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NSWCDD Technical Director Presents Navy Award to West Virginia University Professor
October 2, 2019
IMAGE: Patrick Browning, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, right, receives research award from John Fiore, Technical Director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division of the United States Navy.
British Royal Navy’s Second Sea Lord Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division
September 26, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 25, 2019) - British Royal Navy Second Sea Lord Vice Adm. Nicholas Hine shakes hands with Capt. Casey Plew, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, during a presentation held after a live test demonstration. Plew and Hine presented each other with their respective command coins. NSWCDD subject matter experts briefed the second sea lord and his delegation on programs and capabilities that included the NSWCDD Innovation Lab, digitalization of the U.S. Navy, high velocity tactical development, and directed energy weapons such as the high energy laser, electromagnetic railgun and hyper-velocity projectile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
CNO's Surface Warfare Division Director Briefed on Directed Energy at Dahlgren
September 26, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 6, 2019) - Theresa Gennaro, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) senior lead scientist for directed energy programs, briefs Rear Adm. Eugene 'Gene' Black, Surface Warfare Division director at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - on the Navy's high energy laser technological programs - including ODIN. The admiral was also updated on HELIOS -- High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance - during his NSWCDD tour. Gennaro was among the command's technical leaders and subject matter experts who briefed the admiral on a wide range of technologies encompassing modeling and simulation; guns and guided projectiles; Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense Anti-Submarine Warfare; and virtualization. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Admiral Recognizes NSWC Dahlgren Civilian Personnel with Secretary of Defense and Department of Navy Awards
September 23, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Aug. 30, 2019) – Naval Sea Systems Warfare Centers Commander Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage presents the Dr. Delores M. Etter Award to Dennis Larsen, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer, at an awards ceremony held at NSWCDD headquarters. The Etter Award is presented annually to scientists and engineers who have clearly demonstrated a superior accomplishment that is technically outstanding and highly beneficial operationally to the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, and national defense. (Photo by U.S. Navy/Released)
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: NSWCDD Interview with Sandra Alba Cauffman
September 18, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (Sept. 13, 2019) – Sandra Alba Cauffman – acting division director of the Earth Science Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate – tells her audience at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) sponsored Hispanic Heritage Month Observance to “follow your dreams and do something you’re really passionate about.” The Costa Rica native was inspired to work for NASA while watching the Apollo 11 moon landing as a seven year old.
NASA Official Inspires NSWC Dahlgren Audience to ‘Find Your Voice’ at Hispanic Heritage Month Observance
September 17, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (Sept. 13, 2019) – Sandra Alba Cauffman – acting division director of the Earth Science Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate – holds a plaque she received from Eunice Mercado, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Hispanic Employment Program manager, in appreciation of her keynote speech at the NSWCDD-sponsored Hispanic Heritage Month Observance. “Follow your dreams and do something you’re really passionate about,” said Cauffman, a native of Costa Rica, who was inspired to work for NASA while watching the Apollo 11 moon landing as a seven year old. Standing left to right are Luis Rodriguez, NSWCDD Hispanic Employment Program champion, Mercado, Cauffman, and Capt. Casey Plew, NSWCDD commanding officer.
U.S. Navy Sailors Test New Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation System
September 16, 2019
IMAGE: Glenn White (center), Office of Naval Research, discusses Mentor Station “real time” data analytics to John Fiore, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division technical director. The briefing occurred during an Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation Phase 1 system demonstration in the command’s Naval Simulation Center.
NSWCDD 2019 Hispanic Heritage Month Profile – Moises Iglesias, Electromagnetic Railgun Lead Systems Engineer
September 16, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 5, 2019) - Moises Iglesias – lead systems engineer for the electromagnetic railgun weapon system at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) – discusses railgun design considerations with his colleague, Pierre Avila, NSWCDD computer scientist. “A leader helps the organization, the team, and its members become famous - providing the tools, training, development, recognition and opportunities to deliver products that will help the organization and its members grow professionally and personally while establishing the organization’s National Subject Matter Expertise and Recognition,” said Iglesias, an avid runner and native of Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Dahlgren Holds 9/11 Observance Ceremony
September 12, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN. Va. (Sept. 11, 2019) – Navy chief select Michael Hanley shares a story of heroism in response to the terrorist attacks and ensuing tragedies on 9/11. Hanley was one of seven chief select ‘heroism readers’ based at commands located on Naval Surface Facility Dahlgren who recounted acts of heroism on that tragic day in our nation’s history. Hanley – reading to military, first responders, government and contractor personnel gathered to honor the victims of 9/11 – recounted that: “Welles Crowther was an equities trader on the 104th floor of the South Tower. The man was a volunteer firefighter in his teens, he made his way down to the 78th floor sky lobby and became a hero to the strangers who were trapped there. He helped injured and disoriented office workers to safety, risking his own life. Crowther directed survivors to the stairway and encouraged them to help others while he carried an injured woman on his back. After bringing her 15 floors down to safety, he made his way back up to help others. He never came back...”
NSWCDD M&S Community of Interest Hosts VV&A Seminar
September 10, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (Aug. 20, 2019) - Dr. James Elele – a leading expert in the field of Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) – is flanked by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineers Bonita Davia and Sam Koski at a two-day seminar sponsored by the NSWCDD Modeling and Simulation Community of Interest. Elele briefed about 115 scientists and engineers attending the VV&A seminar from NSWCDD, NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity, NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Marine Corps Systems Command, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus. The course brought together a huge diversity of modeling and simulation disciplines to collaborate and learn approaches to verification, validation, and accreditation.