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NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineers Develop Modernized Low-Cost SAL Seeker
April 6, 2022 — Engineers at NSWC Dahlgren Division have developed a new, lower-in-cost, semi-active laser (SAL) seeker.SAL seekers are a key enabling technology for guided munitions that allow warfighters to target stationary and moving targets in areas where GPS is unavailable.SAL seekers function in tandem with an operator that directs a pulsing, infrared laser... MORE

IMAGE: From left to right, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division engineers Ryan Littleton and Michael St. Vincent perform seeker calibration on the semi-active laser (SAL) seeker they helped develop. The new SAL seeker is smaller and lower in cost than previous seekers and will be compatible with the future generations of guided munitions systems.

NSWC IHD Employee Receives Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
April 5, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) employee Glenn Hooks was recently recognized with the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award for his steadfast dedication to duty and outstanding professionalism during his seven years serving with the command, first as Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) Field Team lead and now... MORE

Naval Postgraduate School Meyer Scholar Shines at NSWC Dahlgren Division
April 5, 2022 — “Why did I join the Navy?” Lt. Sasha Barnett asked rhetorically. “Since I was probably 10, I’ve always felt a calling to be a part of something bigger and greater than myself.”Barnett, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division systems engineer who supports the High Energy Laser Integrated with Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS)... MORE

IMAGE: Lt. Sasha Barnett, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division systems engineer who supports the High Energy Laser Integrated Optical Infrared Surveillance program, is a Naval Post Graduate Meyer Scholar.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employees Support Regional SeaPerch Event
April 5, 2022 — On a blustery, cool Saturday outside the YMCA in King George, things were heating up inside for regional underwater robotics teams as they competed for three spots in the international SeaPerch competition Mar. 19.“SeaPerch is an international STEM program supported by RoboNation. Elementary, middle and high school students in the area get to build... MORE

IMAGE: An underwater look at unmanned robots created by local students. The teams competing at the regional SeaPerch competition maneuvered their work through both a challenge course and an underwater obstacle.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Alan Jaeger Explores Startup Culture, Innovation in U.K.’s Percy Hobart Fellowship
April 4, 2022 — From embedding in a British startup focused on sustainable agriculture to collaborating with creative thinkers from the U.K. military, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) Alan Jaeger is experiencing new approaches to innovation during an immersive educational program in London.Jaeger, director of the Ventura Tech Bridge... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Stands Up Pillars for New Naval Storehouse Software Factory
April 4, 2022 — In today’s day and age, software moves at lightning speed and is delivered just as quickly. The need to evolve that technology faster, build smarter and increase adaptability is the driving force for many within the Navy’s workforce, especially in the software development arena. One new advancement that is attracting notice in the software... MORE

IMAGE: Senior Scientific Technical Manager Candaice Deloach spearheads the naval software factory, Storehouse, utilizing an innovative five pillar approach. The five pillars focus on software training, software development policy, software quality and agile metrics, data governance and software reuse referred to as Backyard and Sky Solutions.

NSWC Crane collaborates with Rose-Hulman professor to expand niche radio technology capability for the warfighter
April 1, 2022 — A group of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employees were visiting Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) in Terre Haute, Indiana for an undergraduate career fair a few years ago. RHIT, a nationally-recognized science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) university, is less than two hours away from NSWC Crane. The... MORE

Graphic showing Dr. Doering's impact to NSWC Crane and RHIT

NSWC Philadelphia Completes Preliminary Design Review of the Ship Control System-Government for USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Class
April 1, 2022 — A team of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division engineers recently successfully conducted and completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Ship Control System Government (SCS-Gov) variant that is planned to be integrated and installed on Ford Class Supercarriers.“Our Nation’s greatest asset is its people with our ability to... MORE

PNS Cuts Ribbon at Historic Bldg. 2
March 31, 2022 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Reactor Servicing Support Facility in historic Building 2 on Wednesday, March 30.Honored participants in the ceremony include Shipyard Commander Captain Michael Oberdorf; Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Atlantic Rear Admiral Lore Aguayo;... MORE

Bldg. 2 Ribbon Cutting at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

BOF cable clamps get an upgrade - and a patent
March 31, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee designed a clamp to protect the miles of blown optic fiber cable running throughout U.S. Navy vessels, which has been approved for shipboard use and has also been recently patented. His BOF cable clamp may eventually end up saving the U.S. Navy millions of dollars in rework as... MORE

Brandon Rottle, nuclear general foreman, Code 950 (Shop 51/67), poses with the new X7 blown optic fiber clamps he and his team created for the Navy at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. The U.S. Navy has patented the clamp design, which should help protect BOF cables aboard U.S. Navy ships. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

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