NIC Vision - Naval Innovation Center
Vision: Accelerating Ideas to Impact
The Naval Innovation Center (NIC) is a function and future facility at the Naval Postgraduate School. The NIC will leverage NPS attributes and location near Silicon Valley to accelerate technology concepts and capabilities at greater speed and scale.
Features purposefully designed, multi-disciplinary laboratories and collaboration spaces.
Creates spaces designed for high performing interdisciplinary teams to curate, ideate, prototype, experiment, and transition cutting-edge processes and technologies.
Allows students to collaborate with industry and academia to apply basic research concepts to Naval and DOD problems.
Conceptual Rendering | View facing east
Conceptual Rendering | View facing west
From the SECNAV
“And as we explore how to further expand our engagement with companies at the leading edge of technology innovation, we recognize that innovation must include education. With that in mind, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) — located in close proximity to Silicon Valley — is home to the Naval Innovation Center, which was established this past December … Furthermore, we are supporting the construction of a purposefully-designed facility to house the Naval Innovation Center at NPS, providing a space for collaboration, defense-focused experimentation, and demonstration of operational use cases to ensure the right technology is evolving.”
– Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro in remarks at the Naval Research Laboratory's 100th Anniversary Ceremony Sept. 28, 2023.
Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro
The Naval Innovation Center will enhance NPS education
and leverage industry innovation more effectively
Conceptual Rendering | Front view
Conceptual Rendering | Back view
The Naval Innovation Center will develop technology solutions
and leaders educated to employ them
Conceptual Rendering | Interior view of lobby entrance
Conceptual Rendering | Proposed location (site of old boiler plant)
The Naval Innovation Center will provide labs and collaboration spaces
at various levels of classification and modular capabilities
Conceptual Rendering | Modeling and Simulation Lab
Conceptual Rendering | Autonomy Lab
Conceptual Rendering | Artificial Intelligence Lab
Conceptual Rendering | Prototyping Lab
Conceptual Rendering | Floor Plans
- Artificial Intelligence
- Modeling and Simulation
- Prototyping
- Applied Cyber Operations
- Wireless Technologies (NextG)
- Energy and Climate Security
- Operational Energetics
- Naval Operational Architecture
- Autonomous Systems
- Space Systems and Sensors