Aerospace Engineering at USNA

Welcome to the Aerospace Engineering Department Homepage

The Aerospace Engineering Department offers one of the most exciting and challenging academic programs at the Naval Academy. The program is structured to produce naval officers who will meet the challenges of serving in such areas as naval aviation, space, and research and is accredited by The Engineering Accreditation Commission of the ABET (www.abet.org), the United States’ accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. For more information see the full Department Overview, which offers a more in-depth understanding of Aerospace at USNA.

Department Mission: Provide the Navy and Marine Corps with engineering graduates capable of growing to fill engineering, management and leadership roles in the Navy, government, and industry, maturing their fascination with Air and Space systems.

Vision: Mission fulfillment requires a program throughout which Midshipmen Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (www.cdio.org) complex mission-effective aerospace systems in a modern team-based environment.