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ONR hosted an Innovation Industry Days (I2D) event on Monday, Sept. 21 through Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. The purpose of this event was to communicate and solicit feedback on ONR’s science and technology (S&T) roadmaps projected over the next 15 years. Insights gathered during this event will directly inform future ONR S&T opportunities.
ONR seeks to engage industry (both traditional and non-traditional), commercial, and innovative partners interested in addressing the Navy's future needs, particularly within Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 1-6. Discussions centered on the eleven ONR Focus Areas (FAs) and supporting Research Areas (RAs):
Adversarial AI and Autonomy; Intelligent and Collaborative Agents; Perception and Understanding; Autonomous Systems Control; Agile, Assured AI and Autonomy
Electromagnetic Warfare; Surveillance, Sensors, and Phenomenology; Resilient Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT); Communications and Networking; Command, Control, and Information Dominance; Full-Spectrum Cyber; Naval Space Sensors and Effects; Naval Quantum S&T
High Energy and Pulsed lasers; High Power Microwaves; Counter Directed Energy Weapons; DE Lethality and Operations Analysis; DE Capabilities Enablers; Propulsion Systems and Airframes; Improved Payloads; Find, Fix, Track, Target Enablers; Weapon Networking and Autonomy
Warfighter Development and Decision Superiority; Warfighter Physiology, Performance, and Resilience; Biomanufacturing for Fleet Sustainment; Integrating Warfighters and Autonomy
Process and Automation; Digital Tools; Integrated Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies
Sensor Materials; Extreme Environment materials and Processes; Sustainable and Operationally Robust Materials; Integrated Materials Systems Technology; Power Electronics; Plasma Sciences
Resilient Naval Systems Science and Engineering; Integrated Cyber Physical Systems; Complex Systems and Design Sciences
Sea-Based Aviation; Naval Aviation Readiness and Sustainment; Advanced Autonomy and Integration; Aircraft Propulsion, Power, and Thermal Management
Understanding the Physical Battlespace; Battlespace Sensing Technology; Battlespace Prediction Systems; Battlespace Exploitation
Energy Storage; Power Generation; Thermal Management; Power Distribution, Control, and Resilience
Undersea Sensors; Undersea Distributed Systems; Undersea Exploitation; Undersea Weapons and Effects
Date & Time
Monday, Sept. 21, to Friday, Sept. 25, 2026
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Location
George Mason University, Ballston Auditorium
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Downloads (slides)
AI and Autonomy (PDF, 2.32 MB)
C5ISRT/Space (PDF, 2.59 MB)
Directed Energy (PDF, 2.41 MB)
Human and Biological Systems (PDF, 2.30 MB)
Kinetic Systems (PDF, 1.69 MB)
Manufacturing (PDF, 2.47 MB)
Materials/Electronics (PDF, 2.40 MB)
Naval Aerospace (PDF, 2.36 MB)
Naval Engineering (PDF, 2.02 MB)
Ocean, Atmosphere and Space (PDF, 1.61 MB)
Undersea Systems (PDF, 1.95 MB)
Need Assistance?
Please email: ONR.I2D@us.navy.mil