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Crawler Reconnaissance

It can follow a search instruction plan, classify, and map underwater mines in turbulent ocean surf zones. It travels about 6 feet per second on land, and about 2 feet per second in the water.
July 08, 2003

Trilateral Engagement: Strengthening Naval Partnerships for Future Challenges

On April 3, 2025, the International Engagement Office (IEO) of the Office of Naval Research Global, successfully orchestrated the inaugural Trilateral Naval Capabilities and Science and Technology Talks, bringing together over 100 participants from across the globe.
April 03, 2025

NRL Senior Scientist receives Office of Naval Research Conrad Award

A senior scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory received the Office of Naval Research’s Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for making outstanding contributions in the field of research and development for the U.S. Navy.
June 01, 2018

New Chief of Naval Research to Unveil Updated Research Strategy

Chief of Naval Research RADM Mat Winter to unveil updated S&T plan at upcoming event.
January 21, 2015

ManTech Program Is Helping to Reduce Per-Unit Cost of Virginia-Class Subs

The Navy’s ManTech office, managed by the Office of Naval Research, is continuing to support the Virginia Class Program Office in its efforts to reach its cost reduction goals as mandated by the Chief of Naval Operations.
April 11, 2008

U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Unite: ONR Global's London Tech Bridge Fuels Transatlantic Leap in Naval Readiness

In a first-of-its-kind transatlantic hybrid event, the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy recently converged at His Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth and Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, to explore how cutting-edge computer vision technologies can revolutionize the maintenance and sustainment of platforms across air, land, and maritime domains, bolstering overall warfighting capabilities.
August 08, 2025

Face Time: ONR-Sponsored Tech Reads Facial Expressions for Autism Symptoms

Thanks in part to support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), there's an app that may screen for autism by reading kids' facial expressions for emotional cues.
December 30, 2015

Polar Priorities: Senior Defense Officials Discuss Arctic, Antarctic Science and Research

Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mat Winter met in Finland last week with counterparts from five nations in a first-ever gathering of senior defense officials to coordinate science and technology research in high latitudes.
February 26, 2016

Wave of the Future: ONR Forum Looks at Amphibious Operations

Technology to impact future amphibious naval operations was in the spotlight, as senior leaders from the Navy and Marine Corps spoke to a packed house at the Office of Naval Research.
September 01, 2015

ONR Achieves Highest Ranking on Industry Association Scorecard

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has ended fiscal year 2023 with the highest rating from the Professional Services Council (PSC) for its outreach, transparency and thoroughness in acquisition forecasts. The Department of the Navy’s ranking on the PSC scorecard is a big change from previous years according to Ellen Simonoff, director, Office of Small Business Programs. She said last year the DoN pushed an initiative to get a higher ranking and succeeded, in part, by getting all of the Navy commands to have their long-range acquisition estimates correspond to each other in terms of how and what information was published.
November 20, 2023