Mission
Our mission is to execute high-fidelity shipboard representative integrated warfare capabilities in a maritime environment to strengthen the fleet. SCSC is an Echelon III Navy command under the Program Executive Officer, Integrated Warfare Systems. Surface Combat Systems Training Center Detachment Wallops Island, a detachment of Center for Surface Combat Systems, Dahlgren, Virginia, is a tenant Command at Wallops Island. Surface Combat Systems Center was previously AEGIS Combat Systems Center.
History
Wallops Island is named after John Wallop, a 17th century surveyor and original owner of the island. The island has been used for grazing livestock, as a hunting preserve, and as a location for a Coast Guard Station. The Navy commissioned the Chincoteague Naval Air Station on the present site of the Wallops Main Base and established the Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station on Wallops Island in 1941. In 1958, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was absorbed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Navy ceased operations at the Chincoteague Naval Air Station and Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station. NASA acquired the naval facilities as part of their planned expansion. Since then, NASA has launched numerous research vehicles in the quest for information of the flight characteristics of airplanes, launch vehicles, spacecraft, and upper atmosphere physics. This research has contributed and is contributing significantly to the success of the U.S. space program.
The Navy returned to Wallops Island in the early 1980's, to start construction and development of Surface Combat Systems Center. Today in joint partnership with NASA, NOAA, and the USCG, Wallops Island has capabilities that will extend far into the future to make Wallops Island a leading competitor in state of the art technologies. For more information, go to the SCSC https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/SCSC/.
Population
SCSC is comprised of a hard charging team of over 300 military, civilian and contractor personnel all working together to provide highly technical engineering and training support to the fleet.
33,000 in Accomack County Virginia.
Surface Combat Systems Center is comprised of a hard-charging team of over 300 military, civilian and contractor personnel all working together to provide highly technical engineering and training support to the fleet.
Location
Surface Combat Systems Center is co-located with NASA at the Wallops Flight Facility. SCSC is a highly sophisticated facility uniquely located in a rural setting on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Virginia, which is famous for its wildlife refuges and unspoiled shorelines. The Capt. Eric L. Washam AEGIS Engineering and Training Complex, the Ships Self Defense Facility and the Wallops Island Engineering Test Center are located on the oceanfront of Wallops Island. Each facility contains sufficient equipment to duplicate the combat systems of all operational cruisers, destroyers, amphibious and carriers, as well as the next-generation destroyers and aircraft carriers. With these capabilities SCSC is becoming known as The Battle Group in the Sand.
SCSC's headquarters complex, bachelor quarters Navy Gateway Inn and Suites and Navy family housing units are located just south of the NASA main gate and are designed to co-exist in the tranquil environment of the Eastern Shore. The base operator's phone number is 757-824-1692.
Directions
Salisbury, Maryland – Salisbury Regional Airport 29 miles north
Directions from the North (DC area):
- Take U.S. Rt. 50 East to Salisbury, Md.
- From Salisbury take U.S. Rt. 13 South for about 40 miles.
- Cross the Maryland/Virginia line and after about four miles, head east on Route 175 toward Chincoteague.
- Travel on 175 approximately three miles to your first stop light. Take a left at the light onto Atlantic Road.
- Travel approximately one-quarter mile and the Navy gate will be on your right.
- Enter gate and proceed to Headquarters Building R-30.
Norfolk, Virginia – Norfolk International Airport (ORF) 82 miles south
Directions from the South (Norfolk):
- Cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and travel north on U.S. Rt. 13 for approximately 75 miles.
- Turn right on Rt. 175 toward Chincoteague. Travel on 175 approximately three miles to your first stop light. Take a left at the light onto Atlantic Road.
- Travel approximately one-quarter mile and the Navy gate will be on your right.
- Enter gate and proceed to Headquarters Building R-30.
- Rental Cars are available at both airports.
Directions from the north:
- Take U.S. Rt. 50 East to Salisbury, Md.
- From Salisbury take U.S. Rt. 13 South for about 40 miles.
- Cross the Maryland/Virginia line and after about four miles, head east on Route 175 toward Chincoteague.
- Travel on 175 approximately three miles to your first stop light. Take a left at the light onto Atlantic Road.
- Travel approximately one-quarter mile and the Navy gate will be on your right.
- Enter gate and proceed to Headquarters Building R-30.
Norfolk, Virginia – Norfolk International Airport (ORF) 82 miles south
Directions from the south:
- Cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and travel north on U.S. Rt. 13 for approximately 75 miles.
- Turn right on Rt. 175 toward Chincoteague. Travel on 175 approximately three miles to your first stop light. Take a left at the light onto Atlantic Road.
- Travel approximately one-quarter mile and the Navy gate will be on your right.
- Enter gate and proceed to Headquarters Building R-30.
Incoming personnel should have their copy of orders, military I.D. card, driver's license and auto insurance information. Families with school-aged children should have their birth certificates, immunization records, Social Security cards and current physical certification.
Base Transportation
Currently, there is no base transportation on this installation.
Contact Information
Public Affairs Officer
757-824-1692
Command Duty Officer
757-894-0769
