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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYNAVY WORKING CAPITAL FUNDRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTNAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTERFISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 BUDGET ESTIMATEFEBRUARY 2011Mission Statement / Overview:The Naval Surface Warfare Center provides research, development, test and evaluation;in-service engineering; and fleet and integrated logistic support for surface ship combatsystems, surface and mine warfare combat systems, ordnance, explosive ordnancedisposal technology, mines, amphibious warfare systems, mine countermeasures,special warfare and strategic systems, systems interfaces, weapon systems andsubsystems, unique equipment and related expendable ordnance of the Navy surfacefleet. In addition, they provide primary technical capability in energetics throughengineering, fleet and operational support, manufacturing technology, limitedproduction, industrial base support and research, development, test and evaluation forenergetic materials, ordnance devices and components and related ordnanceengineering standards. "Energetic systems" refers to explosives, propellants,pyrotechnics and their immediately related components. Complementing our energeticmaterials formulation work, we research, develop, test and engineer the range oftechnologies necessary to deliver ordnance to the military.Activity Group Composition:The Center is comprised of eight operating divisions whose operations and locations aredescribed briefly below.Carderock Division - The mission of this division is to provide research, development,test and evaluation, analysis, acquisition support, in-service engineering, logistics andintegration of surface and undersea vehicles and associated systems, develop and applyscience and technology associated with naval architecture and marine engineering, andprovide support to the maritime industry. It also executes other responsibilities asassigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center. The division has majoroperating sites at Carderock, MD and Philadelphia, PA with smaller operating sites atFt. Lauderdale, FL, Memphis, TN, Norfolk, VA, Bremerton, WA, and Bayview, ID.Corona Division - The mission of this division is to serve warfighters and programmanagers as the Navy’s independent performance assessment agent throughoutsystems’ lifecycles by gauging the Navy’s warfighting capability of weapons andintegrated combat systems, from unit to force level, through assessment of thosesystems’ performance, readiness, quality, supportability, and the adequacy of training.It also executes other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval SurfaceWarfare Center. The division has one primary operating site, Corona, CA, with a smallengineering site at Seal Beach, CA.