Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) located in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
[1][2] The center occupies 75 acres (30 ha) of property 2.0 miles (3.2 km) east of Laytonsville, Maryland, on the site of a former Nike missile base.
[3][4] The NSWC acquired the facility from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in March 2019.
[5] Prior to its acquisition by the NSWC, the center was a communications, satellite teleregistration and data network facility.
[3][7][8] It was also part of the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS), a high-frequency radio network that links FEMA's emergency operations centers.