News Releases

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is funding three projects to evaluate virtual reality therapy for treatment of acute post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) will host a joint exhibit at the 2005 Sea-Air-Space conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC, March 22-25 (http://www.sasexpo.org/2005).

The 2005 Wolf Prize for Physics has been awarded to Prof. Daniel Kleppner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for

The Department of Defense announced the award of $43.9 million to academic institutions for the purchase of research instrumentation.

When designing a rotary aircraft such as a helicopter or tilt-wing, engineers must strike a balance between the blade angle that works best for forward flight and the angle that works best for vertical flight.

The Navy will christen X-Craft as Sea Fighter (FSF 1), Saturday, February 5, 2005, during a 12 noon PST ceremony at the Nichols Bros. Boat Builders yard in Freeland (Whidbey Island), Washington.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently helped solve a simple, yet serious, problem facing Marines deployed overseas: How do you train on weapons systems when live-fire training opportunities and ammunition are at a premium? With ingenuity, virtual reality, and a blowtorch.

Breaking glass, a rattling chain-link fence—if you´re a guard on watch at a military base, these sounds might get your adrenaline pumping as you look around for their source.

The Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global), which provides international science and technology (S&T) outreach for the U.S. Department of the Navy and serves as a direct interface between the naval forces and the Naval Research Enterprise, announces the launch of a new Internet web site at...

While some are still cleaning up from the series of hurricanes that plowed through the Caribbean and southern United States this season, scientists supported by the Office of Naval Research are busily cleaning up valuable data collected during the storms.