The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport will conduct a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for a new $11 million Maritime Subsurface Sensor Operations Laboratory on the NUWC campus.
Under construction since its July 31, 2009 ground breaking, the 40,000-square-foot,
single-story laboratory provides secure workspace for the testing, refurbishment, and maintenance of towed arrays.
This addition to the NUWC Newport campus integrates all towed array, tow cable, and hose repair into a consolidated facility. The new facility houses one-of-a-kind
equipment for towed arrays, unique test equipment, as well as specialized material handling equipment.
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The towed array functions performed in this building have been relocated to Newport as part of a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission initiative to centralize Maritime Subsurface Sensors functions within the U.S. Navy to NUWC Newport.
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