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ONR-Global Fosters Partnerships With Global Science & Technology Community at ExpoNaval

ONR Partnerships Global Community ExpoNaval
December 12, 2008

ONR Selects 12 to Share $1.2 Million Research Funding Recipients Awarded Seed Money for Specific Promising and Innovative S&T Ideas

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced the 12 winners of the 2008 Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Challenge.
December 03, 2008

PC Magazine Hails ONR-Funded Research as 'Invention That Will Change Everything'

The memristor, a once dormant electronic circuit theory developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), may soon revolutionize PC computing.
November 22, 2008

Warfighters Prove Naval Expeditionary Overwatch Collaboration Is a Success

Officials from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), five Navy Warfare Centers and industry collaborating on the Navy Expeditionary Overwatch (NEO) system’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) technology watched warfighters demonstrate the sophisticated warfighting network at the NSWC...
November 21, 2008

ONR Scientists Collaborate on Directed Energy “Directed Energy Flagship: FEL Showcased”

ONR Collaborates on Directed Energy Symposium
November 17, 2008

USS Freedom (LCS 1) Commissioned Ship's Capabilities Enhanced by ONR Cutting-Edge S&T

The USS Freedom, the Navy’s first littoral combat ship (LCS 1), was commissioned earlier this month at Veterans Park in Milwaukee.
November 14, 2008

ONR Advanced Technology Cited as TIME Magazine "2008 Best Invention"

Nexi, the humanoid robot, is the result of the cutting edge technology funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) being developed at MIT’s Media Lab
November 14, 2008

RDML Nevin P. Carr, Jr. to take ONR's helm: "Next Big Thing" for Navy resides in S&T discovery

Rear Admiral Nevin P. Carr, Jr. is set to take the helm at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in December.
November 04, 2008

ONR Released New Broad Agency Announcement for Science and Technology

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that it has released a Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), effective September 23, 2008.
October 20, 2008

ONR Contributions in Ocean Science Highlighted at Smithsonian's New Ocean Hall Exhibit

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced that it has contributed a video to be showcased in the Ocean News Kiosk at the new Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Sant Ocean Hall exhibit, scheduled to open to the public on September 27, 2008.
September 25, 2008