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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) has a proud heritage of providing superior
undersea warfare (USW) products and services to the U.S. Navy. Our mission is
enduring and our fundamental role of serving the Fleet is as vital today as it has ever
been since our predecessor was created in 1869.
Our role as a Navy Warfare Center is to support the Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO)
“A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower” by bringing cost-effective solutions
to the Fleet. In cooperation with our government, industry, and academic partners, we
do this by developing conceptual ideas, seizing technological opportunities, and bringing
these through product development, testing, sea-trial, acquisition, acceptance testing,
Fleet introduction, and on-going support.

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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) has a proud heritage of providing superi-
or undersea warfare (USW) products and services to the U.S. Navy. Our mission is
enduring and our fundamental role of serving the Fleet is as vital today as it has ever
been since our predecessor was created in 1869.
Our role as a Navy Warfare Center is to support the Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO)
“A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower” by bringing cost-effective solutions
to the Fleet. In cooperation with our government, industry, and academic partners, we
do this by developing conceptual ideas, seizing technological opportunities, and bring-
ing these through product development, testing, sea-trial, acquisition, acceptance testing,
Fleet introduction, and on-going support.
Our Warfare Center is flexible and agile, poised to address the challenges of our chang-
ing world. We have a highly trained and experienced workforce to provide readiness for
today and the solutions the Navy will need for the future. To maintain our leadership
role for the future, we continue to build a diverse workforce, enable innovation at all
levels of the organization, and foster key strategic partnerships. We continue our work
with our partners and international allies to meet the USW challenges of today and
tomorrow and do this in the most cost-effective manner possible—to keep the U.S.
Navy’s USW capabilities the strongest in the world.
REAR ADMIRAL Patrick H. Brady, Commander, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Mr. Donald F. McCormack, Technical Director, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
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We have a proud heritage of providing superior
USW products and services to the U.S. Navy—
from concept research and development through
Fleet introduction and life-cycle support

3. NUWC Mission & Vision
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We are an integral part of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and have been
assigned a unique mission to provide technical leadership in concept formulation,
research, development, fielding, modernization, and maintenance of systems that ensure
our Navy’s undersea superiority now and in the future. Mission success is realized
when, through the development of cutting-edge technology and the utilization of our
extensive knowledge base, advanced facilities, and technical authority, we deliver the
best USW products and services to support the CNO’s maritime strategy.
We envision an undersea superiority that offers a wide array of tactical and operational
options enabling the Navy to meet future challenges. This vision of USW ensures an
innovative warfare-from-under-the-sea capability that will enhance the nation’s seapower
capabilities to influence actions and activities at sea and ashore. We will continue to con-
front these challenges head on, in close alignment with NAVSEA, Program Executive
Offices (PEOs) and the warfighter, as we fulfill our responsibility as technical authority,
provide “honest broker, trusted agent” support, translate warfighting requirements into
technical terms, maintain and expand the military’s USW technology base, and provide
systems development and Fleet introduction. Working together with the Fleet, industry,
and academia, we will provide innovative undersea security solutions for the nation
while offering trusted advice as the technical partner of choice.
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and evaluation, engineering, and Fleet support center for sub-
marines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and
defensive weapon systems associated with USW and related
areas of homeland security and national defense. Provide the
Navy’s core technical capability for the integration of weapons,
combat and ship systems into submarines and undersea vehicles.
Full-spectrum dominance from the maritime domain—for subma-
rine and USW systems satisfying today’s needs and meeting
tomorrow’s challenges

