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What Lies Beneath

Office of Naval Research is to examine this mystery from air, land, sea, and
September 29, 2003

Ready for the Fight: Accelerating Cloud-Based Warfare Systems

As conflicts become compressed in time and more complex, with an increasing number of data sources and platforms feeding information to warfighters, it is a challenge to build and share a complete and accurate operational picture.
September 16, 2019

Disaster Relief: How Can AI Improve Humanitarian Assistance?

On Aug. 2-3, ONR co-hosted a workshop discussing how artificial intelligence could be used to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
January 01, 2018

Rocket Science Leads to Discovery About Whale Hearing

New scans are providing detailed three-dimensional replicas of a whale’s hearing anatomy using a breakthrough method developed by marine biologists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division (N45).
November 23, 2009

Unmanned Vehicles Take the Man Out Of the Minefield

As festivals go, AUVFest 2007 was more than a little unusual.
June 21, 2007

ONR Sponsors New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

ONR continues its 75-year-old commitment to fostering innovation with the sponsorship of a Stanford University-based academic center formally launching next week.
November 26, 2021

Bridging Innovation and Capability: ONR, NavalX and Tech Bridges

On Sept. 3, ASN RDA James Geurts announced the creation of Tech Bridges, a partnership between ONR and the Naval Expeditions (NavalX) Agility Office.
September 04, 2019

Navy's Floating Research Platform 'Flips' for its 50th Anniversary

The Department of the Navy’s Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) is celebrating its 50th year of service June 29. With an ability to drift over the ocean like a ship—yet transform into a vertical buoy in pursuit of scientific research—the 355-foot research vessel is able to conduct investigations in a number of fields, including acoustics, oceanography, meteorology and marine mammal observation.
June 22, 2012

Virtual Victories: Marines Sharpen Skills with New Virtual-Reality Games

The U.S. Marine Corps is distributing new “tactical decision kits” to 24 infantry battalions. The kits—which include software sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR)—can be used in field, barracks or classroom settings to provide warfighters with a versatile workspace to practice and hone their decision-making skills.
May 17, 2017

Game On: Virtual Trainer Takes Serious Approach to Electronic Warfare

Missiles are launched at a Navy ship, and Sailors must decide in a matter of seconds how to keep from getting hit. A new
January 01, 2015