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Four Navy Researchers Receive the Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award for Patented Inventions For Aircraft Safety System

Arlington, Va.—Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Jay M. Cohen will present the Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award for Patented Inventions to four Navy researchers in a ceremony at the Office of Naval Research on Thursday, December 15, 2005.

December 15, 2005

ONR funds basic science in support of counter-IED efforts

Basic research program aims to increase counter-IED predictive capabilities

November 14, 2005

ONR Technology on Display at Modern Day Marine

Arlington, Va.—The Office of Naval Research is teaming up with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory to display some of the latest technologies being developed, tested, and fielded for the U.S. Marine Corps.

September 09, 2005

Guarding Giants with Tiny Protectors

Nanorobot fabrication makes ultrasmall sensors possible

September 06, 2005

NOAA, Navy Continue Hunt For Lost Civil War Submarine Alligator

NOAA, with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), will return this week to the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” to continue the hunt for the Alligator, the U.S. Navy’s first submarine.

September 06, 2005

Loco for Microscopic Sea Life

Despite all of the elbow room the open ocean offers miniscule life forms such as phytoplankton, bacteria, and viruses, these creatures sometimes converge into patches called “thin layers.”

August 31, 2005

Memo to Editors: Navy Christens the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator

Arlington, Va.—The Office of Naval Research announces the christening of the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD) on August 24, 2005.

August 23, 2005

New Water Purifier Prevents Drinking Water Shortage at Remote Coast Guard Station

high-volume water purification system developed by the Office of Naval Research has proven itself in a real-world emergency situation, providing a remote U.S. Coast Guard station with enough potable water to last through an Alaska winter.

August 04, 2005

AUV Competition Challenges Next Generation of Engineers

From August 4 through August 7, teams of international students from 21 high schools, colleges and universities will pit their unmanned underwater vehicles against each other for $20,000 in scholarship money.

August 01, 2005

2005 Naval-Industry R&D Partnership Conference

The 2005 Naval-Industry R&D Partnership Conference will take place July 26-29 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The theme, “Enabling Naval Innovations to Win the Global War on Terrorism,” will promote the Navy/Marine Corps objective to rapidly develop...

July 14, 2005