4. Why USW?
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We are a maritime nation in an age of globalization. The safety and economic security of
the United States rests upon the secure use of the oceans. USW, which is a key compo-
nent of the CNO’s “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”, makes vital
contributions to our nation’s warfighting readiness and ability to deter aggression, as
well as to ensuring the security of sea lanes for global commerce, projecting power from
under the sea, and meeting and defeating threats to our homeland from sea-based ter-
rorism. USW seeks to allow friendly forces the full range of potential missions and to
deny an opposing force the effective use of underwater systems and weapons.
There are many challenges to our ability to exercise sea control. Perhaps none are as signifi-
cant as the growing number of nations operating both advanced diesel-electric and nuclear-
propelled submarines—more than 38 countries now operate over 360 diesel submarine plat-
forms. Additionally, the world has seen a proliferation of new weapon systems, growth of
asymmetric threats, and increasing worldwide terrorism. USW helps the Navy meet these
challenges by providing options for remaining hidden and operating in areas not available to
traditional forces. USW enables extensive intelligence gathering, support of covert opera-
tions, and the ability to “track and trail” potentially unfriendly entities. Advances made in
undersea communication, sensor, and unmanned undersea vehicle technologies promise an
increasingly potent USW capability for both offensive and defensive actions.
Our nation’s strategies now place overwhelming importance on sustaining a superior
USW capability. The unique roles that undersea platforms and undersea distributed net-
worked systems play are illustrated in the figure to the left. Our mission and vision
clearly place NUWC at the forefront for ensuring that USW technologies and systems are
able and ready when needed and that their development, test and evaluation are done in
the most cost-effective manner.
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More than 38 countries now operate over 360 diesel submarine plat-
forms. Additionally, there is a proliferation of new weapon systems,
asymmetric threats, and threats from worldwide terrorism—a strong
USW capability enhances our ability to counter this emerging threat

5. Role of a Warfare Center
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The Warfare Center has a unique role within the NAVSEA competency align-
ment. Its ability to exercise the required Technical Authority role, its full-spec-
trum cradle-to-grave product responsibilities, its strong technical workforce
and unique facilities provide corporate NAVSEA with a needed cost-effective
capability to support today’s Navy and provide for the Navy of the future.
A FULL-SPECTRUM Warfare Center
• Serving as the Navy’s TRUSTED PARTNER in USW
• Delivering COST-EFFECTIVE capabilities
• Maintaining a STRONG Science and
Technology (S&T) capability
• Performing the HONEST BROKER role
• Maintaining the Navy as a SMART BUYER
• Making INDUSTRY SUCCESSFUL
• Maintaining UNIQUE TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
and FACILITIES not found elsewhere
• Ensuring a COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION
ENVIRONMENT is maintained
• Developing INNOVATIVE ACQUISITION CAPABILI-
TIES with development of modeling tools and
realistic testing of our products and systems
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6. RIGHT FORCE Our Organization
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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center comprises NUWC Headquarters, two major
Divisions, several Detachments and Remote Sites. Our Headquarters is located at
Newport, RI, and our Divisions at Newport, RI and Keyport, WA. Our detachments and
Remote Sites are spread across North America and the Pacific Basin, with locations at
Andros Island, Bahamas; Lualualei, HI; Hawthorne, NV; San Diego, CA; Guam, and
Nanoose, British Columbia.
Our product-focused philosophy ensures the development and promotion of national
expertise, sustains technical capabilities, and facilitates progress through cooperative
efforts across all Divisions and Departments within the Warfare Centers. A close relation-
ship is maintained with the Chief of Naval Research and numerous other Navy organi-
zations supporting the full scope of NUWC responsibilities.
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8. RIGHT FORCE Our People
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Our people are the national stewards for USW technology, with more than 4,000 employ-
ees representing 76,000 years of corporate knowledge. NUWC’s leaders recognize and
value the need to ensure that the right technical capabilities are developed and sustained
and that the right people with the right skills are available for the future.
Our technical staff members are some of the most qualified in their fields, and through
training and experience, they are uniquely suited to respond to the full range of Navy
warfighter needs. NUWC’s workforce is a national resource like no other and includes
over 2,400 engineers and scientists who have earned 850 masters-level degrees and 142
doctorates. They are valued participants in national and international technology forums
and routinely publish technical articles in professional journals.
As innovators, we have developed numerous products that significantly improve
warfighting capabilities, as evidenced by the many patents awarded to our scientists and
engineers. Over the past five years alone, NUWC personnel have been granted 330
patents covering a full range of USW technologies.
Our interaction with the Fleet commands, customers, and partners is strengthened
through a global network that includes Field Team Members (FTMs) and Product Line
Representatives (PLRs). These individuals are NUWC’s forward presence, and they play
an important role in the early identification and rapid response to critical Fleet needs by
keeping us abreast of current and emerging requirements.
We are uniquely qualified as the national
steward of USW technology. We have
developed and fielded many innovative
products that significantly improve
warfighting capabilities

