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

Scientists, engineers from NAVSEA Warfare Centers Recognized as Among Navy’s Top

June 11, 2024 - Three individuals and seven teams with members from the NAVSEA Warfare Centers are among those being recognized as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top...

Pier at NUWC Division Newport’s AUTEC range updated, military quarters built

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings (second from left) is joined by Cmdr. Jeremy Reed (from left), officer in charge at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Rear Adm. Lore Aguayo, commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic, and Rick Quade, deputy for Test and Evaluation for the Department of the Navy, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the reopening of Pier 1902 at AUTEC, a Division Newport detachment, on May 8, 2024. AUTEC recently completed two other projects — upgrades to the Entry Control Facility at the main gate and construction of a $30.2 million two-story housing complex for 174 military personnel (U.S. Navy photo by Dave Stoehr)

May 29, 2024 - A ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the reopening of a pier at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), a detachment of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport located on Andros Island in...

Memorial Day ceremony honors NUWC Division Newport employees who made the ultimate sacrifice

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings (from left), retired Adm. Scott Swift, and Master of Ceremonies Caroline

May 23, 2024 - NUWC Division Newport held a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony to honor the 34 men who died while serving at NUWC and NUWC’s predecessor organizations. Guest speaker retired Adm. Scott Swift, former commander of the U.S...

NUWC Division Newport oceanographer studies how melting Arctic ice presents challenges for naval operations

Dr. Lauren Freeman, senior oceanographer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Ranges, Engineering and Analysis Department, discusses how climate change has presented a new set of challenges for U.S. Navy operations in the Arctic Circle on April 23, 2024.

May 16, 2024 - It’s well known that scientists attribute the melting ice in the Arctic to climate change and the rising temperatures on Earth. However, not many people are aware of the multifaceted ramifications a shrinking Arctic region...

NUWC Division Newport employee wins 2024 Business Women Award from Providence Business News

Shelley McInnis, mission capability manager, customer advocate and technical project manager, in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department, recently won a 2024 Business Women Award in the Technical Services Industry Leader category from Providence Business News for her work with combat systems trainers. McInnis will be honored at a Providence Business News award ceremony on May 23, 2024

May 15, 2024 - Shelley McInnis, a Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employee in the Undersea Warfare (USW) Combat Systems Department, has won a 2024 Business Women Award in the Technical Services Industry Leader category...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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