Warfare Centers

A Vision Built on Collaboration

Our vision is to be the Navy's trusted partner for identifying and providing innovative, cost -effective technical solutions to the Warfighter. We will be responsive to the Navy Enterprises, the Joint Force and national requirements, while partnering with industry, other DoD laboratories, and academia.

Leadership

Rear Admiral Peter D. Small
Commander, Naval Surface
and Undersea Warfare Centers

Peter C. Reddy, SES
Executive Director Naval Surface
and Undersea Warfare Centers

Warfare Centers News

NSWC Crane engineering intern makes tangible impact to the Fleet

Riya Salian, an NSWC Crane intern, onboard the USS Nimitz (CNV-68), a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Aug. 6, 2026 - Before starting her summer internship at a Navy lab, Riya Salian helped lead The Ohio State University Pistol Team to its sixth consecutive national championship.Now, heading into her senior year studying Computer Science and...

Small Relieves Downey as Commander Naval Sea Systems Command

Vice Adm. James P. Downey, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Portfolio Acquisition Executive Industrial Operations (PAE IO) (left) stands at attention with Capt. Daniel L. Mode, NAVSEA Chaplain on stage at a change of command and change of office ceremony on Aug. 6, at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Downey was relieved of his dual-hatted role as commander, NAVSEA by Rear Adm. Peter Small and as PAE IO by Rear Adm. Todd Weeks. (US. Navy photo by Matthew Rakola)

Aug. 6, 2026 - Vice Adm. James P. Downey was relieved of his dual-hatted role as Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) by Rear Adm. Pete Small and as Portfolio Acquisition Executive Industrial Operations (PAE IO) by Rear Adm. Todd...

On Remote Wake Island, Navy’s White Sands Team Launches Its Biggest Sounding Rocket to Test Plasma Energy Conversion in Space

A sounding rocket towers over a launch site on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean ahead of the Feb. 12 Space Measurement of a Rocket-released Turbulence (SMART) mission, which the Naval Research Laboratory managed. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment launched the rocket — its first ever with four stages — which soared into low Earth orbit and deployed an experiment to test plasma conversion in space. (Image from video courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Released)

Aug. 4, 2026 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) recently hit a high mark in its suborbital vehicles capabilities, launching its biggest sounding rocket for an experiment to...

Underway Replenishment Veteran Dan Byrd Draws on Navy Experience, Shop Skills to Mentor Students in Robotics

Dan Byrd (left), Underway Replenishment Test Site manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division in California and a volunteer robotics mentor, poses for a photo with Velma Lomax, a regional director with For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics, as he receives an award at a FIRST Robotics regional competition at Fathomwerx Lab in the Port of Hueneme in March 2025. (Photo courtesy of Dan Byrd)

Aug. 4, 2026 - Dan Byrd’s venture into robotics mentoring began in 2018 with a late-night phone call from his son Robert, whose high school team needed a hand readying its robot for a fast-approaching competition: “Dad, can you help?”Byrd...

NSWC IHD holds Inaugural Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Blitz

July 30, 2026 - Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Center (EODTECHCEN) hosted its first joint EOD Technology Blitz, an operational scenario-focused vendor demonstration, at...

Divisions’ Major Focus Areas

NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

NSWC Corona
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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