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Developing the Future Workforce:
We actively promote programs to cultivate interest in the fields of science, engineering,
and technology at all educational levels. We believe that by increasing awareness of
NUWC and real-world science and engineering, we are developing future leaders and
establishing the pipeline for our future talent. With diversity as a major component of
our efforts, we hope to ensure that the next generation of scientists and engineers is
well qualified, trained, and in place to support our mission when we face the difficult
demands of the future. NUWC supports on-site programs, participates in several
Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs), and provides volunteers for off-site pro-
grams that expose a diverse group of young people to these important fields. Of note is
our recent establishment of a Center of Excellence for Undersea Technology with the
University of Rhode Island. As one of its major goals, the Center will develop the edu-
cational basis for solving the challenges posed by the undersea environment and foster
the development of the next generation of undersea technology engineers and scientists
poised to meet future challenges across the spectrum of undersea warfare.
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10. RIGHT FORCE Our Products & Core Technical Capabilities
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We are a world leader in USW, providing the right products and capabilities to the Navy
warfighter through innovative solutions, technological advances, and life-cycle stewardship.
NAVSEA has assigned each Warfare Center Division with specific responsibilities in the
development and oversight of the core technical capabilities needed to fulfill today’s
requirements and address tomorrow’s challenges (listed on the facing page). In support
of the Warfare Centers full-spectrum life-cycle responsibilities, work in many technical
capability categories is performed at both sites.
We are NAVSEA’s USW Technical Authority. Our USW Technical Warrant Holders are
subject matter experts, responsible for establishing technical standards, entrusted and
empowered to make authoritative decisions, and held accountable for the technical deci-
sions made. In this role, they serve as “honest brokers” for our customers, providing
analysis-driven, unbiased advice on USW capabilities and alternatives. They ensure safe
and reliable operation and oversee the technical integrity of the Navy’s engineering community.
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We maintain the key set of skills and
technical capabilities to do our job

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Division Newport
•USW Analysis
•USW Sensor and Sonar Systems
•USW Combat Systems
•Torpedo Systems
•Submarine Periscopes and USW Imaging Systems
•USW Launcher Systems and Payload Integration
•Torpedo and Sonar Defensive and Countermeasure Systems
•USW Electronic Warfare, SIGINT, IO Sensors and Systems Integration
•Submarine Tactical Missile Integration
•Submarine Exterior Communication Systems
•USW Communication Antenna Systems
•Undersea Range Technology and Application
•Atlantic Range Management
•USW Distributed Netted Systems
•USW Autonomous Vehicles
•Undersea Surveillance Systems
•USW Environmental Assessment Effects Analysis
•USW Trainer Systems
•USW Test and Training Operations
•USW Systems Test and Evaluation
Division Keyport
• Pacific USW Test and Evaluation Range and Test Facility Operations
• Independent USW Systems Test and Evaluation and Experimentation
• USW Weapons and Vehicles Range and Environmental Test Systems
•Torpedo and Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
• Obsolescence Management for USW Systems
• USW Systems Material Depot
• Torpedo and Unmanned Undersea Vehicles In-Service Engineering (ISE) and
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
• Submarine USW Systems ISE and ILS
• Carrier USW Systems
• Fleet Training and Training Management Systems
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12. RIGHT FORCE Products Platform Integration
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We have full-spectrum responsibilities for providing undersea combat systems capability for both submarines and surface ships. We also have a growing responsi-
bility for engineering the entire USW battlespace through development of unmanned surface and undersea autonomous vehicles and the distributed networked
systems that tie them together into a seamless warfighting capability. Our major areas of contribution for both submarine and surface ships are shown here.
Areas of Expertise - Submarine
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Areas of Expertise - Surface Ship USW
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14. RIGHT READINESS Fleet Support
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Hands-on Support:
At NUWC, we are serious about our national stewardship for USW technologies and
unique facilities that support the life-cycle needs of the Navy. Our engineers play a
major role supporting the Fleet during the introduction of new or upgraded capabilities,
solving system integration problems and continually assisting the Fleet in its efforts to
obtain maximum performance for its systems. Our personnel also ensure Fleet readiness
with upgrade and repair services, obsolescence engineering (sustaining systems long out
of production and helping industry restart production lines when their capabilities have
diminished), system supportability, readiness assessment and monitoring, and material
acceptance.
We work hands-on
with the Fleet to
insure the maximum
performance of their
systems is achieved
at all times

