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More than a Feeling: ONR Investigates 'Spidey Sense' for Sailors and Marines
Hunches are 50-50 propositions, but Navy researchers want to know if those facing the unexpected in the heat of battle can be trained to guess right more often than not.
January 01, 2014
ONR Technology Helps Sailors Toe the Line
The TechSolutions office at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) gets requests for new technologies directly from Sailors on the high seas, or Marines on the front lines—and in answer to just such an inquiry, new footwear could soon be making its way to the fleet, officials announced Feb. 12.
February 12, 2014
Wave of the Future: New Technology Could Impact Ships at Sea
Sea tests concluding Sept. 19 demonstrated the Environmental and Ship Motion Forecasting System.
September 26, 2013
Lightning Strikes: ONR Adds Speed, Precision to JSF Manufacturing
A faster, more precise way to create cockpit enclosures may end up saving the F-35 Lightning II program a significant amount in manufacturing costs.
January 01, 2013
ONR Names New Executive Director for Acquisition Management
The Office of Naval Research tapped Rick ONeil, recently elevated to the Senior Executive Service, to manage its Acquisition Department and the thousands of grants, contracts and other transactions ONR has with research institutions and industry around the world in the constant pursuit of innovation.
June 06, 2013
Brilliant at Any Age: ONR Researchers, Robots and MIT
Three researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research are being recognized as outstanding innovators by the MIT Technology Review, which is published to show how the world is being dramatically shaped by new technology.
September 07, 2016
Advanced Weapon System Helps ONR Respond to Navy Needs
By Rob Anastasio ONR Corporate Strategic Communications ARLINGTON, Va -- The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS), an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored technology, could soon give the U.S. Navy and coalition military ships an upper hand in swiftly defeating multiaxis attacks by small...
July 16, 2010
Fiery Ice From the Sea
If you know anything about methane gas – and the Office of Naval Research thinks you should – it probably has something to do with swamp gas, and a faintly unpleasant sulfurous smell that rises from country marshes on sultry, summer evenings, or perhaps – for more romantic types – stories of Will-o'...
November 01, 2002
From Tanks to Tumors
What does remote sensing for camouflaged enemy ground vehicles have to do with breast cancer diagnosis? By next year, perhaps plenty. Both find threats in hidden in innocent clutter. The Office of Naval Research's newly developed 200 channel hyperspectral remote sensing capability — modeled on the...
August 22, 2002
Snakes, Robots, and the War on Terrorism
It's mighty daunting to be called a " brilliant young innovator" whose " work and ideas are apt to change the world…a visitor from the future, living among us here and now." Talk about pressure. But that's exactly what MIT's Technology Review Magazine called Howie Choset, mechanical engineer and...
November 01, 2002