News Releases
Robo-Gung-Ho
"Gung ho" means "work together," and that's what Texas-based Geneva Aerospace, Inc. has got its flying robots doing. Using technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory with the support of the Office of Naval Research, Geneva Aerospace showed that a single human operator can control...
February 05, 2003
ONR Announces Young Investigator Program Awards
The Office of Naval Research today announced the award of 26 grants totaling $8.4 million as a result of the Fiscal Year 2002 ONR Young Investigator Program competition. A total of 260 proposals were submitted in response to this year's program announcement. The Young Investigator Program supports...
February 05, 2003
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
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
The Terrible Hours, and More
New Book Transcribes Historic Gathering of Submarine Search, Rescue, Diving and Salvage Experts and Survivors
January 01, 2003
Diamond in the Rough…and on the Chip
In these tense times, the ability to continuously
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