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Maintenance, Upgrade, and Repair:
As a major component of our support to the Fleet, we maintain a full complement of
modern upgrade, maintenance, and repair facilities, and the experience to handle elec-
tronic, electromechanical, propulsion, or guidance modifications for a broad spectrum of
in-service systems such as torpedoes, mobile targets, periscopes, and towed array han-
dling systems. These service facilities play a major roll in continued Fleet readiness by
ensuring hardware availability both on a scheduled basis and by covering unexpected
component casualties.
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16. RIGHT READINESS Facilities and Ranges
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Facilities:
We carry on the tradition that has ensured Fleet readiness in USW for over 130 years. We
have the right skills and capabilities combined with the right test facilities and equip-
ment required to maintain this readiness.
Our world-class facilities enable cutting-edge research, development, test, and evalua-
tion (RDT&E), full-system life-cycle support for USW weapons and weapons systems;
unique repair and maintenance equipment; rapid prototyping; resolution of obsoles-
cence issues; and venues for evaluation, analysis, and experimentation in water, on land,
and in synthetic environments. By providing precisely controlled, instrumented environ-
ments, integrated technical resources, and state-of-the-art modeling and simulation capa-
bilities, these facilities enable the most cost-effective method of bringing systems and
technologies from conceptualization to the Fleet; they are a critical component of main-
taining Fleet readiness in USW. This collection of unique tools provides ongoing value to
the Fleet, as well as to private industry, through partnership agreements for use of our
one-of-a-kind facilities.
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conceptualization and demonstration to the Fleet

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Test and Training Ranges:
We offer some of the finest undersea test ranges in the world, including the Atlantic
Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) at Andros Island in the Bahamas; the
Northwest Range Complex in Puget Sound, Washington, and British Columbia; the
Littoral Undersea Test Facilities in Newport, Rhode Island and nearby areas.
Our ranges enable testing, tracking, and analysis of sensors, hydrodynamic characteris-
tics, radiated-noise measurement, and undersea weapon, vehicle, and USW system per-
formance in a multitude of conditions, bottom types, slopes, and water depths.
Operating in conjunction with land-based facilities, our ranges provide real-time data
acquisition and analysis. We have also developed transportable underwater tracking
ranges that can be deployed by the Fleet in the open ocean for exercises and training
missions. These three-dimensional underwater ranges are quickly deployed and provide
real-time tracking data with high accuracy.
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18. RIGHT COST Providing the Best Value to Our Customers
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We are on an aggressive journey of transformation, improving value to our customers by
building a culture of continuous process improvement, streamlining the processes that
bring our products from concept to the Fleet, and leveraging the alignment of the
NAVSEA Warfare Centers to maximize efficiency of our business processes. Our work-
force is empowered to identify and eliminate waste and find the most efficient methods
to develop and deliver our products and services.
We have a number of robust processes in place to create an environment that facilitates
efficient support of the Navy’s needs today and tomorrow. We periodically perform rig-
orous self-assessments of many of our processes as part of the Command Inspection
Program (CIP). We have established a Lean Program Office employing NAVSEA Lean,
which is based upon the best practices of Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints, to
continuously improve processes, eliminate waste, and improve productivity, efficiency,
and effectiveness. This culture of continuous improvement is ensconced in the entire
organization from our senior executives to the newest recruit.
With training and participation at all levels,
we are building a culture of continuous
process improvement to create the best
value for our customers.

