think I would have wound up majoring in computer science, or working at Dahlgren.”Morgan now specializes in computer science at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and she credits this... MORE

Kelly Morgan is a computer scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and an active volunteer with the NSWCDD Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Outreach program. Morgan established and now leads a coding club with fourth-sixth graders at Dahlgren School.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientist Melissa Olson Phipps Discusses Charting Her Unexpected Career Path
July 12, 2021 — What did you want to be when you grew up? This question resonates with many and brings back to mind early childhood career ambitions. For Naval Lead Scientist Melissa Olson Phipps, her answer was to become a doctor. She began charting a course to pursue that dream during her early years in high school. As a student at Hood College, Olson laid the... MORE

IMAGE: Melissa Olson Phipps, project lead for the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) program for the Gun and Electric Weapon Systems Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Departments Achieve Successful Authorization to Operate Compliance for Warfare Systems Integration
July 9, 2021 — The workforce at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is known for developing innovative, technologically advanced warfare systems for the fleet and the warfighter. What may not be common knowledge is the amount of work behind the scenes that system developers accomplish in order for those warfare systems to begin operating.From... MORE

IMAGE: Cybersecurity and Compliance Branch Assessment and Authorization (A and A) Lead Barney Mahaney is briefing members of his team regarding risk management framework packages for various warfare systems. Pictured seated from left to right clockwise is Navy Validator Jack Owens, Corporate Package Information System Security Officer Denayja Boone, Corporate Package A and A Calvin Brown, Cybersecurity and Compliance Branch A & A Lead Barney Mahaney, Cybersecurity Engineer Laura Allen, Navy Validator Kenneth Roe, IT Specialist Nikita Robinson, Navy Validator Jean Ragsdale and Senior Systems Security Engineer and A and A Lead Angie Pierce.

NSWCDD Employees Volunteer for STEM Outreach at Fredericksburg Regional Governor’s School
June 30, 2021 — DAHLGREN, Va. – “Here’s the most important question of the day: Why are you here? What are you hoping to get out of this today?” said Kyle Lackinger – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Director of Collaborative Innovation and Academic Engagement – to a group of 17 students at the Fredericksburg Regional Governor’s School... MORE

New NSWC Dahlgren Division Award Program Aims to Encourage Safety
June 29, 2021 — From the time you are a toddler crawling around on the living room floor to an adult starting a new job or starting a new year in the office, you are taught what is safe. For example, “stop, drop and roll” is the quintessential fire lesson taught early in life.At Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), safety lessons are emphasized... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity employees Tim Beatty, Kevin Berry, Thomas Crisafulli, Jim Engbert, Andy Knott and Michael Shea are recognized for their proactive approaches to maintaining a safe, healthy work environment. The six are the inaugural class of the Safety Sentinel of the Year Award Program, nominated by their supervisors to the Safety and Environmental Branch.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Provides Support in Creation of Innovative Software Ecosystem, The Forge
June 28, 2021 — The term “factory” brings to mind a physical place that produces and delivers desired products to the masses. In a similar way, a software factory develops and implements software products and processes across industry and government sectors, while establishing a common software ecosystem.Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Forge Engineering Manager Steve Murphy and Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Software Factory-Forge Chief Software Officer Douglas Radoye engage in conversation regarding the development capabilities for the PEO IWS Forge software factory at the Outpost in College Park, Maryland.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Supports Virtualized Testing Environment For AN/SPY-6 Radar
June 25, 2021 — Shipyard work is currently underway to equip the future USS Jack H. Lucas with an AN/SPY-6 radar system. The early integration testing of this advanced radar leveraged a series of successful test events conducted in 2020 within a virtualized environment provided by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) at approximately... MORE

$IMAGE: Commercial operator stations provide the ability to engage the system at a fraction of the cost of a tactical configuration.$

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