NWI aims be the premiere welding, metallurgy, and inspection organization supporting higher education and the industrial workforce. NWI exists to ensure the warfighter that the asset he or she operates will confidently carry out any mission it is tasked to do as a result of superior craftsmanship. Complete confidence will be achieved based on maximum assurance that manufacture, inclusive of material selection, welding, and inspection is carried out in accordance with governing procedures, by astute professionals.