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SPAWAR Turns System Centers Into Warfighting Centers

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

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SPAWAR Turns System Centers Into Warfighting Centers

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) said on Wednesday that it is changing the names of its Echelon III systems centers into warfighting centers. SPAWAR’s system centers are currently SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic in Charlestown, S.C., and SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific in San Diego, Calif. The command is now changing them to Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic and Pacific, respectively. Rear Adm. Christian Becker, the commander of SPAWAR, revealed the change at the…

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