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“Mastery of the Seas at All Depths” is Division Newport’s 10-year strategic vision, guiding all projects and innovations toward delivering a decisive advantage to undersea warfighters.

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

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

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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NUWC inFocus: Test and Evaluation
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NUWC inFocus: Torpedoes
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NUWC inFocus: Science
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NUWC Newport Headlines

NUWC Division Newport’s 2025 Annual Overview highlights technical excellence, strategic vision

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s 2025 Annual Overview discusses the origin of the “Mastery of the Seas at All Depths: 2035” strategic vision, command metrics, and offers a month-by-month recap of 2025 highlights.

July 10, 2026 - 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 2025 Annual Overview now available here...

NUWC Division Newport engineer wins 2025 Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award from American Society of Naval Engineers

Ian Doyle, an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, recently won the 2025 Young Naval Engineer Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers for his outstanding contributions to the success and advancement of acoustic engineering.

July 9, 2026 - A Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport engineer recently was selected as the winner of the 2025 Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers for his outstanding...

NUWC Division Newport hosts Memorial Day ceremony honoring 34 deaths in the line of duty

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Deputy Technical Director Steve O’Grady (from left) and Commanding Officer Capt. Kevin Behm place a wreath in front of the command marker during a Memorial Day ceremony held on May 21, 2026. The memorial contains the names of the 34 employees who died in the line of duty since the warfare center was founded in 1869.

May 22, 2026 - On the morning of Oct. 25, 1941, Alexander MacLellan Jr., a research expert at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, sat in the passenger seat of a plane set to perform tests on a torpedo release mechanism. Such flights had...

NUWC Division Newport will host in-person hiring event on May 30

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport will host a hiring event on Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

May 12, 2026 - Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport will hold an in-person recruiting event on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held inside the gymnasium of Building 80 located at 80 Fleet Access Road,...

NUWC Division Newport leaders stress speed, wartime readiness during business workshop

Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Deputy Technical Director Stephen O’Grady speaks at the Ocean State Workshop, an event hosted by NUWC Division Newport and the Rhode Island chapter of the National Contract Management Association at Naval Station Newport’s Officers’ Club on Jan. 27, 2026. The presentation focused on wartime readiness and the important relationship between industry and Division Newport. More than 250 people and 80 companies attended to hear presentations, network and collaborate in group training exercises.

Feb. 10, 2026 - As global tensions rise and the U.S. Navy prepares for the possibility of high-end conflict, leaders at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport say success will depend not only on technology, but on how well...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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NUWC Division Newport is open.

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