As the science and technology lead for the Sea Strike pillar of Sea Power 21, the Office of Naval Research Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department is responsible for fostering, planning, managing and executing of scientific research and technology development in the areas of physics, aerospace materials, energetics, surface and air launched weapons, kinetic and directed energy weapons, air vehicle structures and subsystems, modeling and simulation, and air vehicles design. Discovery & Invention (D&I) fosters basic and applied research in these fields.
High-speed weapons discovery and invention focuses on enabling technologies for high-risk high-payoff systems. Key areas of interest include:
- Hypersonics
- Extremely High Temperature Materials
- Thermal Protection Systems
- Weather Effects
- Modeling and Simulation
- Guidance, Navigation, and Control
- High-Gee Electronics
- High Strength to Weight Ratio Structures
- Propulsion
- Adaptive/Scalable Output Ordn
Fiscal Year 2012 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Programs 12-002
FOA12-002 (PDF - 134.24 KB)
Published: September 28, 2011 09:28 AM EST | Full Proposals will be accepted until September 30, 2012 03:00 PM EST
Long-Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology 12-001
12-001 (PDF - 209.78 KB)
Amendment 0001 (PDF - 249.24 KB)
Published: September 28, 2011 02:03 PM EST | Full Proposals will be accepted until September 30, 2012 03:00 PM EST