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NAVAIR/NAWCWD Cutting Edge Technologies

Watch LabTV webisodes on cutting-edge NAVAIR technologies. Select the following webisodes from the menu on the right side of the page to see some of the exciting cutting-edge technologies that are being developed at NAWCWD: Biofuel, Eye in the Sky, Computer Vision, and Virtual World.

Direct Fleet Support

This is our reason for being. While service to the Fleet underlies every program at NAWCWD, direct support is our most important activity. NAWCWD Fleet Weapons Support Teams are with naval forces throughout the world providing hands-on assistance. Division senior scientists and engineers serve in 1- to 3-year assignments as on-site Science and Technology Advisors stateside, at sea, and abroad. New operational flight programs and weapons capabilities are taken directly to Fleet squadrons by NAWCWD teams who train aircrews and maintenance personnel aboard ship.

In times of conflict, the Division's Land, Sea, and Electronic Combat Ranges are made available to the Fleet for training, and development of urgently needed new weapons and electronic combat equipment is fast tracked. Prototype systems (such as the NAWCWD-developed Rapid Targeting System) are taken directly into world hot spots by Division teams to provide additional capabilities for the DOD warfighters.