Home : Home : Warfare Centers

A Vision Built on Collaboration

Our vision is to be the Navy's trusted partner for identifying and providing innovative, cost -effective technical solutions to the Warfighter. We will be responsive to the Navy Enterprises, the Joint Force and national requirements, while partnering with industry, other DoD laboratories, and academia.

Warfare Centers News
Computer Science Education Propels Jose Medina Medina Into Career Boosting Navy Fleet’s Firepower
From left: Jose Medina Medina, computer engineer, Ramon Flores, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) coordinator, and Robert Casas, computer engineer, represent Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) during a career fair at Santa Paula High School in California on March 20, 2025. Medina and Casas participated in STEM activities as classmates at the school, and now they both work in naval fires installation at NSWC PHD. (Photo provided by Jose Medina Medina)
June 2, 2026 - Jose Medina Medina applies his computer science education and experience to helping Sailors defend themselves.As a computer engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California, Medina...
Command’s First Other Transaction Agreement Will Shorten Acquisition Prototype Process
Steve Bates (right), vice president of Advanced Technology International’s (ATI) sea, air and space division, delivers a presentation to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) leadership Feb. 18 in California. Using an Other Transaction Authority agreement, the command established ATI as the consortium manager of NSWC PHD’s Maritime Advanced Technology Accelerator Consortium (MATAC). MATAC helps NSWC PHD expedite the prototype acquisition process. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)
June 2, 2026 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California has begun working with a South Carolina-based nonprofit organization to expedite the creation of new technology by seeking prototypes from...
NSWC Panama City Division, University of Iowa partner on research to better protect sailors
Sam Murphy, a doctoral candidate and Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) participant, observes, as Jenna Dufresne, NSWC PCD Personal Protective Equipment Branch scientist, records metrics while conducting kinetic testing on a sailor wearing individual protective equipment, July 22, 2025. This experiment aims to understand and mitigate the physiological burdens of protective gear used in chemical, biological, and radiological defense responses. (U.S. Navy by Ronnie Newsome)
June 2, 2026 - A partnership between NSWC Panama City Division and the University of Iowa is focused on quantifying the physical strain sailors endure while operating in full individual protective equipment. The project is funded by the...
Carderock Outreach Team Sparks STEM Curiosity at SEED School Tech Day
BALTIMORE (May 20, 2026) – Jacquelyn Southerland, a member of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Strategic Education Outreach Team, guides SEED School of Baltimore students through a hands-on coding exercise using an Ozobot Ari robot during a Tech Day event. The compact, programmable robot helps make computer science engaging, supporting the Carderock team's broader mission to spark curiosity in 158 middle school students and inspire the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Aaron Thomas)
June 1, 2026 - The future of the U.S. Navy fleet depends on the innovators of tomorrow. This reality drove an immersive educational mission at the SEED School of Maryland on May 20, an event organized by the school where Naval Surface...
NAVSEA Discovery Team Advances Shipyard Maintenance Innovation
James Calverley, a senior mechanical engineer at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), demonstrates the auto-hydrolance condenser cleaning robot to Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, then-chief engineer (CHENG) of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 05. The robot decreases condenser cleaning operations by weeks, removes human workers from exposure to dangerous high-pressure water jets, and improves the quality and consistency of condenser tube cleaning. Through the Discovery Team and the Engineering Intervention Board, this innovation from PSNS & IMF was successfully expanded to Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and is now being adapted for submarine maintenance. (U.S. Navy Photo by Scott Hansen)
May 28, 2026 - The Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) Discovery Team is helping drive innovation across the Navy’s public shipyards by identifying technologies and process improvements designed to increase the operational availability of ships and...
More

Divisions’ Major Focus Areas

NSWC Carderock
Ship Design and Engineering

NSWC Corona
Analytics and Data Driven Performance Assessments

NSWC Crane
Electromagnetic Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Systems and Strategic Systems Components

NSWC Dahlgren
Surface Ship Weapons System Development and Integration

NSWC Indian Head
Energetics and EOD Technologies

NUWC Keyport
Sustaining Undersea Warfare Systems and Vehicles

NUWC Newport
Undersea, Subsea, and Seabed Warfare Weapons Systems Development and Integration

NSWC Panama City
Mine Warfare and Littoral Warfare Systems

NSWC Philadelphia
Surface and Undersea Machinery, Power, Controls, and Auxiliary Ship Systems

NSWC Port Hueneme
Integrated Logistics and Test and Evaluation for Surface Warfare Combat Systems

Main Menu
Redirecting...

Doing Business with the Warfare Centers

Warfare Centers History

 

Prevent Suicide 24/7 LifeLine

Warfare Centers Hotline