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Highlighting the critical role that NUWC Division Newport plays in supporting the U.S. Navy fleet.

NUWC Division Newport

NEWPORT, RI - NUWC Division Newport, one of two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, is the Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, and fleet support center for submarine warfare systems and many other systems associated with the undersea battlespace.

In-Service Engineering Support

WHAT WE DO MATTERS: In-service engineering and at-sea testing to advance U.S. Navy systems are some of the ways NUWC Division Newport supports the fleet.

UUV Launch and Recovery

WHAT WE DO MATTERS: Division Newport’s Engineering and Diving Support Unit provided launch and recovery support for an LDUUV at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility in 2022.

Award-Winning Scientists and Engineers

The AN/BYG-1 Combat Control VTwin Team won the 2020 Assistant Secretary of the Navy RD&A Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award.

Oculus Rift glasses in the virtual world

NEWPORT, RI - A NUWC Division Newport employee demonstrates Oculus Rift glasses in the virtual world.

Division Newport's New Professional Network

NEWPORT, RI - A group of employees known as the New Professional Network hosts several events to help new hires meet, socialize, and learn about Division Newport.

NUWC Division Newport

Learn more about career opportunities at NUWC Division Newport by visiting:

http://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Warfare-Centers/NUWC-Newport/Career-Opportunities/

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NUWC inFocus: Undersea Sensors
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NUWC inFocus: Test and Evaluation
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NUWC inFocus: Torpedoes
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NUWC inFocus: Cybersecurity
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Australian Department of Defence air vice-marshal visits NUWC Division Newport for tours, briefings

Air Vice-Marshall Gerry van Leeuwen (from left), head of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Systems for the Department of Defence of Australia, and his staff members listen as Tony Paolero, head of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Sensors and Arrays Division of the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, details the work done in the Acoustic Pressure Tank Facility during a visit to Division Newport on April 7, 2025. The facility provides acoustic testing over a wide range of simulated ocean environments for the Navy, industry, academia and international partners. The U.S. and Australia navies have a long-standing military relationship that continues to grow through collaboration.

April 22, 2025 - The U.S. and Australia have a long-standing military relationship that only continues to grow through collaboration. In helping to bolster that relationship, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on April 7...

Undersea Warfighting Development Center leadership visits NUWC Division Newport

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings (from left) welcomes Undersea Warfighting Development Center (UWDC) Commander Rear Adm. Michael R. Van Poots for a full day of tours and discussions at Division Newport on March 31, 2025. The constant co-evolution of technology and operational concepts between the two organizations is critical to providing the best warfighting capabilities possible to the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet.

April 10, 2025 - A constant co-evolution of technology and operational concepts is critical to providing the best warfighting capabilities possible to the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet...

NUWC Division Newport presents innovation and ONR awards to students in RI State Science and Engineering Fair

U.S. Navy Reservist Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Quinn (center), an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, presents NUWC Innovation Awards to the winners of the R.I. State Science and Engineering Fair at the Community College of Rhode Island Knight Campus in Warwick on March 19, 2024.

April 3, 2025 - On March 19, U.S. Navy Reservist Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Quinn, an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, presented Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Division...

NUWC Division Newport employees support FIRST Robotics Competition at University of Rhode Island

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings speaks with students on Team 78 AIR STRIKE from Aquidneck Island Robotics during the FIRST Robotics Competition's New England regional event held March 13-15 at the University of Rhode Island. Hennings was a keynote speaker during the opening ceremony on March 14, 2025.

April 1, 2025 - Team 78 AIR STRIKE, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and mentored by its scientists and engineers, reached the final round of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England regional...

Stephen O’Grady selected as NUWC Division Newport’s deputy technical director

Stephen O’Grady was recently selected as the deputy technical director for technical excellence at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. Formerly the director of technology and strategy for the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department, O’Grady has 35 years of experience in the undersea warfare domain.

March 14, 2025 - With over three decades of experience in the undersea warfare domain, Stephen O’Grady, of East Providence, Rhode Island, has been selected as the next deputy technical director for technical excellence at the Naval Undersea...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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