The Aerospace Engineering Department
of the United States Naval Academy
Welcome to the Aerospace Engineering Department Homepage
The Aerospace Engineering Department offers one of the most
exciting and challenging academic programs at the Naval Academy. The program is
structured to produce naval officers who will meet the challenges of serving in
such areas as naval aviation, space, and research and is accredited by The Engineering
Accreditation Commission of the ABET (www.abet.org), the United States’ accreditor
of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering,
and technology. For more information see the full
Department Overview, which offers a more
in-depth understanding of Aerospace at USNA.
Department Mission: Provide the Navy and Marine Corps with engineering graduates capable of growing to fill engineering, management and leadership roles in the Navy, government, and industry, maturing their fascination with Air and Space systems.
Vision: Mission fulfillment requires a program throughout which Midshipmen Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (www.cdio.org) complex mission-effective aerospace systems in a modern team-based environment.