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Shift of the Workforce: NSWC Dahlgren Division Considers New Options to Include Remote Work
May 25, 2021 — Teleworking in the federal government goes back at least 20 years, long before video conferencing, when the tools of the trade were dial-up modems and home fax machines. The policies that evolved into modern teleworking first originated as an environmentally-minded transportation plan. The notion at that time was to provide employees with the...

Out of the Limelight: Office of Counsel Serves NSWC Dahlgren Division behind the Scenes
May 21, 2021 — With the start of summer just around the corner, fruits and vegetables are appearing en masse – at the farmer’s market, in your garden, at the grocery store. It may not be your first thought, but the way Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) operates can look just like a piece of fruit.Think of an orange: take off the peel and you...

Hooked on Fly-Fishing, Healing and Helping Others
May 21, 2021 — A tranquil landscape only found in nature. A peaceful mountain river rich with bass and trout. And the easy rhythm of a fly-fishing rod. The cadence - ten o’clock, two o’clock, ten o’clock - running through the heads of new fly-fishermen as they try to achieve the perfect cast. “It takes a lot of concentration, and clears your mind of everything...

Backpack Meals, a Food Truck and Life Skill Classes – How One NSWCDD Employee is Taking on Childhood Hunger
May 20, 2021 — On a warm evening in April in a small neighborhood park, a young boy and his family thanked Mr. Tim – the man behind the counter in the big red food truck – for dinner. Over the course of the evening, approximately 200 neighbors, wearing masks and practicing social distancing, enjoyed a delicious, well-balanced hot meal grilled up and served by Mr...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientists Rapidly Deliver High-Energy Laser to the Fleet Despite Pandemic
May 17, 2021 — As COVID-19 spread across the nation and world in March 2020, an elite group of federal employees developed and executed a strategy to continue development, integration, testing and installation of a laser weapon aboard Navy warships.Their plan guaranteed that progress on high-energy programs would not be impacted as they pressed forward to...

NSWCDD Engineers Lead Tri-Service Testing Program Aimed at Improving Munitions Strike Methodologies
May 14, 2021 — More than a year of meticulous planning and world-class test design led to the brief moment that a 500-pound bomb blew through the soil beneath a 2,500-square-foot concrete masonry unit (CMU) structure. A cloud of dust trailed fragments of airborne building materials as engineers looked on and gathered data that will ultimately inform strike...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer Brings New Capabilities to High Power Microwave Technology through DoD Scholarship Program
May 13, 2021 — While Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is well-known for its work in both lasers and pulsed power systems, incorporating lasers into pulsed power is a new area of research. As such, the basic requirements of the research effort must be built from scratch.Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey of the High Power Microwave (HPM) Technology...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Builds One Combat Simulator to Rule Them All
May 12, 2021 — This part is routine: a Navy radar operator watches as the movement of a small blip on his display indicates that a fishing vessel is sailing toward the open ocean.This part is not: a mass of blips appear on the scope as fast attack boats zip past the fisherman. Moments later, the blue sky gives way to a freak thunderstorm. This improbable change...

NSWC Dahlgren Division Principal Scientist Recognized for Role in Employee Development
May 11, 2021 — One of the scariest aspects of starting a new job is learning the ropes of how things work – whether on a technical level or how to log your hours. But for employees in the High Powered Microwave (HPM) Technology Development Branch, all they had to do was look into Victor ‘Vic’ Gehman Jr.’s office.“Back before the pandemic started and I had an...

Artificial Intelligence Systems Integration Support Innovative Technology at NSWCDD
May 5, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is often thought of as a futuristic technology and depicted as a rationally thinking human-like robot. The idea of this technology and the endless possibilities it can achieve inspires innovative thinking beyond measure. Aside from what we see on the silver screen, the reality of AI is that it can deliver a wide range...

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