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ONR Raises Bar on Small Business Partnerships

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is a supporter of small business and has goals to strengthen those ties in the coming years, officials said Oct. 24.

October 24, 2012

MLD Test Moves Navy a Step Closer to Lasers for Ship Self-Defense

The Office of Naval Research and its industry partner on April 6 successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, which disabled a small target vessel.

January 01, 2011

Office of Naval Research Selected to Lead Technical Management of Vital New Joint Training Program

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been selected by the Pentagon to manage a critical, one-of-a-kind futuristic training program in which warfighters would train here at home in preparation for the types of small, urban and borderless conflicts that have spread throughout the middle east and other regions of the world.

January 30, 2009

ONR Selects 12 to Share $1.2 Million Research Funding Recipients Awarded Seed Money for Specific Promising and Innovative S&T Ideas

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced the 12 winners of the 2008 Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Challenge.

December 03, 2008

When Every Minute Counts

A razor nick during a much-too-close-shave ten years ago may result in hundreds of thousands of lives saved in the future. Scientist Frank Hursey was working with absorptive materials back in the late 80’s when he cut himself shaving. He picked up a volcanic mineral he’d been studying and decided to...

May 30, 2002

Eavesdropping on the Brain

The brain is a remarkable piece of work. At a given moment, from a blizzard of incoming data - visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, taste, memory, etc. - it knows instantly how to classify what information it wants, and discard or store the rest. One sound in a roomful of noise. One object in...

May 01, 2001

Virtual Training for Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Crews

A collaborative effort between the Office of Naval Research Global TechSolutions program and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division has resulted in a new technology called Flight Deck Crew Refresher Training Expansion Packs (TEPs) that will deliver cutting-edge training to Sailors and Marines.

November 29, 2018

ONR's Augmented Reality System Gives Marines New Perspective on Combat Training

On Oct. 15, Marines participated in the fifth and final demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-developed Augmented Immersive Team Trainer (AITT) system, an augmented reality technology that represents a major breakthrough in Marine Corps combat training.

October 21, 2015

Mini Machines? ONR Principal Investigator Honored for Nanotechnology Research

Dr. Joseph Lyding, a principal investigator for the Office of Naval Research, received the 2014 Feynman Prize for nanotechnology.

June 02, 2015

LDUUV-INP, Swarming UAVs on display at Sea-Air-Space

For the first time ever, ONR will unveil the Large Displacement UUV and Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology at the Sea-Air-Space Expo.

April 08, 2015