Naval Undersea Warfare Center
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare. One of the corporate laboratories of the Naval Sea Systems Command, NUWC is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island, and has two major subordinate activities — Division Newport and Division Keyport (in Keyport, Washington). NUWC also controls the Fox Island Facility and Gould Island.
NUWC employs more than 4,400 civilian and military personnel, with budgets of over US$1 billion.
History
In 1869 the Naval Torpedo Station was founded in Newport with an original facility on Goat Island. The station tested underwater weaponry through World War I and World War II. In 1951 the station on Goat Island was reorganized:
For the next 15 years, it was the Underwater Ordinance Station, and then the Underwater Weapons Research and Engineering Station until 1970. That year, the Underwater Sound Lab from New London, Conn., was combined with the Newport facility to form the Naval Underwater Systems Center or NUSC. In 1992, the command was reorganized as the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport.[1]
See also
- Naval Undersea Museum
- AUTEC - Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center
- MAST Americas http://www.mastamericas.com - conference & trade-show sponsored by NUWC
External links
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