News Releases

ONR recently sponsored a series of STEM workshops, highlighting the science behind prosthetic limbs, for students whose parents are current or former military personnel.

ONR is sponsoring the development of new specialized tests to assess the cognitive abilities and personality traits of potential Navy and Marine Corps unmanned aviation systems (UAS) operators.

ONR Chief Protocol Officer Joe Tello recently was named Protocol Officer of the Year for 2017 by the Protocol & Diplomacy International - Protocol Officers Association.

More than 300 high school and college engineering students tested their mechanical, electrical, computer and systems engineering skills while competing for cash prizes at the recent 20th International RoboSub Competition.

At the Naval Future Force S&T Expo, the Chief of Naval Research announced the finalists of the CNR Concept Challenge, a historic call for innovative ideas to support the Navy and Marine Corps of the future.

The ONR-sponsored Flashing Light to Text Converter (FLTC) is a ship-to-ship communication system that may enable U.S. Navy vessels to use their signal lamps to text message each other.

Young engineers recently competed in the 14th biennial International Submarine Races, held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Autonomy and the future force were in the spotlight, as nine student-led teams tested their maritime engineering skills during the 10th annual International RoboBoat Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.

At the upcoming Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, the chief of naval research will announce a new strategic direction for the Navy’s science and technology and research and development programs.

With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Dr. Binoy Ravindran, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, has designed a system that could revolutionize how military and commercial computing systems perform.