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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

NUWC Division Newport’s Federal Women’s Program hosts panel for Women’s History Month

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Federal Women’s Program (FWP) held a panel discussion in honor of Women’s History Month on March 26, 2024, that was broadcast throughout the Naval Sea Systems Command enterprise. The panel included Susan Balcirak (from left), supervisory engineer and FWP lead, who organized the event; Norma Lopez, head, Combat Systems Trainers Branch of the Combat Systems Department; Alison Wicks, head, Acquisition Policy and Oversight Division, Contracts Department; Sally Sutherland-Pietrzak, NUWC Headquarters, director of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium for Naval Sea Systems Command; Jackeline “Jackie” Diapis, engineer, USW Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department; and Poonam Aggarwal, supervisory engineer, Undersea Warfare Platforms and Payload Integration Department.

April 10, 2024 - The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Federal Women’s Program celebrated Women’s History Month with a panel discussion by five female employees on March 26 that focused on insights and experiences as...

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees visit NUWC Division Newport for tours, briefings

Mark Aiksnoras of Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department gives a tour to a submarine maintenance crew from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, on March 20, 2024. Thirty-two shipyard supervisors visited Division Newport for a weeklong team-building experience in preparation for maintenance and modernization during a dry-docking of the Virginia-class submarine USS Washington (SSN-787).

April 9, 2024 - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations...

Two NUWC Division Newport employees receive award from Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport employee Nathan Brinker, director of Integrated Warfare Undersea Systems 5E Technical, recently won a Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Team Excellence Award for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023. This award recognizes individuals and teams whose combined efforts have yielded significant benefits for PEO IWS.

April 4, 2024 - Two Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employees in the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department recently received a Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Team Excellence Award for...

NUWC Division Newport’s impact on economy was $1.7 billion in 2023

The total funded program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in fiscal year 2023 reached $1.7 billion. The report is available for review here: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/NUWC_Newport/NUWCDivisionNewportEconomicReport2023.pdf

March 21, 2024 - The total funded program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport reached $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. Of its total operating budget, $711 million was spent by Division Newport in civilian payroll and...

NUWC Division Newport employees share their STEAM careers with elementary school students

Dr. Lauren Freeman, a senior oceanographer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Ranges, Engineering and Analysis Department, looks on as a kindergarten student at Hathaway Elementary School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, simulates a wave motion on a homemade contraption comprised of electrical tape, sticks and gummy bears during the STEAM Festival hosted on Feb. 28, 2024.

March 14, 2024 - While working toward her doctorate from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego, Dr. Lauren Freeman, a senior oceanographer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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