{"id":6283,"date":"2025-08-29T23:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:49:27","slug":"naval-surface-warfare-center-panama-city-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/locations\/naval-surface-warfare-center-panama-city-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Surface Warfare Center – Panama City, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laboratory Coordinator:<\/p>\n

Frank Crosby, Ph.D., Director of Research
\nNaval Surface Warfare Center – Panama City Division
\n\u200bPanama City, FL<\/p>\n

frank.j.crosby.civ@us.navy.mil<\/a><\/p>\n

Sensor Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

NSWC PCD scientists and engineers conduct basic and applied research in acoustic, electromagnetic, and electro-optic sensing technologies as well as in signal and imaging processing. This includes: modeling\/predictions of physical phenomena in underwater and airborne environments; experimental\/theoretical characterization of sensors and targets; development of prototype sensors\/instrumentation to support experiments and validate models and system concepts; development\/analysis of digital signal and image processing techniques, along with machine learning for Automated Target Recognition (ATR); and implementation of advanced processing algorithms in embedded real-time hardware.<\/p>\n

Electromagnetics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Development and assessment of advanced electromagnetic sensing technologies and systems to perform detection, classification and identification and tracking of threats for underwater and land-based targets from manned\/unmanned systems, to include buried mine identification, at actionable distances within a broad range of operating environments; Development, analysis, modeling, and testing of electromagnetic technologies and systems; Interaction of electromagnetic sensing systems with natural and anthropogenic environments; Development of numerical, experimental and\/or theoretical methods to characterize and exploit electromagnetics existing within complex environments; Development of electromagnetic models and their integration with military programs of interest in the area of sensing phenomenology; Modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in conducting media to include the effects of noise on magnetic sensor performance and the development of prototypes and experiments to validate theory and modeling.<\/p>\n

Acoustics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simulation and experimental verification of the sonar response of the sea bed and embedded targets, including transmission and propagation effects; fast and accurate analytic and numerical solutions of acoustic and elastic wave scattering; target physics in complex environments; identification\/isolation\/extraction of target physics in image and non-image data projections; through-the-sensor inversion of environmental acoustic parameters.<\/p>\n

Electro-optics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theoretical and experimental research, development, test, and evaluation of new electro-optic sensor technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications in support of Navy\/Marine Corps and DoD missions in Mine Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare and Special Operations in littoral and coastal regions; modeling and prediction of physical phenomena involving infrared, electro-optical, and ultraviolet (UV) sensor technologies in both underwater and airborne environments to include optical pulse propagation in the sea water medium; multiple scattering in media from dense, randomly distributed scatterers; techniques to remove noise from coherent signal returns; and advanced airborne remote sensing techniques; Multispectral range gated LIDAR with day\/night capability for use in very shallow water, surf zone, and beach zones; and laser interferometric sensing methods in which an acoustic source exciting a target is merged with laser-based electro-optic imaging techniques.<\/p>\n

Hydromechanics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dynamics and interaction of single and multiple vehicles, both towed and free swimming; prediction of non-linear hydromechanic forces and moments using rational and analytical methods; dynamic and control of cable-body systems; wake generation and evolution of three-dimensional turbulent wakes partially bounded by a free surface.<\/p>\n

Robotics and Autonomy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Algorithm development for multi-agent coordination, task allocation, path planning, and control; autonomous systems architecture design, development, and use; autonomous distributed sensor field placement optimization and long-duration mission autonomy; formal verification, validation, and testing of autonomous systems; payload autonomy development.<\/p>\n

Signal and Image Processing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Signal processing for synthetic aperture sonar\/radar and underwater communications; Computer assisted detection\/classification\/localization\/tracking algorithm development for active and passive sensors; advanced neural network design and neural network architecture\/training optimization; sensor and data fusion process; image compression\/storage\/display; high speed\/parallel processing architectures and algorithms; automated algorithm development. Emphases are placed on signals and images collected using sonars, optical sensors, and magnetic sensors.<\/p>\n

Coastal Warfare Analysis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mine countermeasures (MCM) tactical theory algorithm optimization with high-speed computer technology, reconnaissance theory development for future organic MCM in support of battle group operations, comparative analysis of current search theory versus pattern recognition approaches to mine\/minefield identification, algorithm development to quantity the risk to ships performing battle group operations within a confined area containing mines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonathan M. Dilger, Ph.D.  
\nDirector of Research
\nNaval Surface Warfare Center , Crane Division (NSWC Crane)
\nChief Technology Office, Code 00T, Bldg. 34 Innovation Center
\n300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522
\njonathan.m.dilger.civ@us.navy.mil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-locations"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6286,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions\/6286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designedpartners.com\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}