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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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NUWC inFocus: Test and Evaluation
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NUWC inFocus: Torpedoes
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NUWC inFocus: Cybersecurity
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NUWC inFocus: Science
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NUWC Division Newport hosts supervisors’ course for NAVSEA enterprise

Joe Michalak (from right), manager of the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Propel Leadership Development Program, presents John Mayer from Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast a completion certificate for the Propel Launch course on July 25, 2025. The five-day course focused on leadership, organizational culture and personal development was hosted by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, July 21-25, 2025.

Aug. 1, 2025 - Twenty-five supervisors from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) warfare centers and other commands participated in a five-day Propel Launch course that focused on leadership, organizational culture and personal development,...

Five NUWC Division Newport employees receive 2024 NAVSEA Excellence Awards

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport team members from the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department Christopher Ekholm (from left), Matthew Cote and Shelley McInnis recently won the Excellence in Engineering Award in the 2024 Naval Sea Systems Command Excellence Awards program, as members on the Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer Development Team. A collaborative effort between Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division and Division Newport, the team was honored for outstanding technical leadership, dedication to innovation, and demonstrated exceptional collaboration.

July 23, 2025 - Five Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport personnel recently were among the winners of the 2024 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Excellence Awards. Winners are selected based on their significant...

NUWC Division Newport hosts 10 SMART Scholars for tours, briefings

The 2025 students in the Science, Math and Research Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service program at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport gather with employees during a visit to the command on June 25, 2025. Pictured are Audrey Kellogg (front row, from left), of the Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department; student Skylar Lama; student Melanie Smith; Adam Heitmann, Sensors and Sonar Systems Department; Jacob O’Donnell, Division Newport’s director of university outreach; student Abdallah Elhilo; student Jin Feng Lin; student Ava Megyeri; Monica Soriano-Mitchell, the SMART Navy component liaison; student Jaden Williams (back row, from left); Andrew O’Shea and Brandon Gusto, both of the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department; student Zachariah Morris; student William Redford; student Nathaniel Winchell; student Nicholas Orlovsky; and Anlong Dai, of the Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department.

July 18, 2025 - Melanie Smith is a candidate for a doctorate degree in oceanography at Syracuse University in New York, and in the coming years she’ll use her skills in acoustic analysis to help the U.S. Navy fleet complete various missions...

NUWC Division Newport employees, 250 children share in STEM demonstrations as part of Bring a Child to Work Day

Attendees at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Bring a Child to Work Day cover their ears as the three-inch countermeasure launcher in the Submarine Launcher System Test Facility fires on June 27, 2025. About 250 youngsters, ages 9 to 17, and 150 parents and guardians participated in the event designed to introduce family members of Division Newport employees to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) work conducted daily at the warfare center.

July 14, 2025 - Roughly 250 youngsters, ages 9 to 17, and 150 parents and guardians participated in Bring a Child to Work Day on June 27, which is designed to introduce family members of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce

Dr. Seth McCammon (from left), Dr. T. Aran Mooney, and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar, scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, share studies
on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater vehicles with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport workforce on June 5, 2025.

July 7, 2025 - Dr. T. Aran Mooney, Dr. Seth McCammon and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts shared their studies on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater...

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NUWC Division Newport
1176 Howell St.
Newport, RI 02841

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