Calvert Attends Joint Warfare Assessment Lab (JWAL) Groundbreaking Ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona

CALVERT ATTENDS JOINT WARFARE ASSESSMENT LAB (JWAL) GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER (NSWC) CORONA

Congressman Ken Calvert spoke today at the groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of the Joint Warfare Assessment Laboratory (JWAL) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona.

The JWAL is being expanded with the construction of a 4,170 square meter (44,886 SF) analysis facility that will be joined to an existing high security data fusion center. The combined facility will enhance the ability of the Corona Division to meet its mission requirements in a contiguous secure environment that will allow for improved operational efficiency and reduced cost.

"Today we can move forward with the much needed expansion of the Joint Warfare Assessment Lab. The money for this project was authorized and appropriated in the Fiscal Year 2005 defense budget. The funds could not be spent while the future of NSWC Corona remained in doubt. Today there is no doubt. The ground breaking and the new JWAL is a great indicator of the important work continuing to be done here in Norco. Our people and facilities create an unmatched capability to provide the men and women in the U.S. military with reliable equipment that has been independently tested," said Calvert, who was instrumental in getting NSWC Corona removed from the 2005 Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) list.

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