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As NUWC celebrates birthday, R.I. can appreciate its role here

PBN Staff

August 30, 2019 2:47 am

AN ECONOMIC MACHINE: The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, located in Middletown and Newport, has a yearly impact on the region of more than $1 billion.  / COURTESY NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER

Two things stand out about the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. One is its scale. The 180-acre complex in Middletown and Newport employs nearly 6,200 active-duty personnel, civilian employees and contractors and pumped more than $340 million in contracts into southern New England in fiscal 2018. A study based on fiscal 2017 data put…

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