# Navy Warfare Development Command

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{{Short description|U.S. Navy command for the generation of innovation in concepts and doctrine}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name     = Navy Warfare Development Command
|image         = File:NWDC Logo.png
|country       = United States
|branch        = [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy)
|type          = [Development Command](/source/Development_Command)
|role          = Developing and implementing naval warfare strategies and tactics
|garrison      = [Naval Station Norfolk](/source/Naval_Station_Norfolk), Virginia
|website       = [https://web.archive.org/web/19991220075834/http://www.nwdc.navy.mil/ nwdc.navy.mil]
}}
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The '''Navy Warfare Development Command''' is a command of the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) for the generation and development of innovations in concepts and doctrine for enhanced operational level maritime capability and integration in joint and coalition activities. It is currently located at [Naval Station Norfolk](/source/Naval_Station_Norfolk), VA.

The Navy Warfare Development Command team has a role in planning the future of the [US Navy](/source/US_Navy), not only in the tactical realm, but also at the operational and strategic levels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2016 |title=Naval Warfare Development Command Launches New Website |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2257360/naval-warfare-development-command-launches-new-website |website=Navy.mil}}</ref> It is responsible for the Navy component of the "Blue Cell" Naval Services Game wargaming exercise.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2019 |title=U.S. Naval War College Holds Naval Services Game 2019 |url=https://usnwc.edu/News-and-Events/News/US-Naval-War-College-Holds-Naval-Services-Game-2019 |website=U.S. Naval War College}}</ref> 

==History==
In 1998, the [Chief of Naval Operations](/source/Chief_of_Naval_Operations) established the Navy Warfare Development Command to coordinates the development of concepts of operations, [doctrine](/source/doctrine), experimentation, and lessons learned in direct support of the fleet. The command also provides modeling and simulation for training, experimentation, and focused analysis.{{cn|date=January 2026}}
{{Further|Multinational Publications Electronic Library}}

==Concept Generation and Concept Development ==
The Chief of Naval Operations initiated the Concept Generation and Concept Development program to encourage a culture of [innovation](/source/innovation) throughout the Navy and to gather ideas on ways to address current and future [warfighting](/source/Warfare) gaps to inform [investment](/source/investment) decisions and develop full capability across doctrine, organization, training, [materiel](/source/materiel), leadership, education, personnel, and facilities spectrum.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nwdc.usff.navy.mil/ Navy Warfare Development Command]

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