Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

Established in 2012, the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC), headquartered at Naval Base Ventura County, California, is a command of more than 1,200 dedicated federal civilian employees, contractors, and military personnel providing research, development, test, and evaluation, and in-service engineering to deliver specialized facility and expeditionary solutions to the warfighter. As NAVFAC’s only warfare center, our engineers, scientists, analysts, logisticians, contract specialists, and other professional personnel provide technology and unique, agile solutions for the warfighter that specifically focus on expeditionary, oceans, and shore needs from enduring bases to forward deployed expeditionary locations. In 2017, NAVFAC EXWC became a Defense Department Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory. **MISSION** Provide research, development, testing and evaluation, in-service engineering, and life-cycle management for shore, oceans, and expeditionary domains. **VISION** Accelerate innovation to enable fleet lethality at sea and ashore. **MOTTO** ANTICIPATE • INNOVATE • ACCELERATE