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Assessing surf zone conditions has never been an exact science for the Department of the Navy. That’s about to change thanks to a recent request to TechSolutions, which has resulted in new surf observation (SUROB) technology to make operational forecasts more precise. For the past six months, a team of scientists and engineers from the Naval Research Lab (NRL) and the U.S. Army’s Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) have been developing the technological tools needed to create a more precise surf observation report. In order to gain greater insight into how the surf observation tool may improve warfighter operations, NavalX recently organized a workshop that brought together the science and engineering developers with the Sailors and Marines who would use it. TechSolutions received the request less than a year ago for a technology-driven solution for surf observation from Maj. Zachary Taylor, a technology officer with the Marines’ Warfighting Lab. Within weeks, TechSolutions began working with the development team at NRL and ERDC to come up with a prototype.

Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the “Promoting Electric Propulsion” (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has grown from a single university to 34, with more than 200 students who took part in the five-mile races on Broad Bay in Virginia Beach. Dr. Steve Russell, program officer, Sea Warfare and Weapons department, said he launched the PEP competition with a colleague from ASNE, Dr. Leigh McCue, and Tim Cullis, Naval Sea Warfare Center Carderock, after seeing a public race by local hobbyists in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Aero S&T of Cost-Efficiency & Capabilities in Naval Domain (ASCEND) program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Aircraft Technology Applications program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Maritime Fires program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Advanced Capabilities Integration program — a part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department — guides applied research through advanced technology development to acquisition programs of record in the areas of kinetic weapons, directed energy systems and weapons, and naval aircraft systems.

The Precision Fire Control and Low-Cost Interceptors program is a part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Advanced Capability Applications program is a part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Weapons Lethality program is a part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.

The Advanced Autonomous Systems - Super Swarm program is a part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.