Navy Warfare Development Command links tomorrow's ideas to today's warfighter through the rapid generation and development of innovative solutions to operational challenges. Our unique synergies and capabilities help move the Fleet forward through the 21st century.

NWDC operates at the speed of the Fleet to stay at the forefront of innovation, focused on non-material solutions for the near-term and the future.
Seamlessly combining our core competencies – concepts, experimentation, modeling and simulation, doctrine and lessons learned – NWDC generates cost-effective solutions that arm the warfighter with the tools needed to meet the global challenges of the maritime environment.
Our people, know-how and technology work in unison to effectively move operational capability forward … for the Fleet.

Naval Doctrine Command (NDC) was established in 1993 to provide the doctrinal foundation for naval forces to effectively contribute to joint and combined operations. NDC was disestablished and the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) was created as part of the Naval War College in 1998 at Newport, R.I.

NWDC was aligned under U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) in 2002 in support of the Sea Trial process. As a result of BRAC Commission legislation, NWDC moved from Newport, R.I. to Naval Station Norfolk in Jun 2010 (BRAC move fully completed 30 Sep 2010).

Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command was designated in 2008 as the Navy’s Executive Agent for Concept Generation and Concept Development.

Navy Warfare Development Command is located aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. The Headquarters facility meets current Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System standards. The three-story, 84,849 square-foot building includes office space for over 300 subject matter experts, including foreign liaison officers.

NWDC Headquarters is also the home of the Navy Center for Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NCAMS), a 10,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art modeling and simulation facility which supports the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), experimentation, and Concept Generation and Concept Development.