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Enhanced Energy: ONR Global Seeks More Powerful Electronic Devices

Groundbreaking energy research from the United Arab Emirates, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research Global, is the focus of an article published this week in the acclaimed Nature Magazine journal “Scientific Reports.”

December 22, 2016

2025 Young Investigators: ONR Celebrates 40 Years of Cultivating Scientific Talent

Today, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) celebrates the 40th year of its Young Investigator Program (YIP) by honoring the Class of 2025 YIP awardees.

October 21, 2024

Crowdsourced Collaboration: ONR Seeks Players for Futuristic Online War Game

On March 27, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will sponsor the launch of a multiplayer online war game—hoping to recruit a community of more than 1,000 players to collaborate on solving real-world problems facing the U.S. Navy.

March 15, 2017

Energy Action Month: ONR Expands “Green” Reach in Asia-Pacific

Two years after helping to establish a “green city” in Thailand, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is expanding its quest for renewable energy and bringing the latest technologies to other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, officials announced Oct. 22.

January 01, 2014

A Mighty Wind: Using Wind Tunnels to Measure Sound by Deadening the Noise

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored a project at Virginia Tech University nearly 20 years ago that is now growing in influence across the world for measuring aerospace and aeronautical acoustics. Since noise reverberates against solid surfaces, such as the walls of a wind tunnel where acoustical testing takes place, collecting accurate sound data had been nearly impossible at the time. Researchers were also struggling to discern the sound of the wind tunnel’s air flow from the noise of the object traveling through it. After learning about some experiments on Kevlar as a wind screen, William Devenport, an engineering professor and director of Virginia Tech’s Stability Wind Tunnel, said he and a colleague wrote a proposal to then-ONR program officer Ron Joslin to try adding Kevlar to their wind tunnel walls. Devenport submitted the original grant proposal (N00014–04–1–04933) through the FY 2004 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) for alterations to Virginia Tech’s existing Stability Wind Tunnel that would allow it to measure flow-induced noise of relevance to Navy applications.

August 14, 2023

The 2025 GlobalX Innovation Challenge: AI Innovations for Maritime Security Launched

The U.S. Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global), in partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) Singapore, is proud to announce the launch of the GlobalX Innovation Joint Challenge: AI for Advancing Maritime Security. This nine-month international science challenge offers significant research partnerships to encourage groundbreaking research from around the world.

May 19, 2025

The Navy and Navajo Nation: Foundations for a Research Relationship

The Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions program recently held its first outreach event at a Native American university or college—Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico.

October 24, 2019

ONR Global Connecting With International Naval Community at MAST Europe 2011

he Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global is reaching out to global maritime security and defense community members at MAST Europe 2011, June 27-29, in Marseille, France.

January 01, 2011

Onward, Upward: 2022 Naval Horizons Contest Boasts Greatest Number of Winners Yet

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The contest organizer, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO), which is located at the Office of Naval Research, is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere. In the 2022 contest, over 710 students were awarded a $200 cash prize.

January 10, 2023

NAVSEA Chief Engineer Presents ONR's Next Distinguished Lecture

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will host its next distinguished lecturer Dec. 13 with a narrative that involves a torpedoed ship and global intrigue.

January 01, 2011