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Navy/USMC

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Opens New Lab

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, August 19th, 2011

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The Naval Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport opened a new laboratory this week designed for testing and maintaining towed arrays, the center said Thursday. "This facility allows us to consolidate and integrate all towed array, tow cable, and hose repair into a single location, which was the goal when the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended that all Maritime Subsurface Sensors functions within the U.S. Navy be centralized here at NUWC Newport - the home of undersea warfare excellence," NUWC…

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