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Navy ’20-something’ Civilians Develop Power Solution for Electric Weapons Aboard Warships
October 21, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Bridgett Burg’s deployment aboard USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) began with one question: how can the Navy manage and supply power aboard warships integrated with electrical systems and directed energy weapons?Burg was among six Navy junior engineers and scientists who interacted with Sailors over the course of seven days last spring to... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN (Sept. 26, 2019) - The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Sly Fox Mission 26 team are pictured after presenting a final brief on their project, PERSEUS, to NSWCDD leadership. The team developed PERSEUS as the basis to solve the power management issues the Navy faces as new electrical systems and directed energy weapons are integrated aboard warships. Sly Fox team members left to right: Tyler Boitnott, Dominique James, Kyle Dalton, Steven Lohrey (front), Michael Joram, Emily Rabin (back), and Bridgett Burg.
(Photo by U.S. Navy/Released)

Junior Navy Scientists, Engineers Develop Integration Capability for Electric Weapons
June 12, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – It has all the trappings of a bestselling Navy technological thriller – six junior scientists and engineers overcame the odds to develop a new capability that enables the integration of electric weapons aboard Navy ships. The recent college graduates – Navy civilian employees selected for a special workforce development program... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN (June 6, 2019) - The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Sly Fox Mission 25 team and mentors are pictured with a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat integrated with a hardware representation of PEGASUS – Power and Energy Generation Analysis SimUlation System. The team proved the potential of PEGASUS to integrate electric weapons and electric propulsion systems aboard Navy ships in several demonstrations held at NSWCDD. Left to right in the front row are Daniel Apolinar, Alexa Thomas, Courtney Fredrickson, Peter Corrao and Tony Scaramozzi (mentor). Back row: Marie Zacarias Morro, Thomas Mckelvey (mentor), and Joshua Hellerick.

Navy Scientists and Engineers Inspire Fifth Graders at 2018 NAS Oceana Air Show
September 25, 2018 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Hundreds of fifth-grade Virginia Beach elementary school students learned more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through fun hands-on displays at the annual Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show, Sept. 21. Navy civilian scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division... MORE

IMAGE: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 21, 2018) – The combined science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity, and Dahlgren’s Sly Fox program led education efforts through hands-on STEM displays to fifth grade Virginia Beach elementary school students at the annual NAS Oceana Air Show.

Junior Navy Technologists Create Autonomous Swarm Capability for Warfighters
August 31, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – What happens when STEM college graduates are tested reality TV style with a situation akin to Survivor, House, The Apprentice, and Shark Tank on a sprawling Naval base on the banks of the Potomac?The Navy waited patiently for the answer as the stars – within two years of earning their STEM (science, technology, engineering and... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN (Aug. 7, 2018) – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Godfrey ‘Gus’ Weekes holds the USS Arlington (LPD-24) coin that was presented to NSWCDD Sly Fox Mission 23 team members while they were deployed aboard the Arlington for a week via the Scientists, Engineers and Logisticians to Sea program sponsored by NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity and NSWCDD. While at sea, the seven-member Mission 23 team presented the NSWCDD coin to Arlington’s commanding officer, who in turn, presented his warship’s coin to the Dahlgren junior scientists and engineers. Pictured left to right at the demonstration of Autonomous Remote Tactical Engagement Multi-Domain Intelligence Swarm capabilities: Conrad Brown, Ryan Munz, Kim Wendt, Capt. Weekes, Philip Costello, Devon McKiver, Luis Valcourt-Colon, and Melissa Markle.

Sly Fox Mission 22 Scientists and Engineers Recognized at NSWC Dahlgren Division Leadership Meeting
March 8, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. (Feb. 26, 2018) - Five members of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Sly Fox Mission 22 team - Michael Parkison, Jamshaid Chaudhry, Michelle Craft, Joseph Gills, and Allen Woods - hold the Sly Fox Awards they received from NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Godfrey 'Gus' Weekes and NSWCDD Technical Director John... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Feb. 26, 2018) - Five members of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Sly Fox Mission 22 team - Michael Parkison, Jamshaid Chaudhry, Michelle Craft, Joseph Gills, and Allen Woods - hold the Sly Fox Awards they received from NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Godfrey 'Gus' Weekes and NSWCDD Technical Director John Fiore at the command's leadership meeting. They were among seven Sly Fox Mission 22 members honored for developing a rapid prototyping technology called the Collaborative Aerial Network for the Autonomous Remote Engagement System (CANARES) - fully integrated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an unmanned ground vehicle, and a command and control station. The unmanned vehicle - dubbed the Weaponized Autonomous System Prototype (WASP) - was integrated by the team with a UAV to provide an aerial perspective for increased situational awareness. Navy civilian and military personnel witnessed the Mission 22 demonstration of CANARES as it quickly and effectively detected, tracked, and engaged target after target on the Potomac River Test Range at a September demonstration. For more news and information on CANARES technology and its demonstration, the full story - U.S. Navy Mission 22 Team Develops 'Game Changing' Unmanned Capability - is available via this link: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/1369371/us-navy-mission-22-team-develops-game-changing-unmanned-capability. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Tremper/Released)

U.S. Navy Mission 22 Team Develops ‘Game Changing’ Unmanned Capability
November 9, 2017 — DAHLGREN, Va. — What do NASA space crews and Navy Sly Fox mission engineers have in common? Both leave the comforts of the ordinary to explore a higher, unfamiliar realm while testing possibilities and expanding capabilities. Their dispatches about discoveries, innovations, and experiences continue to fascinate people from all walks of life. ”As we... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 12, 2017) - Navy Sly Fox Mission 22 junior scientists and engineers brief Lt. Akwasi Fosu on the new capabilities of Weaponized Autonomous System Prototype (WASP) after a demonstration held at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The seven-member Mission 22 team integrated WASP with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to provide an aerial perspective for increased situational awareness. Navy civilian and military personnel witnessed the Mission 22 demonstration of the Collaborative Aerial Network for the Autonomous Remote Engagement System – fully-integrated with the UAV, WASP, and a command and control station while detecting, tracking, and engaging targets on the Potomac River Test Range. Standing left to right are Jamshaid "JD" Chaudhry, Allen Woods, Fosu, and Chris Toney.

Junior Navy Scientists and Engineers Make Early Warning CBR Detection via UAVs a Reality
June 22, 2017 — DAHLGREN, Va. - Sly Fox Mission 21 has all the trappings of a smash hit reality television series with a technological innovation that may one day save lives of warfighters across the joint services. Although it was never filmed or broadcast, the drama, technology, and names of the seven junior scientists and engineers are real. Hundreds... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (June 15, 2017) - Navy scientist Charles Miller and mathematician Jessica Hildebrand perform pre-flight checks on the SCAPEGOAT chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) detection system. The SCAPEGOAT system - developed by a team of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division junior scientists and engineers - demonstrates the capability to deploy a modular CBR sensor system aboard multiple unmanned aerial vehicle platforms.

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