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Business Initiatives:
NUWC is a Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) activity and as such, must operate like
a business, minus a profit motive. We are funded only for the work we do so we must run effi-
ciently to keep costs low and competitive. Our customers define their requirements, evaluate
and approve likely proposals, and provide funding for specific projects and products, purchas-
ing our expertise on a per-project basis. We consider labor, management, and capital investment
in our pricing strategy, our work-year rates are set for the budget year. Our competitive stabi-
lized rate protects our appropriated-fund customers from unforeseen cost changes and mini-
mizes fluctuations in work levels, permitting a more effective use of resources.
Always striving for the highest quality products at the right cost, we have been recognized for
our innovative business practices by the President’s Quality Award Program, Department of
Defense, Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command, State
of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and Executive Excellence Magazine, among others.
By Program SponsorBy Resource Sponsor
Typical Customer Base
By Enterprise
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Enterprise (2%)
Education and discussion lead
to constant improvement

20. RIGHT FUTURE S&T Initiatives
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Developing Technology for the Future:
S&T is the seed for future USW innovation. It is vital to meeting our technology goals in the most cost-effective manner for the
systems we design, deploy, and support. We continuously assess and evolve our USW technical leadership and capability to
meet priority needs of future warfare. This requires determining the right technologies for the application, ensuring successful
development, providing acquisition support, acceptance testing, in-service support, as well as developing the right partners to
ensure success. Examples of technologies we are currently investigating are shown below. Our grand challenge initiative,
Undersea Distributed Networked Systems (UDNS), is described on the facing page.
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Optimization of single crystal materials for
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Ideal stealthy energy source
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for undersea vehicles
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Electro-active polymers for
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art distributed sensor fields
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Utilizing spread spectrum for
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proved doppler and range
data telemetry
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Two-way UHF SATCOM using fiber
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launcher
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bmarine/airborne transceivers
With our partners in
industry and academia,
we are continually
investigating new ideas
to meet the needs of
the future and avoid
technology surprises

