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NSWC Dahlgren Division Honors Scientist for Research on ‘Peculiar’ Quantum Mechanical Energy
November 30, 2016
DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy scientists Dr. Dan Parks, left, and Dr. Jeffrey Solka are pictured with a poster explaining weak energy thermodynamics that Parks presented at a November 2016 poster session featuring Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) projects. Solka, the NSWCDD ILIR and Independent Applied Research Program Director, presented Parks with the command’s ILIR Excellence Award for his research over the course of ten years on weak energy and its properties at the event. Potential military applications of weak energy includes new energetics and explosives as well as significant impact to high performance engines and the storage of power for warfighters deployed to dangerous and remote regions.

A Naval Architect Helps Navy Build Better Ships
November 28, 2016

Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) Completes Acceptance Trials
November 22, 2016
The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) conducts acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 17. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for later this year.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Welcomes Capt. Weekes, Says Goodbye to Capt. Durant
November 22, 2016
Capt. Godfrey Weekes, left, incoming commanding officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), greets Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Capt. Brian Durant, center, outgoing commanding officer of NSWCDD, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 18 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren.

Oregon Engineers Innovate Their Way to Victory in Wave Energy Prize Contest
November 22, 2016
Alex Hagmuller, a mechanical engineer from the Portland, Oregon-based team AquaHarmonics, tells the crowd how their wave energy converter (WEC) is working to absorb energy from waves, which can then be converted and used as a power source. AquaHarmonics competed against eight other teams to win the 2016 Wave Energy Prize of $1.5 million, which was awarded Nov. 16 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The final testing stage took place at the Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin, Carderock's state-of-the-art indoor ocean. The Wave Energy Prize is a public prize competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Carderock. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)

NAVSEA earns 7 of 13 acquisition awards
November 18, 2016
Capt. Michael Ladner, program manager Surface Ship Weapons holds his Program Manager of the Year award during the 2016 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 17.

Also pictured from left to right: Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition); William Bray, executive director, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Rear Adm. Doug Small, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems; Bill Deligne, executive director, Naval Sea Systems Command; Janine Anne Davidson, Under Secretary of the United States Navy.

Battle of the Bulge Veteran Tells Story At Carderock's Veterans Day Program
November 16, 2016
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alfred H.M. Shehab (right) stands with Mark Grapin, a contracting officer's representative in the Information Assurance Compliance Branch (Code 1043), after the Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 9, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Shehab was the guest of honor at the ceremony and told the group about his time as a Cavalry officer during World War II, holding the line at the Battle of the Bulge in Monschau, Germany. Grapin, a chief warrant officer five in the Army Reserve, and Shehab shared stories about their time in the Cavalry. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

Warfare Centers Learn How to Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators
November 16, 2016
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted STEM representatives from NSWC Keyport, Corona, Dahlgren, NUWC Newport, Puget Sound Navy Shipyard and Strategic Systems Program for a two-day makerspace training workshop on Oct. 12-13 at WestGate Academy and Training Facility.

Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Holds Change of Office Ceremony
November 10, 2016

Future USS John Finn Completes Acceptance Trials
November 10, 2016
PASCAGOULA, Miss.  (August 29, 2016) The future USS John Finn (DDG 113) is underway for three days for initial builder's sea trials. John Finn is the 63rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and the first of the Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA restart ships.