Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida history and evolution from its origins in the Engineering Division of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics to the Naval Training Device Center, the Naval Training Equipment Center, the Naval Training Systems Center, and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida today.

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As The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division evolved and grew, it was aligned at various times under several different parent organizations within the Navy. In 1956, it became the Naval Training Device Center. Over a three-year period in the mid-1960s, the Center moved from its Long Island location to Orlando, Florida. In 1985 the then-Naval Training Equipment Center became the Naval Training Systems Center. The Center moved to its present headquarters building near Orlando, named for its founding father de Florez, in 1988. On October 1, 1993, the Naval Training Systems Center became today’s The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division is a significant component of the Naval Air Systems Command.