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ONR Leverages Social Media to Promote Programs and Reach Diverse Audiences

Taking its science-minded message to the Web, ONR launched profiles on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube earlier this year. The digital media initiative is part of a multipronged approach to help ONR communicate more directly and quickly with partners across government, academia and private industry.

September 08, 2010

CNR to Talk Naval Innovation and Capabilities at Sea-Air-Space

Can the U.S. Navy’s current force structure model, which has been immensely successful since World War II, remain strong in the face of new threats—or does it require an overhaul? How can the Department of the Navy (DoN) meet future challenges and strengthen its ability to develop and adopt new capabilities?

March 30, 2022

Ready Player One: Video Games and the Navy Future Force

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring work to determine if computer games can help Navy recruits find military jobs they’ll enjoy and turn into long-term careers.

July 19, 2018

Robot Rumble: NSWC Philadelphia-Mentored Team Wins Big at FIRST Robotics Championship

A high school team mentored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently won a world title at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas.

September 04, 2024

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

Global-X Challenge awards over $1 million

The international science challenge launched by the Office of Naval Research Global selects four teams with revolutionary concepts.

January 01, 2020

Rewarding Work: ONR Autonomous System Finalist for Aviation Award

The National Aeronautic Association announced AACUS as one of its finalists for the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy, one of the top aviation awards in the world.

February 13, 2018

Department of the Navy Announces 2015 Young Investigators

The Department of the Navy named 36 recipients of the 2015 Young Investigator Program on April 30, 2015.

April 30, 2015

Terrific Tech: BEMR, EMILY on Display at Sea-Air-Space

Robotic lifeguards, virtual and augmented realities, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can autonomously swarm and overwhelm an enemy—all will be on display to the public during the Sea-Air-Space Exposition.

May 11, 2016

Air Time: DoN Celebrates New Class of Navy, Marine Corps JROTC Flight Academy Grads

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is celebrating the next generation of graduates from the Navy and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academy.

August 22, 2024