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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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Connecting the Dots
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The Knot: Born To Do This
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NUWC Newport Headlines

Daughter of NUWC Division Newport employee will compete in rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Emily Kallfelz, daughter of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Julie Kallfelz, director of the Northeast Tech Bridge, will be representing the U.S. in the Women’s Rowing Four event in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Heats begin July 28, and the finals are slated for Aug. 1, 2024.

July 26, 2024 - Julie Kallfelz, who heads the Northeast Tech Bridge at NUWC Division Newport, will have a vested interest as she heads to Paris this week to attend the Summer Olympics — her daughter Emily is representing the U.S. in the...

Three NUWC Division Newport leaders earn DON Meritorious Civilian Service Award

Jay J. Melillo (center), director of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Customer Advocate Office and Field Team Operations Office, receives the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award from Technical Director Marie Bussiere (left) and Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings (right) during a ceremony held on June 20, 2024. Melillo is being recognized with the third highest honorary civilian award bestowed by the U.S. Navy for his numerous achievements at Division Newport from March 2019 to November 2023.

July 24, 2024 - Three leaders at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport each were presented the Department of the Navy (DON) Meritorious Civilian Service Award during the command’s Annual Awards ceremony held on June 20...

NUWC Division Newport’s 2023 Annual Overview highlights technical excellence, fleet support

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport 2023 Annual Overview is now posted here: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/NUWC_Newport/AnnualOverview2023_DistroA_Final.pdf?ver=Rflrvb4Q9ikcINBze3XZeQ%3d%3d.

July 17, 2024 - The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce continues to maintain the highest level of service to the fleet, and those efforts are highlighted in the command’s 2023 Annual Overview now available here...

NUWC Division Newport engineer wins Society of Women Engineers Helen Martha Sternberg Award for 2024

Molly “Meagan” Haradon (second from right), a junior computer software engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department, is presented the 2024 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Helen Martha Sternberg Award by Technical Director Marie Bussiere (from left), Emily Pietrzak Callahan, SWE’s New England Shoreline Section representative, and Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings during Division Newport’s Annual Awards ceremony held on June 20, 2024. The annual award recognizes a female mathematician, computer scientist, or computer engineer who has worked at Division Newport between six and 24 months and has shown significant progress in her major area of study and plans on attaining her graduate degree.

July 16, 2024 - Molly “Meagan” Haradon, a junior computer software engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Weapons Software and Computer Systems Branch in the Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive...

NUWC Division Newport honors outstanding achievements in 2023 Annual Awards ceremony

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Technical Director Marie Bussiere (left) and Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings (right) present members of the Shallow Water Urgent Build (SWUB) In-Water Test and Evaluation Events Team the prestigious Commander/Technical Director Award, during the 2023 Annual Awards ceremony held on June 20, 2024. The award recognizes an outstanding contribution to Division Newport in the area of project management, engineering, scientific achievement, cost reduction, lifesaving, civic duties or any other appropriate achievements that reflects favorably upon the Division, its mission or its personnel. Team members from the Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles, and Defensive Systems Department include Rachael Amore, Sean Carcanague, Kyle Edwards, Kyle Fenton, Jason Lemish, Charles Lury, Jorge Martinez, Jay Patel, Abigail Reid, Winston Spencer, Amanda Thompson, Matthew Villanueva, Stefanie Zamorski and Michael Zhang. Other team members are Philipp Baumann and Mitchell Picard, both of the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department, Nicholas Raposa of the Undersea Warfare Engineering and Analysis Department, and Taylor Velasco of the Ranges, Engineering and Analysis Department.

July 15, 2024 - Individual and team accomplishments from the 2023 calendar year were celebrated at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Annual Awards ceremony on June 20. There were 183 award winners in 26 award...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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