Laboratory Information:
Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Division Newport
Code 07TP
1176 Howell Street
Bldg. 102T
Newport, RI 02841
Website: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nuwc/newport
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nuwc/newport/pages/techpartner.aspx
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Navy
Region: Northeast
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Dr. Theresa Baus
Phone: 401-832-8728
Fax: (401) 832-6033
Email: theresa.baus@navy.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Naval
Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport is located
on the southeastern coast of New England. Its principal site
is located in Newport, R.I., and it has facilities in West
Palm Beach, Fla., and on Andros Island in the Bahamas. The
Division was formed in January 1992 as part of the newly
created Naval Undersea Warfare Center. However, its
impressive history traces back to 1869, when the Naval
Torpedo Station was established in Newport, R.I., and to the
Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory in New London, Conn., which
was established during World War II to conduct research on
the application of underwater sound energy. The full time
permanent workforce at NUWC Division Newport numbers 2600
civilian personnel. Approximately three-quarters of the
workforce are employed in scientific or engineering
positions. The Division's annual budget totals over $900
million. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division,
Newport's unique facilities and expertise can be made
available to the private and public sectors through a variety
of mechanisms, including Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs) and Work for Private Party Agreements
under 10 USC 2539b and 10 USC 2563.
Mission of the Laboratory:
NUWC Division
Newport's mission is to provide the technical foundation
which enables the conceptualization, research, development,
fielding, modernization and maintenance of systems that
ensure the undersea superiority of the U.S. Navy Although all
of the Division's expertise and facilities are dedicated
to undersea warfare related research and development, its
technologies hold exciting potential for applications within
the private sector (e.g., oceanographic and environmental
research, navigational aids, and satellite
communications).
Facilities:
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Work For Private Party Agreements
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Acoustic Sensor, Transducers, and Arrays
- Hydrodynamics
- Information Processing
- Ocean Physics
- Modeling, simulation, and analysis
- Signal processing
- Submarine Electromagnetics, Antennas, Electro-Optics & Communications
- Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs)
- Undersea Materials Technology
