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1000 miles for the Marines

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced today that during December, 2002 the RST-V (Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting Vehicle) Program completed a three day, 1000 mile demonstration of...
January 24, 2003

Picking Your Way Through a Minefield…Made Easy

If you know where the mines are, you don't necessarily have to sweep them up—just don't drive over them. It comes down to knowing where you are and what's around you—what the military calls "having situational awareness."
January 21, 2003

Meanwhile, Back to Barnacles

"They're very good at what they do, says ONR's Paul Armistead. Powerful even. They work fast, possess a tenacity that is remarkable, make it look easy, and they've been at it since the beginning of time. What's more, they do it underwater. Billions of them glue themselves to ship hulls and cost the...
January 21, 2003

Bringing Bandwidth to the Battlefield

In the world of Information Technology (IT), integrating different software packages is notoriously tough—there are lots of unintended consequences when you try to run different applications together—and even commodity hardware like PCs can break.
January 16, 2003

Diamond in the Rough…and on the Chip

In these tense times, the ability to continuously
January 01, 2003

Breaking Communications "Stovepipes"

An All-Digital Receiver
January 01, 2003

SMALL TALK – THE GABFEST OF MICROBIAL Communication

She thinks they're everywhere. What's more, she thinks they talk to each other.
January 01, 2003

The Terrible Hours, and More

New Book Transcribes Historic Gathering of Submarine Search, Rescue, Diving and Salvage Experts and Survivors
January 01, 2003

Venture Capitalists At Sea

"We must transition the newest capabilities and technology rapidly to the Fleet, the Force, and the larger commercial world," says Susan L. Bales, ONR's Commercial Technology Transition Officer. "We're in the business of delivering Naval capability and driving down cost, and we want to partner with...
January 01, 2003

Affordable Weapons for the War against Terror

Cruise missiles have proven themselves in combat many times since the Gulf War, but the Navy would like to drive their cost down—the ones currently in service cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has a program to use commercially-based equipment to build a...
December 10, 2002