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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... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer Dr. Jon ‘Cameron’ Pouncey stands next to a pulsed power system used for the development and testing of novel high power microwave devices. Pouncey – principal investigator of a new project called the Micro-Laser Triggered Switches for Deployable Pulsed Power – is also the NSWCDD technical lead on three other high power microwave projects.

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... MORE

IMAGE: From left to right, Lieutenant Alexander Snazin and Ensign Marcus Banez attend the Combat Systems Officer Baseline 9 course at the AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) in Dahlgren. The ATRC provides Sailors the tactical and technical skills required to operate, employ, and assess the readiness of the AEGIS combat systems at sea.

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... MORE

IMAGE: More than four decades after first taking a job at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Victor ‘Vic’ Gehman, Jr. has been recognized for his role mentoring other employees. “I try to keep a welcoming atmosphere in my office because I was once new,” he said. Gehman, the principal scientist for the High Powered Microwave Technology Development Branch, was one of 90 individuals and 39 teams recognized in the 2019 NSWCDD Honorary Awards video program.

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... MORE

IMAGE: Dr. Jeffrey Solka is the Senior Scientific and Technical Manager for Naval Data Sciences at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). He also serves as the Naval Sea Systems Command Knowledge Point Champion for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) systems, quantum sciences and digital sciences. Solka oversees AI/ML integration for various projects and leads AI/ML science and technology efforts. As part of a Naval Innovative Science Engineering initiative, Solka, Igor Shtau, lead artificial intelligence and machine learning engineer and Dr. Chris Weiland, acting chief scientist, discuss the integration of a Nvidia Jetson and optical targeting payload onto a manufactured quadcopter at NSWCDD. “The project is examining the effects of machine learning techniques on the kill chain and how these algorithms can be effectively verified and validated,” said Solka.

NSWCDD SSTM Profile: Candaice Deloach
May 5, 2021 — Senior Scientific Technical Managers (SSTMs) provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long-term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. SSTMs typically have significant research or development experience, and are recognized as renowned experts in their fields.Candaice Deloach was recently... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Innovation Expands Wargaming and Simulation Horizons
April 30, 2021 — Pronounce it “awesome,” but spell it “OSM.”Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineers have designed and patented a new modeling and simulation tool – a new framework allowing scientists, warfighters and college students to model ideas and develop wargaming scenarios seamlessly.“OSM” stands for Orchestrated Simulation through... MORE

IMAGE: U.S. Navy warships steam in formation while E/A-18G Growlers, FA-18E Super Hornets and an E-2D Hawkeye from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 fly over in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineers designed and patented a new modeling and simulation tool known as “OSM” for Orchestrated Simulation through Modeling that is impacting technical programs, wargames and military exercises such as Valiant Shield. OSM is a new framework allowing scientists, warfighters, and college students to model ideas and develop wargaming scenarios seamlessly. The Modeling and Simulation Toolbox (MAST) architecture – built on the OSM framework – offers a human-in-the-loop wargaming capability that positively impacted and adjudicated live events and military exercises – including Valiant Shield and Northern Edge. “The opportunities and possibilities for analysis using OSM and MAST are unlimited,” said Mike Maldonado, NSWCDD Modeling and Simulation Branch deputy program manager. “The framework is built for speed and provides anyone with the capability to model and test an idea quickly – in minutes – to see if it’s going in the right direction.” Pictured from left: USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2), USS Germantown (LSD 42), USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS America (LHA 6), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), and USS Comstock (LSD 45).

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... MORE

IMAGE: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. At NSWC Dahlgren Division and Indian Head, retired Navy Information Systems Technician and Air Force Technical Sergeant Franklin Ray Dean Sides fills the role of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC). “We aren’t normally the ones you call on your best day,” said Sides. “If something happens to you or you see something happen to someone else, call me. Call my office or the hotline and tell me what you saw. It’s better to be safe than sorry.” To reach the SAPR Hotline, call 540-424-0660. To reach Sides directly, you can call 202-672-4686.

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... MORE

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... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director John Fiore interacts with a concept captured in virtual reality that would enable the collection, curation, collaboration and conduction of Next Generation Combat Information Center (CIC) data and missions. Fiore engaged in the immersive experience made possible by the Next Generation CIC Tactical Advancements for the Next Generation Project developed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab scientists and sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency to create engagement and awareness around CIC possibilities through speculative design, looking ahead to 20 years in the future.

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... MORE

IMAGE: A test model of a damaged missile with a missing wing and tail fin is pictured at West Virginia University’s wind tunnel. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) threat engineers are performing analysis to predict the aerodynamics of damaged states systems to produce prototype research methods and simulations. Research conducted by West Virginia University in collaboration with NSWCDD aerospace and threat engineers – especially its wind tunnel testing – is playing a significant role in evaluating the munition effectiveness of nonlethal engagement scenarios in support of the NSWCDD Damaged State Modeling of a Post Intercept Threat Program.

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