Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport
NUWC, Division Newport
1176 Howell Street
Telephone: 832-3611
Website: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nuwc/newport/default.aspx
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT), headquartered in Newport, is one of the two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. NUWCDIVNPT was established on January 1, 1992, by the consolidation of the Naval Underwater Systems Center; Trident Command and Control Systems Maintenance Activity, Newport; and Naval Sea Combat Systems Engineering Station, Norfolk, Va.
NUWCDIVNPT detachments include the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) facilities at Andros Island, Bahamas and West Palm Beach, Fla. Remote test facilities are located at Dresden, N.Y., Leesburg, Fla., and East Lyme, Conn.
The mission of NUWCDIVNPT is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, undersea offensive and defensive weapon systems, and countermeasures associated with undersea warfare.
In carrying out its mission, NUWCDIVNPT provides the technical foundation that enables the conceptualization, research, development, fielding, modernization and maintenance of systems, to ensure the Navy's undersea superiority. It participates in fundamental research to support evolving operational capabilities in the Fleet, with major thrust in applied research and system development.
NUWCDIVNPT had a funded program of approximately $1.1 billion in 2010, employing more than 2,700 civilian and military personnel and nearly 3,000 contractors.
NUWCDIVNPT has an uninterrupted lineage dating back to 1869, and the establishment of the Newport Naval Torpedo Station, the Navy's earliest dedicated research facility. Today, NUWCDIVNPT is a world recognized leader for research in submarine combat control and acoustics systems, imaging and communications systems, submarine weapon and launcher systems, submarine and surface ship sonar systems, undersea ranges and test programs.