Tenants at NSF Carderock include:
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division is the Navy's center of excellence for ships and ship systems. For more than 100 years, NSWC Carderock has helped preserve and enhance the nation's presence on and under the seas. NSWC Carderock is the full-spectrum research and development, test and evaluation, engineering, and Fleet support organization for the Navy's ships, submarine, military watercraft, and unmanned vehicles with insight into new concepts and technologies for the Navy Fleet of the 21st Century.

The Division's expertise spans more than 40 disciplines, from electrical and mechanical engineering to computer engineering and physics. Carderock specializes in Ship Design & Integration; Environmental Quality Systems; Hull Forms & Propulsors; Structures and Materials; Signatures, Silencing Systems, and Susceptibility; Machinery Systems; and Vulnerability and Survivability Systems.

Most of the work is concentrated at two major sites: Headquarters in West Bethesda, Maryland, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The latter site is recognized as the Navy's center of excellence for shipboard machinery. Carderock Division's unique laboratories, modeling and simulation facilities, at-sea-assets, and large-scale, land-based engineering and test sites at nine locations across the country contribute to the full-spectrum nature of our mission.

Navy and maritime communities have come to depend on our expertise and innovative spirit in developing advanced platforms and systems, enhancing naval performance, reducing operating costs, and addressing the Navy's evolving mission.

The Maritime Technology Information Center (MTIC) was built to serve the naval community as a collaborative environment for ship design and new concepts in naval engineering. Located on the campus of the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, it is a state-of-the-art think tank situated adjacent to the David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) and other unique U.S. Navy research and development facilities.

The MTIC houses a 400-person auditorium, nine conference rooms with advanced technology conference and VTC equipment. There are also two breakout rooms. Classified meetings can be conducted in some of the rooms. Each conference room has an integrated audio teleconferencing system, stand-alone PC for multi-media presentations, projector or plasma screen, a DVD⁄VCR deck, and video graphics array input for users laptops. Attendees can arrange network connectivity with advance notice and with certain restrictions. In addition, an infrared system for hearing impaired attendees is available.

Carderock Division will continue to solve challenging engineering problems to meet future Fleet needs in the following areas: new hull forms, unmanned vehicles, all-electric warships, increased stealth, improved survivability, reduced manning, human systems integration, and high-speed ships.

Naval Support Facility Arlington

Tenants at NSF Arlington include:
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

DISA is located on 701 South Courthouse Road, Arlington Virginia. The 30-acre complex has 13 buildings that host both DISA and Navy housing. The complex is located on the southwest side of Arlington National Cemetery and is adjacent to Henderson Hall (U.S. Marine Corps) and Fort Meyer (U.S. Army). It is also in the immediate vicinity of the Navy Arlington Annex (ARLEX) and the Pentagon.

The housing facilities at NSF Arlington consist of 3 senior enlisted quarters and one flag quarters. There are also bachelors' quarters at adjacent FT Meyers.

The facility management office at NSF Arlington is open Monday through Friday from 2 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and can be contacted at (202) 685-7287. After-hours facilities emergencies should be directed to the PWC emergency service desk at (202) 433-3101.

There are several Navy Federal Union Locations in the area, both full service locations and ATMs. The full service locations in Arlington are at the National Center in the Taylor Building, the Ballston Towers at ALEX. There is also remote ATM locations at the Pentagon, Quarters K, Crystal City and Henderson Hall.

There are gyms located on both FT Myer and at ARLEX. Navy Medicine and Dental branches are located at Henderson Hall. There is also an AFEES and Commissary located at FT Myer.

NSF Naval Observatory

The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) lies on a 72-acre tract of land on Massachusetts Avenue in the scenic northwest area of the Washington DC. It is located in the midst of several international embassies that line Massachusetts Avenue and is adjacent to the British and New Zealand Embassies.

Tenants on the installations include: