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NSWC Indian Head Division Employee Recognized with Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
November 21, 2022 — Recently retired Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) employee Ralph Lee Gootee Jr. was presented with the Department of the Navy (DON) Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the third highest Navy civilian award, during an award presentation in Port Tobacco, Maryland, Nov. 10. The Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award is... MORE

NSWC IHD Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Correll presents former NSWC IHD employee Ralph Lee Gootee Jr. with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the third highest Navy civilian award, Nov. 10.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity-Developed Gaming Simulation Prototype Delivers New Opportunities for U.S. Marines
November 21, 2022 — Over recent decades, the consistent development of online and computerized games has astronomically skyrocketed. These games have replaced typical board games like Monopoly and Yahtzee. With it, comes a change in how the Department of Defense’s military branches train their new recruits. A team at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam... MORE

IMAGE: Lance Cpl. Matthew Gignac uses the Gaming Environment for Air Readiness prototype during an exercise July 2022. A team at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity developed the prototype under the Office of Naval Research Global Tech Solutions program.

Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Arkansas (SSN 800)
November 21, 2022 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Senior Navy leaders, members of Congress, and shipbuilders gathered at Newport News Shipyard (NNSY) today to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800), Nov. 19.SSN 800 will be the fifth naval vessel to bear the name Arkansas. The original Arkansas was a Civil War-era screw... MORE

NSWC Crane, NIWC Pacific rapidly prototype software defined radio technology for Marines
November 18, 2022 — “This impacts all of the future of the Marine Corps on the battlefield. The small, fast, and light units that need to shoot, move, and communicate…their ability to do all three is vital to the mission. This is a problem that needs to be solved,” says Sgt. Christopher Kock. Sgt. Kock, 1st ANGLICO, I MIG, I MEF, has experienced challenges conducting... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted a Warfighter Driven Challenge (WDC) which brings scientists, engineers, and warfighters together to work on a problem statement directly from the field. This WDC took place in April and brought together subject matter experts (SMEs) from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific and NSWC Crane—as well as warfighters from I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and II MEF in the U.S. Marine Corps. The event was funded by the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions program and took place at NSWC Crane’s High Velocity Innovation Center (HiVe), which is designed as a flexible space to facilitate collaboration.

Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 106
November 17, 2022 — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 106 on November 17.LCAC 106’s delivery follows the completion of Acceptance Trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey to test the readiness and capability of the craft and to validate requirements.“We... MORE

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 106 on November 17.

NUWC Division Newport mechanical engineer wins ASNE Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award
November 17, 2022 — Alexander Rinaldi, a mechanical engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonars Systems Department, recently won the 2021 American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award. Awarded to one individual annually, who is younger than age 35, winners have demonstrated remarkable,... MORE

NSWC IHD Signs NEST OTA Agreement for TATB Production
November 16, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) recently signed a Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies (NEST) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Global Military Products (GMP) for the production of triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB). The agreement – sponsored by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous... MORE

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Modeled and Tested at Carderock
November 16, 2022 — Artemis I, the planned, non-crewed Moon-orbiting mission and first spaceflight in NASA’s Artemis program, successfully launched on Nov. 16 from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. Included in the launch was the Orion spacecraft.Long-time Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees and NASA-lovers alike will remember... MORE

Navy divers, Air Force pararescuemen and Coast Guard rescue swimmers practice Orion recovery techniques at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 21, 2016. The recovery team is practicing underway recovery techniques using a test version of the Orion spacecraft that was built by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, along with the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin, are preparing the recovery team, hardware and operations to support EM-1 recovery. (NASA photo by James Blair)

Dedication to the Warfighter: NSWC Dahlgren Division Employees Awarded the Civilian Service Achievement Medal
November 15, 2022 — Colin Powell once said, “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” It is a perfect representation of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s (NSWCDD) five recipients of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal (CSAM).The Department of the Navy (DoN) awarded five NSWCDD team... MORE

IMAGE: The Department of the Navy presents the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Jason Green. NSWCDD commemorates Green and applauds his superior performance as the software lead for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Battle Management Systems program at NSWCDD and his dedication to supporting the warfighter.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Lead Scientist’s Passion for All Things Science Leads to Testing and Materials Award
November 15, 2022 — Some people are born knowing exactly what they want to do in life. From the time that Electromagnetic and Sensor Systems Department Lead Scientist and Acting Lab Director Alice Young was little, she knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I knew I was going to be a scientist,” she recalled. “I didn't have the vocabulary for what I... MORE

IMAGE: Alice Young is the recipient of the American Society for Testing and Materials E35- Pesticides, Antimicrobials and Alternative Control Agents Award of Appreciation.