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The Department of the Navy’s Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) is celebrating its 50th year of service June 29. With an ability to drift over the ocean like a ship—yet transform into a vertical buoy in pursuit of scientific research—the 355-foot research vessel is able to conduct investigations in a number of fields, including acoustics, oceanography, meteorology and marine mammal observation.

The Office of Naval Research developed the Universal Gateway, which collapses the 30 connections on any Navy destroyer, cruiser or carrier between the combat systems (weapons and sensors) and command and control systems into a single portal, rapidly automating data integration, enhancing information assurance and reducing manpower workloads and costs.

A new video provides an in-depth look at three ONR TechSolutions prototype technologies that may soon affect the day-to-day lives of warfighters.

Construction for two new, state-of-the-art Ocean-class Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research vessels research ships funded by the Office of Naval Research officially got underway with a keel-laying and dedication ceremony Aug. 17 in Anacortes, Wash.

The 2012 National SeaPerch Challenge brings top teams from middle and high school together to compete with the underwater robots they’ve built as part of a curriculum designed to boost their skills and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Scientists based in the nation’s capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to set foot outside the Navy’s new robotics laboratory, officials said April 2.

An Office of Naval Research-sponsored effort is moving closer to assisting federal law enforcement officials.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus discussed several ONR-funded technologies during his Dec. 7 visit to a Marine Corps Base in Hawaii.

A new software technology developed by ONR, called C2RPC, may aid a multi-agency task force in the war on drugs.

DCAP is an ONR-funded effort to examine how aircraft carrier flight deck crews will manage manned and unmanned air vehicles.