21. Technical Grand Challenge: Undersea Distributed Networked Systems
NUWC has undertaken a major initiative to develop the strategy, structure, and technology necessary to achieve a robust capability for the next generation of
Undersea Distributed Networked Systems (UDNS). In the future, USW will be an even more important part of an integrated approach to controlling the maritime
domain—providing total awareness and exploiting the battlespace from seabed to space. UDNS is a dispersed system of sensors, unmanned vehicles, platforms,
weapons, command, control, and human systems, netted and working together to provide the clear view and situational understanding that allows total domi-
nance of the undersea battlespace. We are actively collaborating with the Fleet ASW Command, senior Navy leadership, and other institutions to define require-
ments for UDNS. We are aligning our strategic plans, roadmaps, and S&T efforts as well as our existing USW efforts and improvements to achieve this vision of
USW’s contribution to U.S. Seapower in the 21st century.
We have already embarked on an effort to forge a healthy and
robust UDNS capability at NUWC and have successfully com-
pleted an in-water demonstration of several key components
on our Narragansett Bay test range. The complexity and impor-
tance of this capability requires that we draw on a broad spec-
trum of expertise, inside and outside of the organization. The
UDNS initiative is being developed and implemented as a
Navy-wide strategy that will facilitate horizontal integration
and collaboration across NUWC Divisions and Departments as
well as the development of external relationships with cus-
tomers, Navy, government, industry, and academic experts. It
will be a multi-year effort and the driving force behind efforts
across the technical activities at NUWC. It is focused on the
critical science and engineering technologies, trends, break-
throughs, and Warfare Center competencies that will enable
operational UDNS for the Navy.
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22. A Rich Past to an Exciting Future: 1869 into the 21
st
Century
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NUWC was established in 1992, consolidating expertise from the Naval Undersea
Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES) in Keyport, Washington and the Naval
Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) in Newport, Rhode Island. NUWC became
the Navy’s full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering,
and Fleet support center for submarines, surface ship USW, autonomous under-
water systems, and offensive and defensive weapon systems associated with all
aspects of USW. Comprising Headquarters and two major Divisions in Newport,
RI and Keyport, WA, NUWC is built on a long tradition of innovation and excellence.
NUWC Division Keyport—Brief History
In 1914, the Pacific Coast Torpedo Station (PCTS) was established in Keyport,
Washington, allowing improved efficiency of torpedo repair and ranging. The for-
mation of PCTS eliminated the need to send torpedoes to Newport, Rhode Island.
By 1930, the PCTS had become the United States Naval Torpedo Station (NTS) for
the west coast with the nickname, “Torpedo Town USA.”
In 1950, NTS was organizationally realigned to be the Naval Ordnance Depot
(NOD). NOD operated for two years then was reverted to the original NTS organ-
ization.
In association with the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of the University of
Washington, NTS was the developer of the first three-dimensional underwater
tracking ranges in the world. In 1963, the joint U.S.-Canadian three-dimensional
range was placed in operation in the Strait of Georgia and is still in operation
today.
By 1978, recognizing new responsibilities taken on by NTS, such as support serv-
ices for the Trident submarine, underwater mines, and underwater test ranges,
NTS became the Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES), which,
as stated above, was merged into the NUWC organization in 1992.
Continuous service to the Fleet
from 1869 into the 21st century

23. A Rich Past to an Exciting Future: 1869 into the 21
st
Century
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NUWC Division Newport—Brief History
In September 1869, the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station (NTS) was officially activated
as an R&D activity in Newport, Rhode Island, becoming the Navy’s first experi-
mental ordnance activity thus beginning more than a century and a quarter of
USW expertise. During both the first and second World Wars and the time leading
up to them, the expertise available at Newport was utilized to develop the exten-
sive engineering and production capabilities needed to produce the torpedoes
used so widely in these conflicts.
In 1951, the manufacture of torpedoes shifted to private industry and NTS was
transitioned from its wartime focus back to its R&D roots, becoming the Naval
Underwater Ordnance Station (NUOS) and locating to our current site at
Coddington Cove. The activity’s mission was expanded to include weapon
launcher and fire control systems for submarines. In 1966 the activity was named
the Naval Underwater Weapons Research and Engineering Station.
Division Newport’s expertise in sonar systems can be traced to the Columbia
University Division of War Research and Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory,
which were both established in 1941. During World War II, the Columbia
Laboratory developed passive detection devices and Harvard produced active
ASW sonar devices. In 1945, the Harvard Laboratory sonar functions were merged
with the Columbia Laboratory in New London, CT, to establish the Naval
Underwater Sound Laboratory. Work performed at these laboratories formed the
foundation for understanding the nature and behavior of underwater sound. In
the 1970s, the Naval Underwater Weapons Research and Engineering Station and
the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory were merged to create the Naval
Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) in Newport, RI and New London, CT. NUSC
continued the tradition of excellence in the areas of submarine warfare systems,
submarine weapon systems, and surface ship sonar systems.

24. For further information about the NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER contact
NUWC Public Affairs Office
1176 Howell Street
Newport, RI 02841-1708
[phone]
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