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Old School Meets New School: Flight Deck Ouija Boards Go Digital
The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of the Deployable Ship Integration Multitouch System—DSIMS, for short—to make the jobs of aircraft handlers easier.
June 15, 2017
Sound Off! The Navy, Hearing Protection and Mobile Devices
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the development of a new app to help warfighters learn about hearing protection on their mobile Android devices.
January 31, 2017
Cyber Boost: New Operating System Will Improve Navy Computing Power
With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Dr. Binoy Ravindran, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, has designed a system that could revolutionize how military and commercial computing systems perform.
June 20, 2017
Navigating the Waters: Today's Autonomy, Tomorrow's Engineers
Autonomy and the future force were in the spotlight, as nine student-led teams tested their maritime engineering skills during the 10th annual International RoboBoat Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.
June 30, 2017
Wanted: A New Way to Find Pilots for U.S. Navy Unmanned Aircraft
ONR is sponsoring the development of new specialized tests to assess the cognitive abilities and personality traits of potential Navy and Marine Corps unmanned aviation systems (UAS) operators.
August 30, 2017
Text Tech: Can Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging?
The ONR-sponsored Flashing Light to Text Converter (FLTC) is a ship-to-ship communication system that may enable U.S. Navy vessels to use their signal lamps to text message each other.
July 17, 2017
Flying Metal Detectors? Navy Tests New Unmanned Mine-Detection System
ONR recently tested the new Mine Warfare Rapid Assessment Capability (MIW RAC), an unmanned aerial drone that detects mines and provides real-time search data to a handheld device.
June 01, 2017
More than Play: Can Video Games Train Sailors and Marines?
An ONR-sponsored researcher has partnered with a video game company to build a customized game that measures factors thought to boost human learning and cognition.
January 01, 2017
FIST2FAC: The Future of Navy Combat Training?
ONR recently demonstrated new and improved training technology at the Fleet Integrated Synthetic Training/Testing Facility (FIST2FAC) on Ford Island, Hawaii.
April 11, 2016
Promising Basic Research: The 2016 ONR Young Investigators
The Office of Naval Research announced today awards of $25 million through its 2016 Young Investigator Program (YIP), to 47 scientists whose exceptionally creative research holds promise.
March 03, 2016