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Before the sun had even risen over Wallops Island, Va., on 10 December 2005, a joint Office of Naval Research/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency vehicle achieved a world first. At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique (FASTT) vehicle became the first air-breathing, liquid hydrocarbon fuel-powered scramjet engine to fly.

Arlington, Va. – In-water demonstrations of over 30 unmanned vehicle systems and related technologies will highlight this year’s AUV Fest 2005 at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington. The AUV Fest will be held in conjunction with the Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Test & Evaluation (UMV T&E)...

From August 4 through August 7, teams of international students from 21 high schools, colleges and universities will pit their unmanned underwater vehicles against each other for $20,000 in scholarship money.

The Department of Defense announced the award of $43.9 million to academic institutions for the purchase of research instrumentation.

When designing a rotary aircraft such as a helicopter or tilt-wing, engineers must strike a balance between the blade angle that works best for forward flight and the angle that works best for vertical flight.

The Navy will christen X-Craft as Sea Fighter (FSF 1), Saturday, February 5, 2005, during a 12 noon PST ceremony at the Nichols Bros. Boat Builders yard in Freeland (Whidbey Island), Washington.

Basic research program aims to increase counter-IED predictive capabilities

The 2005 Wolf Prize for Physics has been awarded to Prof. Daniel Kleppner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is funding three projects to evaluate virtual reality therapy for treatment of acute post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Top students in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition will be awarded scholarship prizes from the Office of Naval Research.