Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is home of the headquarters of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), one of four Navy centers engaged in research, development, testing, and evaluation of weapons and other systems related to naval warfare. Most of NUWC's work is related to submarine-based systems, such as torpedoes. Other NUWC locations are in Keyport, WA; New London, CT; Andros Island, Bahamas; and West Palm Beach, FL. The NUWC annual budget is over one billion dollars. NUWC Newport is on the north end of a large Navy Complex on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, which includes the Naval Education and Training Center and the prestigious Naval War College.