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Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona is the sole U.S.
Navy command charged with providing independent assessment of
the warfighting effectiveness of platforms, systems, and combat
units and personnel. Its reputation for early, consistent identifica-
tion of performance deficiencies and its ability to collaboratively
develop optimal remedies has (conservatively) saved the Navy and
the Defense Department more than $2.0 billion over 10 years. It
has also resulted in a growing demand by the other branch services
and defense agencies for their expertise. Currently, 15% of the
work performed by NWSC Corona is classified as joint or non-
Navy.
NSWC Corona has been able to achieve these results through a
workforce that is a national asset. Their expertise and ability to
apply their talents across a diverse array of programs sets them
apart from all other labs, federal or academic. To illustrate this
point, consider the breadth and critical impact NSWC Corona has
made on the following:
* Developed and currently maintains the Quality Assurance
standards for the $10 billion annual Missile Defense
Agency's National Missile Defense program;
* Designed, built and rapidly deployed a Joint Radio Relay
for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
which relieved the need to continuously deploy AWACs
for communication conductivity. Associated cost avoid-
ance: $8.5 million per month;
* Identified defective chemical-biological sensors through
their in-house testing and analysis which prevented the
expenditure of approximately $800 million; and
* Recruited to identify and recommend corrective action
for two CEC (Cooperative Engagement Capability)
equipped ships that were electronically blind and unable
to deploy. Estimated cost savings from NSWC Corona's
actions: $340 million.
By themselves, these 4 programs provide ample evidence to main-
tain (if not grow) NSWC Corona mission areas. As it is, however,
these programs represent simply a prelude of the diverse, opera-
tionally significant contribution that NSWC Corona provides.
To capture the military significance of NSWC Corona, this report
is divided into three sections and has purposely been constructed
to include detailed data and illustrative case studies that quantita-
tively support the Corona community's major contention that,
Operationally, technically and financially, the US. Navy
and the Department of Defense can ill afford the risk of
closing Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona.
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