2026 NIWC Atlantic Summer STEM Camps launch water rockets. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic held its annual summer STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – camps, once again inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and tech pioneers in the Hampton Roads area. Spanning five action-packed days from July 20-24, the program featured the intensive, four-day STEM Academy followed immediately by the high-energy, one-day STEM Rocks! camp, offering local middle schoolers a tuition-free, immersive dive into the cutting edge of technology. Hosted at Tidewater Community College’s (TCC) Chesapeake Campus, this year’s camps took on an ambitious and timely theme: "To the Moon and Back."
Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic spearheaded a modernization of national cybersecurity standards, directly influencing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) latest publication of Special Publication 800-126 Revision 4.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a bid protest filed by Adapt Forward, LLC (Adapt Forward) of Charleston, South Carolina, challenging a $232,576,002 task order award by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic for defensive cyberspace operations capabilities in support of the command's Cybersecurity Service Provider mission. The GAO issued its ruling Feb. 18, 2026, under docket numbers B-424006.1 and B-424006.2,...
