Fort Laurdale Branch, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Abstract

The Fort Lauderdale Branch of the Naval Surface Warfare Center operates the only land-based, deep-water test and evaluation (T&E) facility located on the Eastern Seaboard. Here, NSWC and other research and development activities conduct full-scale trials of air, surface, and underwater weapon systems under a variety of oceanographic conditions. The Fort Lauderdale Branch conducts field trials of air, surface, and underwater ordnance systems in the Atlantic Ocean; recovers test hardware to depths of 200 feet; develops, installs, maintains and operates ship tracking and offshore positioning equipment; installs and maintains a deep-water cable monitoring system; provides weapon assembly and storage areas, technical and support personnel, security, shore tracking and monitoring stations, boats and utility craft to support field trials and provides liaison and coordinates for test-related aircraft and Navy ships visiting Port Everglades.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1998
Accession Number
ADA477054

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Cameras
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Deep Water
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Oceans
  • Photography
  • Seabed
  • Sonar Equipment
  • Surface Warfare
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Underwater Cables

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Occupational Health and Safety.