California Homeland Security Consortium (CHSC)
Web site: http://www.nps.edu/chsc/
Led by Executive Director, Dr. Dan Boger, the primary objective of the CHSC is to capitalize on member synergies to identify and address homeland security science and technology capabilities gaps through collaborative research, education and product/service development resulting in improved allocation of resources for first responder organizations. CHSC is a collaborative effort of several premiere research, governmental, industry, and educational organizations. CHSC activities include:

• Promoting undergraduate and graduate programs focused on national security. 
• Conducting research on critical issues in homeland security (HLS). 
• Conducting field trials of technology and operational processes, policies and doctrines among participating agencies at all levels of government and industry.
• Facilitating planning among communities and organizations to prevent or mitigate the effects of HLS incidents.

Center for Asymmetric Warfare (CAW)
Web site: http://www.cawnps.org/
Led by Director Alan Jaeger, the Center for Asymmetric Warfare (CAW) is a federal government organization established in 1999 in recognition of the need to support U.S. military forces and local/state/federal organizations in identifying, countering and controlling the effects of Asymmetric Warfare (AW) in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The CAW since has established itself as a leader in its field.

The CAW is committed to providing the best exercises, training, technology and education in an integrated environment in an effort to enable participants to achieve their goals and objectives.

In 2008, the CAW joined the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) as a satellite division, located at Point Mugu, CA and is aligned under the Research Department. As part of NPS, the CAW has the flexibility to operate across the four institutes and four schools that make up the university. It also allows the CAW to capitalize on the expertise of the many distinguished alumni, faculty and students that can perform their research as part of their advanced education.

Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare
Web site: http://www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/cjsew/
Led by Director, Dr. Phil Pace, the Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare (CJSEW) provides a host of simulation and modeling tools and hardware research to support the U.S. national electronic warfare strategy. With 16 participating faculty and staff members and support from 16 sponsors, the CJSEW provides a wide variety of state-of-the-art research capabilities. Specific focal areas of research include missiles and missile simulators, electronic surveillance systems, laser and radar cross section engineering, atmospheric modeling, RF propagation modeling, C2W mission planning, information warfare strategies, communications and radar jamming, shipboard self-protection systems, and high speed signal processing. The mission of the Center is to provide state-of-the-art EW research tools and resources to meet the needs of the DoD and industrial players.

Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation (CENETIX)
Web site: http://cenetix.nps.edu/cenetix/
Led by Director, Dr. Alex Bordetsky, CENETIX studies advanced wireless networking and emerging collaborative architectures for unmanned aerial, ground and underwater vehicles. CENETIX is an active support element of the Tactical Network Topology (TNT) experiments through the operation of the TNT testbed facilities, integration with the Global Information Grid, and exploration of new frontiers in self-organizing, unmanned vehicle, decision-maker networks. TNT is an extensive, week-long, quarterly exercise that uses simulated battlefield scenarios to develop, evaluate and improve warfighter communications, real time video and biometrics utilizing unmanned air, ground and sea vehicles, and uses active Special Operations forces as evaluators. CENETIX is a collaborative effort with Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California Santa Barbara, and other academic allies together with a diverse group of corporate partners.