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Mastery of the Seas

“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

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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NUWC inFocus: Test and Evaluation
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NUWC inFocus: Torpedoes
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NUWC inFocus: Cybersecurity
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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...

NUWC Division Newport discusses building partnerships with RI commerce officials, industry representatives

Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor (second from left) shares information on creating industry partnerships with Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Technical Director Marie Bussiere, Deputy Technical Director Steve O’Grady and Executive Officer Cmdr. Daniel Miller (at left) during a briefing held on Jan. 16, 2026.

Feb. 9, 2026 - As the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport looks to expand on its “Mastery of the Seas at All Depths” strategic vision, collaborating with industry partners will be a vital piece to success. To that end, the...

NUWC Division Newport engineer commissioned in Navy Reserve

Adilah Khan (from right), an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Department, is congratulated by Capt. Kim Pavlovic, an engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division and acting commanding officer of the Naval Reserve SurgeMain in Norfolk, Virginia, after being commissioned as an U.S. Navy Reserve ensign during a ceremony held outside of the Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, on Aug. 30, 2025.

Jan. 20, 2026 - Adilah Khan, an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Department, was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve during a ceremony held this summer at the Naval War...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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