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Navy Announces Winners of its First Distinguished Fellows Program for HBCU/MIs

The Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program—located at the Office of Naval Research—recently announced the inaugural winners of its Distinguished Fellows Program.

December 15, 2021

'Our Time to Innovate is Now': Chief of Naval Research Reimagines Naval Power for 21st Century

Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby recently expanded on his remarks about reimagining naval power from November’s HacktheMachine Unmanned competition.

December 08, 2021

Unraveling 'Knotty' Problems: ONR Helps Launch New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

Recognizing the modern need for bold answers to complex naval challenges, ONR has sponsored the creation of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation (GKC)—a new academic center dedicated to helping the U.S. government re-envision its approach to national security...

December 03, 2021

ONR Sponsors New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

ONR continues its 75-year-old commitment to fostering innovation with the sponsorship of a Stanford University-based academic center formally launching next week.

November 26, 2021

How Science is Finding Ways to Navigate in GPS-Denied Environments

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global selected and co-funded with the U.S. Army Development Command the winning proposal of its second annual Global-X Challenge.

November 23, 2021

ONR Chief Unveils New Vision to Reimagine Naval Power

Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby last week introduced a new vision for future naval power—one based on faster development of unmanned, autonomous systems, vibrant partnerships with industry and academia, and reimagined naval formations.

November 22, 2021

Navy's HACKtheMACHINE Challenge Seeks New Ideas for Unmanned, Autonomous Tech

Sign up to participate in the HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned competition, which will be held virtually on Nov 16-19.

November 12, 2021

Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Announces Winners of Naval Horizons Essay Contest

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest, organized by the Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research.

October 20, 2021

ONR at 75: Virtual Anniversary Event to Highlight Future of Naval Power

On Thursday, Sept. 30, senior naval and congressional leaders will participate in a special Office of Naval Research-sponsored virtual event to discuss “The Future of Warfare.”

September 27, 2021

Sure Shot: ONR Tests Tech to Improve Marines' Shooting Accuracy, Resiliency

ONR recently tested two systems designed to improve Marines' marksmanship performance: the Human Performance EcoSystem and the Joint Marksmanship Assessment Package.

September 16, 2021