1991 Report to The Community
Abstract
For more than 70 years, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NAVSWC) and its community neighbors in Virginia's Northern Neck and southern Maryland have prospered in a much-treasured partnership that is secured by the common bonds of friendship, patriotism, national defense, and economics. Together, we have a lot to be proud of-this community's military and civilians have emulated the highest standard of outstanding achievement to safeguard America's technological edge. The history of the past seven decades has been punctuated by certain and steady progress for both the installation and its community neighbors as NAVSWC grew from a small proving ground for testing naval guns to one of the largest research and development (R&D) centers in the United States. The history of the future is certain to be punctuated by the hopes and dreams of even more steady progress as NAVSWC excels to its missions to be the principal Navy RDT&E Center for surface ship combat systems, ordnance, mines, and strategic systems support. NAVSWC (formerly the Naval Surface Weapons Center) was established in 1974 with the merger of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL) at White Oak, Maryland and the Naval Weapons Laboratory (NWL) at Dahlgren, Virginia. This consolidation of human resources, facilities, and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) in support of the Fleet enhances the tradition of excellence at each laboratory.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 25, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA477264
Entities
Organizations
- Naval Surface Warfare Center