ARLINGTON, Va. (May 18, 2017) - Chuck Campbell - a

ARLINGTON, Va. (May 18, 2017) - Chuck Campbell - a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) cyber engineer - briefs USS Secure and cyber capabilities at the second DoD Lab Day held at the Pentagon. Innovations from 63 Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force laboratories and engineering centers were displayed during the collaborative event. USS Secure is a multi-enclave test environment that enables the Navy's development, evaluation, and testing of cybersecurity concepts and technologies to defend mission critical systems at sea and ashore. “The long term goal of USS Secure is to provide the Navy with the ability to conduct system of system cyber-focused research, development, test and evaluation,” said Campbell, USS Secure project manager. “We cannot afford to wait until operational testing or after a capability is fielded to expose cyber issues in our Naval systems as it’s too costly and time consuming to address them that late in the acquisition lifecycle.” NSWCDD, a Naval Sea Systems Command warfare center division, is a premier research and development center which serves as a specialty site for weapon system integration. The command's unique ability to rapidly introduce new technology into complex warfighting systems is based on its longstanding competencies in science and technology, research and development, and test and evaluation.