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Researchers deployed the system, called “Rough Rhino,” aboard U.S. aircraft, ships and partner nation ships operating in waters off the coast of Senegal and Cape Verde. Sailors and Coast Guardsmen could access and control the sensors both afloat and ashore, as well as share information in a real...

Owned by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, R/V Roger Revelle, an auxiliary general purpose oceanographic research vessel (AGOR 28), arrived in Vietnam on June 22. Its visit highlights partnership between ONR and the Vietnamese Ministry of...

The competition—sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation—is an autonomous robotics challenge where teams put their autonomous surface vehicles through a marked navigation channel and a series of challenges. The goal is to...

The Department of the Navy’s Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) is celebrating its 50th year of service June 29. With an ability to drift over the ocean like a ship—yet transform into a vertical buoy in pursuit of scientific research—the 355-foot research vessel is able to conduct...

Betsy DeLong of the Office of Naval Research’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Department, is a recipient of the 2011 Technology Transition award given annually by the Department of the Navy to an individual or team for successfully...

Dr. T. X. Hammes, a distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, gave a presentation titled “Offshore Control: A Strategy for an Unlikely Conflict.”

Two ONR-supported scientists awarded the prestigious 2012 Kavli Prize for nanoscience and neuroscience.

The Office of Naval Research’s ocean research is yielding enhanced weather and ocean prediction models that help Navy leaders understand how to route ships around the globe safely, reducing fuel consumption and avoiding ice flows.

Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder will be the keynote luncheon speaker June 4 at the Navy Opportunity Forum, discussing the Navy’s investment in small businesses.

The Office of Naval Research is featuring some of its cutting-edge technologies and project-based educational outreach tools at Fleet Week New York May 23-30.