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On Aug. 2-3, ONR co-hosted a workshop discussing how artificial intelligence could be used to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global is sponsoring new research by Professor Sean Drummond at the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences (MICCN) in Australia to study the impact of fatigue and circadian rhythm disruption on people's decision-making capabilities.

ONR held a successful final helicopter flight demonstration of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.

Science advisors from the Office of Naval Research Global play a key role in today’s naval technology—connecting the warfighter to cutting-edge capabilities in the air, at sea, on land and in the information/cyber domain.

To better protect warfighters during live-fire training, ONR's TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of a new Google Maps-style software tool to map out training areas in great detail.

Leaders from the Departments of the Navy and Defense, and other government agencies, recently met for the third annual SBIR/STTR Training Workshop.

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring new research that may protect Navy divers from the underwater threat of oxygen toxicity.

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring development of a “smart” artificial leg—equipped with special sensors to monitor gait, alert users to prosthetic wear and tear, and warn of potential infection risk.

In an example of international cooperation and scientific collaboration, the Office of Naval Research last week participated in a joint mission to deploy three specialized buoys with sensors into the Arctic Ocean, in the vicinity of the North Pole.

Researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research are compiling real-time ocean observations to help forecasters predict the strength of future tropical storms.