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ONR-Sponsored Students Compete in Robotics Challenge 

Students from McKinley Technology High School, coached by Naval Reserve Program’s Cmdr. Jim Grove, participated in For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology’s (FIRST) regional Washington, D.C. competition. ONR donated top-of-the-line parts to be included in McKinley team's robot kit, part of an ongoing effort to support science, engineering, mathematics and technology (STEM) educational programs. Details

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Integrated Technology Demonstrated

Image - DT-02The ONR Developmental Test (DT) - 02 for the Operational Adaptation Integrated Technology Demonstration is intended to pull together from disparate and disaggregated sensor technologies -- including air, surface, and subsurface -- militarily relevant information through one common operations center.

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Beginnings in 1946

On August 1, President Harry S. Truman approves legislation establishing the Office of Naval Research (ONR), charging ONR to "...plan, foster and encourage scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance as related to the maintenance of future naval power." Click through an interactive timeline to see how ONR has grown since.

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