News Releases
Prototype Weld Seam Facing Tool for DDG 1000 Successfully Tested at Shipyard
Butt welding exterior ship panels together produces a weld protrusion that exceeds DDG1000 fairness requirements.
World-Famous Undersea Explorer and Archeologist Returns to ONR Roots
Perhaps most recognized for recovering the wreck of the RMS TITANIC, deep-sea explorer and underwater archaeologist Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D., returned to his roots at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Navy’s premier destination for the best and the brightest to perform cutting-edge research
Navy Metalworking Center Team Earns 2008 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award
Work done on a Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) project was recognized with a 2008 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award, which is given by the Department of Defense Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP).
iMAST Receives Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award
At the recent year-end Defense Manufacturing Conference, a Navy National Shipbuilding Research Program project titled: Naval Submarine & Carrier Propulsion Shipbuilding Research Program project titled: Naval Submarine & Carrier Propulsion Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award.
Office of Naval Research Delivers Innovative Technology Aimed at Integrating Marine Infantryman and Combat Equipment
After nearly a decade of investment and collaboration involving Hollywood set designers and military experts on virtual reality, engineers with the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) warfighter-focused TechSolutions Program recently delivered another cutting-edge technology to the Marine Corps Systems...
Navy Metalworking Center Participates in DMC 2008
The Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) participated in the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC 2008) in Orlando, Florida, 1-4 December 2008. NMC team members talked with many of the 1,000+ attendees from government, industry and academia about the center’s capabilities and successes in implementing...
Marine Corps Lightens its Load with Office of Naval Research Technology
At the joint meeting of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC), held 26 January 2009, ONR showcased current and future technology investments aimed at providing lighter load solutions for Marine Corps warfighters.
Office of Naval Research Selected to Lead Technical Management of Vital New Joint Training Program
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been selected by the Pentagon to manage a critical, one-of-a-kind futuristic training program in which warfighters would train here at home in preparation for the types of small, urban and borderless conflicts that have spread throughout the middle east and...
Office of Naval Research Key Partner at the “Rebooting Computing Summit” to Reignite Interest in Computer Science
With graduates in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields declining, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is partnering with computer science experts to encourage and inspire the next generation of technology professionals.
NMC Project Work Featured in Welding Journal
The American Welding Society’s Welding Journal has published work done by the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) to reduce a specific environmental hazard to welders.