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Laboratory records
| Laboratory | Detail | Reference |
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| Naval Observatory | The U.S. Naval Observatory is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the country. Established in 1830 as the Depot of Charts and Instruments, its primary mission was to care for the U.S. Navy's chronometers, charts and other navigational equipment. Today, the U.S. Naval Observatory is the preeminent authority in the areas of Precise Time (Maintains the Master Clock of the United States) and Astrometry, and distributes Earth Orientation parameters and other Astronomical Data required for accurate navigation and fundamental astronomy. | LAB-20150 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division NAVSEA Dahlgren | NSWCDD is one of the six divisions of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The Dahlgren Division comprises three major sites: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory in Dahlgren, Virginia; the Coastal Systems Station in Panama City, Florida; and the Combat Systems Direction Activity at Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NSWCDD is one of the U. S. Navy's principal research, development, and test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support activities for surface warfare, surface ship combat systems, ordnance, strategic systems, amphibious warfare, mines and mine countermeasures, and amphibious and special warfare systems. The Division conducts analysis, systems engineering, research, test, evaluation, and integration of important naval and joint warfare systems. | LAB-20089 |
| Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division, China Lake NAVAIR China Lake | NAVAIR China Lake is one of the eight Naval Air Systems Command sites that provides the highest standard in warfare technology through supremacy in naval aviation technologies. China Lake, home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, provides efficient deployment of new weapon systems through a unique combination of its collocated laboratories, ranges, weapons test squadrons and the Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-9). The site supports fleet training and tactics development, including major exercises on the Land Range, Superior Valley Tactical Training Range and Electronic Combat Range. | LAB-20077 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division NAVSEA Indian Head | Mission-critical areas that comprise Indian Head's work include: energetics research, weapons product development, detonation science, underwater warheads, chemical/physical characterization, chemical processing/nitration, nitramine gun and high-energy propellants, extruded products, cartridge-actuated devices/propellant-actuated devices ordnance test and evaluation, strategic systems, weapon simulation, quality evaluation, and packaging, handling, storage, and transportation. | LAB-20083 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division NAVSEA Port Hueneme | NAVSEA Port Hueneme Surface Warfare Center Division is part of a larger Navy organization called the Naval Sea Systems Command, which is comprised of approximately 50,000 professional men and women. NAVSEA Port Hueneme employs approximately 2,000 dedicated military and civilian personnel who focus on the successful operation of surface combat and weapons systems. Our command utilizes state-of-the-art engineering facilities to accomplish the NAVSEA goal of… We are primarily engineers, logisticians, and technical experts located in five geographic locations: Port Hueneme and San Diego, California; White Sands, New Mexico; Louisville, Kentucky; and Virginia Beach, Virginia. We are partners in the community providing support through community outreach programs, as well as through the purchase of goods and services from local businesses. | LAB-20085 |
| Naval Postgraduate School | To meet its educational requirements, the Navy has developed a unique academic institution at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) whose emphasis is on education and research programs that are relevant to the Navy, defense and national and international security interests. NPS provides a continuum of learning opportunities, including Graduate Degree Programs, Continuous Learning Opportunities, Refresher and Transition Education. These programs are under the auspices of the four graduate schools. | LAB-20109 |
| Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Keyport NAVSEA Keyport | The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport, Washington, is a shore Command of the United States Navy under the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. It is one of two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center which is headquartered at Division Newport, Rhode Island. Our main facility is located at Keyport, Washington, in the Puget Sound region near the major components of the Fleet we support. We have Detachments located near our Pacific Fleet customers in Lualualei and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and San Diego, California. Fleet testing and logistics sites are located at Nanoose, British Columbia, and Hawthorne, Nevada. | LAB-20093 |
| Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory | The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) is located on the New London Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. The laboratory's mission is to protect the health and enhance the performance of our War Fighters through focused submarine, diving, and surface research solutions. | LAB-20160 |
| Naval Facilities Engineering Command | The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) manages the planning, design and construction of shore facilities for U.S. Navy activities around the world. We provide the Navy’s forces with the operating, support and training bases they need when they are home from the sea. | LAB-20217 |
| Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Norfolk SPAWAR Norfolk | SPAWAR Systems Center Norfolk provides affordable business solutions to the fleet through such product offerings as: Shipboard Non-tactical ADP Program (SNAP), Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS), and Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS). These key systems, complemented by several additional products, automate supply, inventory, finance, ship/submarine/aviation maintenance, configuration management, manpower, medical and dental, food service, and resale operations. Every ship in the fleet, and many support installations around the world, operate with one or more of these automated tools. SPAWAR Systems Center Norfolk's dynamic customer base includes the men and women aboard more than 350 ships and submarines and an additional 450 fleet support organizations around the world. | LAB-20176 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship Systems Engineering Station Ship Systems Engineering Station | The Ship Systems Engineering Station (SSES) located at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center (the former property of the Naval Station Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard) is a vital part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD). In 1992, the former NAVSSES consolidated with the David Taylor Research Center to form the Carderock Division. SSES is the Navy's principal Test and Evaluation Station and In-Service Engineering Agent for all hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E;) ship systems and equipments. SSES has the capability to test and engineer the full range of shipboard systems and equipment from full-scale propulsion systems to digital controls and electric power systems. | LAB-20367 |
