Defense Technologies

Our premier, vibrant, and growing defense sector is fueled by innovation. Building on the strengths of Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane), research and development throughout the region focuses on advanced technologies, such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and hypersonics.

Critical Defense Missions

NSWC Crane leads the nation in three critical mission areas. The Electronic Warfare, Strategic Missions, and Expeditionary Warfare Centers are ground zero for Uplands opportunity in defense technologies.

NSWC Crane applies advanced computing technologies across its three mission areas to advance battlefield decision making, modeling and simulation, and digital engineering across Air, Ground, and Maritime Domains.

NSWC Crane personnel are dedicated to developing, deploying, and sustaining the technologies that ensure the vital sensors and systems that are part of the strategic capability are fully reliable and always available to defend the homeland.

NSWC Crane harnesses open architectural designs engineered to enhance detection, decision-making, maneuvering, and engagement capabilities for elite warfighters and the environment they operate in.

Advanced Technologies

NSWC Crane’s innovation and expertise are growing in four critical areas: data analytics & machine learning, modernization of strategic electronics, trusted electronics, and hypersonics.

NSWC Crane is applying advanced computing technologies across its three mission areas to advance battlefield decision making, modeling and simulation, and digital engineering.

Nanoscale design, testing, evaluation, electronic fabrication, and packaging of microelectronics are advancing our nuclear weapons systems.

For the defense industry, cybersecurity focuses on counterfeit detection, antitamper technologies, component-performance testing, and cyber-physical systems.

Developing this game-changing technology for achieving flight speeds at least five times the speed of sound is a key DoD priority.