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NUWC Division Newport hosts 10 SMART Scholars for tours, briefings
The 2025 students in the Science, Math and Research Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service program at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport gather with employees during a visit to the command on June 25, 2025. Pictured are Audrey Kellogg (front row, from left), of the Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department; student Skylar Lama; student Melanie Smith; Adam Heitmann, Sensors and Sonar Systems Department; Jacob O’Donnell, Division Newport’s director of university outreach; student Abdallah Elhilo; student Jin Feng Lin; student Ava Megyeri; Monica Soriano-Mitchell, the SMART Navy component liaison; student Jaden Williams (back row, from left); Andrew O’Shea and Brandon Gusto, both of the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department; student Zachariah Morris; student William Redford; student Nathaniel Winchell; student Nicholas Orlovsky; and Anlong Dai, of the Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department.
July 18, 2025 - Melanie Smith is a candidate for a doctorate degree in oceanography at Syracuse University in New York, and in the coming years she’ll use her skills in acoustic analysis to help the U.S. Navy fleet complete various missions...
Engineering a future together: Virginia Tech's Capstone partnership with NSWC Dahlgren Division
DAHLGREN, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s stakeholders from left, Alan Overby, branch head; Amy Meyer, physicist; Adam Suleske, physicist; August Valentour, mechanical engineer; and Joel Mejeur (not pictured), guided students during the Virginia Tech Interdisciplinary Capstone program. (Dorina Watermolen/NSWCDD Photo)
July 16, 2025 - The Virginia Tech Interdisciplinary Capstone (IDC) program is redefining how engineering students transition from theory to practice. Unlike traditional department-specific capstone courses, IDC integrates students from...
AN/SPY-6(V)1 Radar: Eyes of the fleet
TAMPA, Fla. – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was commissioned in Tampa, Florida on October 7, 2023. This vessel is the first of its kind to be equipped with the Aegis Weapon System, Baseline 10. At the heart of this system is the AN/SPY-6(V)1, an advanced, automatic detect-and-track, multi-function phased-array radar. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
July 15, 2025 - Naval warfare evolves rapidly and staying ahead of adversaries requires relentless innovation and precision. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) has established itself as a critical agent of military...
NUWC Division Newport employees, 250 children share in STEM demonstrations as part of Bring a Child to Work Day
Attendees at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Bring a Child to Work Day cover their ears as the three-inch countermeasure launcher in the Submarine Launcher System Test Facility fires on June 27, 2025. About 250 youngsters, ages 9 to 17, and 150 parents and guardians participated in the event designed to introduce family members of Division Newport employees to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) work conducted daily at the warfare center.
July 14, 2025 - Roughly 250 youngsters, ages 9 to 17, and 150 parents and guardians participated in Bring a Child to Work Day on June 27, which is designed to introduce family members of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division...
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NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

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Analytics and Data Driven Performance Assessments

NSWC Crane
Electromagnetic Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Systems and Strategic Systems Components

NSWC Dahlgren
Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

NSWC Indian Head
Energetics and EOD Technologies

NUWC Keyport
Sustaining Undersea Warfare Systems and Vehicles

NUWC Newport
Undersea, Subsea, and Seabed Warfare Weapons Systems Development and Integration

NSWC Panama City
Mine Warfare and Littoral Warfare Systems

NSWC Philadelphia
Surface and Undersea Machinery, Power, Controls, and Auxiliary Ship Systems

NSWC Port Hueneme
Integrated Logistics and Test and Evaluation for Surface Warfare Combat Systems

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