NPS Centers offer research and education programs in highly-focused areas of study. Often led by teams of interdisciplinary faculty members, the university's Centers explore a variety of academic disciplines, ranging from civil-military relations to spacecraft research and design.
Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Center
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR)
Center for Civil Military Relations
Center for Defense Management Reform
Center for Edge Power (CEP)
Center for Executive Education (CEE)
Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR)
Center for Infrastructure Defense (CID)
Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS)
Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare
Center for Materials Research (CMR)
Center for Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) Research
Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation (CENETIX)
Center for Radiation Hardened Electronics
Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies
Center for Survivability and Lethality
Center for the Study of Mobile Devices and Communications
Center for the Study of Potential Outcomes
Center on Contemporary Conflict
Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Program
Culture and Conflict Studies (CCS)
Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI)
Global Center for Security Cooperation (GCSC)
Human Resources Center of Excellence (HRCOE)
Information Dominance Center for Excellence (IDCFE)
Information Operations Center for Research (IOCenter)
SEED Center for Data Farming (Simulation Experiments & Efficient Designs)
Spacecraft Research and Design Center
Undersea Warfare Center