8 | Overview
DEPARTMENTS AND MISSION AREAS CHIEF ENGINEER (CHENG) OFFICE
The purpose of the CHENG Office is to provide Navy technical expertise in the areas of research, development, test, evaluation, and life-cycle sustainment of Littoral Warfare Systems for NSWC PCD. The office oversees engineering investigations, analyses, and technical program developments at the Command level across the full life-cycle of the Division’s assigned mission areas and responsibilities. Additionally, the office is responsible for directing the implementation of engineering policies, instructions, and agreements to ensure that policy is consistently implemented and that quality products are developed in a consistent and repeatable manner. The CHENG Office includes the Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer (one year rotational assignment), and the Competency Leads for each of the Division’s key technical domains.
LITTORAL & MINE WARFARE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT - CODE A
NSWC PCD is the Navy’s designated full-spectrum Mine Warfare RDT&E laboratory with over 70 years of in-house knowledge and expertise. The Littoral & Mine Warfare Systems Department capabilities include the development and implementation of new technologies, mission systems integration, and applied system engineering to conduct mine countermeasures. Mine countermeasures includes detecting, localizing, identifying, and neutralizing mine threats from deep water through the beach zone. Detection and identification may use magnetics, acoustics, and electro-optics, as well as other technologies. Neutralization uses systems ranging from minesweeping to explosive clearance. Assets used for mine countermeasures operations include: dedicated, modular, and organic air, surface, and subsurface platforms. Included are the specialized facilities and expertise needed to exploit the new technologies found in existing and emergent mine threats to assess Fleet susceptibility to foreign threats and to develop new systems and tactics to counter those threats. The department provides a mission analysis capability for all of NSWC PCD mission areas and is complemented by a tactics development expertise. These capabilities are supported by a collection of modeling and simulation tools in mine warfare and expeditionary warfare.
EXPEDITIONARY & MARITIME SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT - CODE E
The Expeditionary & Maritime Systems Department conducts and manages research, technology transitions, systems development, integration, test and evaluation, and sustainment programs for Naval Special Warfare, Diving & Life Support, Amphibious/Expeditionary Warfare, and other missions in support of homeland defense and force protection. The Department’s activities span the full spectrum of acquisition lifecycle support required to enable Navy, Marine Corps (USMC), Special Operation Forces (SOF), Joint Forces, and other related Federal agencies to successfully conduct their mission and to operate globally. In support of the above missions, the Department maintains the health of seven Technical Capabilities (TC) and the associated personnel, equipment, facilities, and related processes. These TCs include: Chemical and Biological Warfare Individual Protection Systems, Expeditionary Coastal and Maritime Security System Engineering and Integration, Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) Systems, Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Systems Engineering and Integration, Special Warfare Maritime Mobility Mission Systems and Mission Support Equipment, Diving and Life Support Systems, and Surface Life Support Systems for Extreme Environments. The Department also provides full-spectrum independent Test and Evaluation (T&E), research and development prototype fabrication services and Human Systems Integration (HSI) in support of all NSWC PCD mission areas, programs and projects. The Coastal Test Range provides expertise and infrastructure necessary to enable safe and efficient test operations both on land and in operational areas in St. Andrew Bay and the Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX). Four Beach Sites are also maintained providing GOMEX entry points for instrumented ranges and T&E observation points.