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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Command, Control, Computers and Communication (C4) Thrust seeks to improve C4 capabilities for naval warfighters with an emphasis on small units, asymmetric and irregular warfare, information analysis and communication, and distributed operations. Its technology investment areas include network-centric warfare and interoperability, over-the-horizon communications gateways, and small-unit technologies.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Fires thrust seeks to enable warfighters employed in small, distributed units with tools to locate and decisively destroy larger enemy forces by applying timely, reliable, precise, and accurate fires from a myriad of platforms. Products will equip warfighters with integrated, lightweight optics and sensors to see through all battlefield conditions (day, night, low light, obscuration) and lightweight, organic, advanced weapons for the rapid, accurate, effective application of firepower.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Force Protection Thrust seeks to develop and mature technologies that provide protection from myriad modes of enemy attack throughout the spectrum of warfare, including concepts such as asymmetric and irregular warfare and distributed operations which concentrate on the small unit (battalion and below) and individual warfighter levels.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Human Social, Culture and Behavior Modeling Program invests in research on building capability through the development of a knowledge base, building models, and creating training capacity in order to understand, predict, and shape human behavior cross-culturally.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Human Performance Training and Education (HPT&E) Thrust seeks to develop, evaluate and deliver scientifically proven methodologies and technologies that enable the cognitive and physical superiority of Marines. This thrust seeks to develop technologies, architectures, and systems that accelerate the training at the individual and team level by enhancing physical and cognitive preparedness.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Thrust seeks to develop and leverage advanced technologies for applications in future intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems. It also seeks to enhance situational awareness to enable real-time tactical decision making for distributed operations and provide proactive and predictive capabilities for asymmetric and irregular warfare.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Logistics Thrust seeks to provide Marines of the future with a precisely tailored level of sustained logistic support from sea-based platforms to rapidly maneuver forces ashore. Logistic delivery systems of the future will be more responsive and flexible, enabling Marines to out-pace rapidly changing operational scenarios. Likewise

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Maneuver Thrust explores technologies to increase the warfighting capabilities and effectiveness of the Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force with emphasis on improving survivability and enhancing maneuver and maneuver-enabling systems in both decentralized and asymmetric warfare. Marine forces of the future will be significantly more agile, lethal, mobile and survivable.