News Releases

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.

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.

Nanorobot fabrication makes ultrasmall sensors possible

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.”

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

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.

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.

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...

The Office of Naval Research’s Afloat Lab, nicknamed “Starfish,” will make a port visit June 10 through 12 to help celebrate the 29th Annual Norfolk Harborfest.

Arlington, Va. – In-water demonstrations of over 30 unmanned vehicle systems and related technologies will highlight this year’s AUV Fest 2005 at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington. The AUV Fest will be held in conjunction with the Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Test & Evaluation (UMV T&E)...