Welcome to NAVSEA

NAVSEA maintains its commitment to the public and the fleet, continually translating warfighting requirements into combat capability to enable our nation and its partners to project presence in peace, power in war, and maritime access at all times. With the delivery of over 20 new ship classes of battle force ships over the past five decades, NAVSEA has been the powerful “Force Behind the Fleet.” 

NAVSEA Mission

We design, build, deliver, and maintain ships, submarines and systems reliably, on-time and on-cost for the United States Navy.

NAVSEA Vision    

Expand the Advantage

For as long as we’ve been a Nation, our Navy has played a key role in protecting the world’s maritime system. Today, traditional and non-traditional forces threaten our safety both at home and abroad. Our technical and tactical advantage over our adversaries is being challenged as technology advances at a rapid pace. Every campaign requires a clearly stated and shared objective and vision. The overarching objective and vision of the NAVSEA Campaign is to expand the U.S. Navy’s maritime advantage over our adversaries through our people, products, and services.

 

NEWS

Earth Day Spotlight: Carderock Engineer Advances Navy Environmental Efforts
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, celebrates Earth Day on April 22, 2026, by planting Maryland native white fringe trees outside of the Raye Montague Center courtyard in West Bethesda.
April 22, 2026 - BETHESDA, Md. – Earth Day efforts at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division highlight both environmental stewardship and the people behind it, including Environmental Branch Head Kristin Jordan. Jordan joined...

NAVSEA Announces 2025 Active and Reserve Sailors of the Year
WASHINGTON, DC (April 16, 2026) - Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 2025 Sailor of the Year (SOY) ceremony was hosted by Vice Admiral Jim Downey, Commander, NAVSEA, and held in the auditorium at the Washington Navy Yard. ND1 Andrew Turner, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, was the active duty winner, and ET1 Carl Frost II, Surgemain Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Raleigh, was the reservist winner. Congratulations to all the finalists. (U.S. Navy photo by Laura Lakeway)
April 22, 2026 - WASHINGTON — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced the active and reserve 2025 Sailors of the Year during a ceremony held at its headquarters April 17.Navy Diver First Class Andrew D. Turner, representing the Naval...

Decades of Carderock Expertise Continue to Shape Orion Recovery
Engineer Lauren “Tink” Hanyok conducts final checks on the hatch mechanism of an Orion capsule test article at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s test pond March 25, 2009, prior to in-water testing. The evaluations helped ensure proper function during splashdown and recovery operations. (U.S. Navy photo)
April 22, 2026 - BETHESDA, Md. – The Orion capsule, carrying the crew of NASA’s Artemis II, returned to Earth on April 10, completing a mission that once again relied on complex recovery operations at sea – work supported by decades of...

Carderock Scientists Inspire Future Innovators at Calvert County MESA Day
Dr. Crystal M. Ricks, the Supervisor of Gifted, Advanced Learning, Articulation, STEM & MESA, and Robotics Competition, poses with a Boston Dynamics robot dog during the Calvert County Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Day at Huntingtown High School. (U.S. Navy photo by Aaron Thomas)
April 21, 2026 - HUNTINGTOWN, Md. (April 9, 2026) – To bridge the distance between a national naval research center and students in rural communities, representatives from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) engaged...

A New Strategy for High-Performance Computing at Carderock 

When Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock’s engineers are modeling failure conditions, simulating acoustics or optimizing hydrodynamics, they need massive amounts of data to be processed and computing power to do it.  Fortunately, Carderock...


 


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