ONR Global News Releases
ONR Global sponsors winning round of naval Hacking for Defense challenge in Chile
The Avante 2020 Challenge, with the financial support of the local Naval Polytechnic Academy through its INNOVAPOLINAV program, the Production Development Corporation (CORFO), and the Office of Naval Research Global, selected two winning teams to develop a technological solution to a set of problems...
January 01, 2021
Office of Naval Research Global Launches Second Round of 'Global-X' Challenge Focused on Polar Science
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global, in its sustained mission to become the partner of choice for the worldwide international Science and Technology (S&T) community, will launch the second round of Global-X, a nine-month international science challenge worth up to $500,000, to encourage...
January 01, 2021
ONR Global Leads Iceberg Tagging in Greenland for International Maritime Situational Awareness
A recent activity was executed with participants from Denmark, Canada and the United States using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deploy GPS tags onto icebergs near Disko Bay, Greenland.
January 01, 2021
Fusing the Gap: ONR Global Team Develops Tech with Sailors and Marines
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global Experimentation and Analysis (ONRG E&A) connects scientists, engineers, and industry partners with Sailors and Marines in the field, to better understand and develop technologies that will help operators achieve their objectives.
January 01, 2021
ONR Global Welcomes New Leadership, Celebrates 80th Anniversary during Change of Command
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global welcomed new leadership during a change of command ceremony at the Admiralty House Garden in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, while also commemorating its 80th anniversary. Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby officiated the ceremony, which was...
January 01, 2021
Coronavirus Defense: Navy Develops 3D-Printed Tactical Masks for U.S. Forces Korea
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global TechSolutions is working with multiple partners to develop prototypes of 3D-printable (also called additive manufactured) masks for use at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.
June 17, 2020
Office of Naval Research Global Launches $750K 'Global-X' Challenge
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global has launched Global-X, a nine-month international science challenge worth up to $750,000, to encourage groundbreaking research from all around the world.
April 22, 2020
ONR Global-Sponsored Researcher Receives Prestigious Prize in Solid Mechanics
Dr. Vikram Deshpande, an engineering professor at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom—whose research has been supported by both the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and its international arm, ONR Global—recently received the 2020 Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics.
March 02, 2020
Quantum computing: How early funding from U.S. Navy and Army supports groundbreaking technology
Quantum computers may be able to help create new pharmaceuticals, understand chemical reactions, solve certain problems that are otherwise intractable, create new materials and allow for highly disruptive applications in numerous sectors.
January 01, 2020
Understanding the Influence of Coherent Flow Vortices on Surface Ship Maneuvering
Professor Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud of the Hamburg University of Technology in Germany provides details of this ONR Global funded project, which aims to understand the influence of coherent flow vortices on ship maneuvering.
January 01, 2020