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Ideas in Flight: ONR TechSolutions Delivers New Realistic Flight Simulator

A new innovation in aviation training, featuring a simulator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions program, delivers a better way to prepare future Navy pilots.

August 15, 2024

Battle Blimps: ONR-Sponsored STEM Contest Shows Creativity of Student Engineers

The Office of Naval Research recently sponsored the Defend the Republic STEM competition at George Mason University in Virginia. The contest featured lighter-than-air vehicles, also called blimps.

August 01, 2024

Fine Fellows: DoN HBCI/MI Program Honors Winners at Distinguished Fellows Symposium

The DoN HBCU/MI Program recently hosted its Distinguished Fellows Symposium at the Office of Naval Research. The DoN HBCU/MI Distinguished Fellows Program provides HBCU/MI professors with faculty release time for three years, enabling them to focus exclusively on naval-relevant research.

July 24, 2024

ONR Global Names Dr. Marcus Tepaske as New Technical Director

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global has promoted Dr. Marcus Tepaske to the role of Technical Director, where he will lead experts in finding cutting-edge technologies and solutions and getting them into the hands of Sailors and Marines.

July 09, 2024

Gray Matter: ONR-Sponsored Neuroscientists Receive 2024 Brain Prize

Two Office of Naval Research (ONR)-supported professors — Dr. Terrence Sejnowski of the University of California, San Diego and Dr. Haim Sompolinsky of Harvard University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — recently won the 2024 Brain Prize for pioneering contributions to computational and...

June 26, 2024

Worldly Perspective: SECNAV Talks S&T with ONR Global in Chile

The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Hon. Carlos Del Toro, recently convened with representatives from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global's office in Santiago, Chile.

June 24, 2024

Bright Minds: Students Win CNR Scholarship Awards at International Science Fair

For excellence in research areas such as rocket engines and autonomous vehicles, the Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the 2024 Regeneron International...

June 12, 2024

National Strategy on Aquatic Environmental DNA

Today, the White House Office of Science, Technology, and Policy (OSTP) released the “National Strategy for Aquatic Environmental DNA.” The Environmental DNA (eDNA) Task Team had 10 federal agencies participating in drafting the strategy and included significant scoping and engagement of the private...

June 03, 2024

Semper Science: ONR Showcases S&T Efforts at Modern Day Marine

The Office of Naval Research participated in Modern Day Marine, held April 30-May 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Modern Day Marine is the largest military equipment, systems, services and technology exposition exclusively targeted to the Marine Corps.

May 07, 2024

Electric Boat Competition Sparks Interest in Naval Science Careers

Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the “Promoting Electric Propulsion” (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In...

April 22, 2024