| Naval Air Warfare Center WD - Point Mugu NAVAIR Point Mugu | NAVAIR Point Mugu is one of the eight Naval Air Systems Command sites that provides the highest standard in warfare technology through supremacy in naval aviation technologies. An integral part of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, the facilities and work force located at Point Mugu provide efficient deployment of new weapon systems through a unique combination of its co-located laboratories, ranges, weapons test squadrons and the Navy's operational test organization. Additionally, Point Mugu supports fleet training and tactics development, particularly large scale, major exercises including Fleet Battle Experiments on the Pacific Sea Range. | LAB-20079 |
| Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth | Naval Medical's mission is to provide force health protection through quality healthcare for our beneficiaries and through education and training of its staff. | LAB-20368 |
| Naval Research Laboratory | NRL operates as the Navy's full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for 80 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world. In fulfillment of this mission, NRL: Initiates and conducts broad scientific research of a basic and long-range nature in scientific areas of interest to the Navy. Conducts exploratory and advanced technological development deriving from or appropriate to the scientific program areas. Within areas of technological expertise, develops prototype systems applicable to specific projects. Assumes responsibility as the Navy’s principal R&D; activity in areas of unique professional competence upon designation from appropriate Navy or DOD authority. Performs scientific research and development for other Navy activities and, where specifically qualified, for other agencies of the Department of Defense and, in defense-related efforts, for other Government agencies. Serves as the lead Navy activity for space technology and space systems development and support. Serves as the lead Navy activity for mapping, charting, and geodesy (MC&G;) research and development for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). | LAB-20111 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division NAVSEA Carderock | The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWCCD) is the Navy's center of excellence for ships and ship systems. The key elements in its technological success are the breadth and depth of its capabilities and the expertise of its scientists and engineers. With unique laboratories and test facilities, large-scale land-based engineering and test sites, and at-sea measurement facilities throughout the United States, Carderock has been at the forefront of technologies vital to the success of the Navy and the maritime industry for more than a century. The Division's primary locations are its headquarters in West Bethesda, Maryland and the Ship Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NSWCCD is a major component of the Naval Sea Systems Command. View Full Size Image Contact This LabMailing AddressNaval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division 9500 MacArthur Boulevard West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700Telephone[phone removed]Fax[phone removed]WebsiteClick to View Featured Patents:Patent ID: RE36979View PatentSurface conforming flexible eddy current probe for scanning varying surface contours Facilities:Combatant Craft DepartmentIndustrial Technology LaboratoryManufacturing Technology LaboratoryMORE... | LAB-20035 |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division <!DOCTYPE html> | NSWC Crane’s Technology Transfer Program opens the door for your company to access State-of-the-Art techniques and processes, test, evaluation, and prototype development facilities, as well as scientists, engineers, and technicians. This ability will give you the competitive edge in today’s global economy. You can consult with our personnel, use our facilities, collaborate in technology partnerships or help develop and implement dual-use technologies. Through our Mini-CRADA program you may even qualify for up to 32 hours of assistance free of charge. Technology Transfer Mechanisms: Collaborative Partnerships Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) Facility Sharing Patent Licensing Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Technical Assistance Testing Services | LAB-20087 |
| Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division <!DOCTYPE html> | We provide the technical foundation which enables the conceptualization, research, development, fielding, modernization, and maintenance of systems that ensure our Navy's Undersea Superiority. Responsibility for the full life cycle of submarine and undersea warfare systems encompasses: Research and Development Prototyping Systems Development Acquisition and Production Support Testing and Evaluation Fleet Support Partnering with Industry and Academia Undersea Warfare Analysis View Full Size Image Contact This LabMailing AddressNaval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport 1176 Howell Street Newport, RI 02841-5047Telephone[phone removed]Fax[phone removed]WebsiteClick to View Featured Patents:Patent ID: 6837175View PatentAsymmetric tow system for multiple linear seismic arrays Facilities:Narragansett Bay Shallow Water Test Facility Propulsion Noise Test SystemSurvivability Test FacilityMORE... | LAB-20202 |
| Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division, Patuxent River NAVAIR Patuxent River | NAVAIR Patuxent River is one of eight Naval Air Systems Command sites that provides the highest standard in warfare technology through supremacy in naval aviation technologies. Patuxent River is home to both the Naval Air Systems Command headquarters and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, and is host to more than 50 tenants including three services, federal agencies and private industry. | LAB-20041 |
| Naval Air Warfare Center - Training Systems Division, Orlando NAVAIR Training Systems Division | Within the Naval Air Systems Command, the NAVAIR Training Systems Division (TSD) is the Navy's source for a full range of innovative products and services that provide complete training solutions. This includes requirements analysis, design, development and full life cycle support. Of significance is NAVAIR TSD's ability to provide continuous learning across a wide variety of applications (aviation, surface, undersea, etc.). NAVAIR TSD integrates the science of learning with performance-based training and measurement of training effectiveness focused on improving the performance of Sailors and Marines. We continually engage the warfighter to understand challenges, solve problems, create new capabilities and provide essential support. NAVAIR TSD is leading the Human Performance Cell for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Task Force for Excellence through Commitment to Education and Learning (EXCEL). NAVAIR TSD is also one of the cornerstones of the National Center for Simulation. | LAB-20075 |