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The Future Is Now: Navy's Autonomous Swarmboats Can Overwhelm Adversaries

CARACaS, the Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing, can be put into a transportable kit and installed on almost any boat.

October 05, 2014

TRACER: Sailors Use Augmented-Reality to Train for Combat

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global TechSolutions program has teamed with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command and industry partners, Magic Leap Horizons and Haptech Inc., to develop a breakthrough AR training environment known as the Tactically Reconfigurable Artificial Combat Enhanced Reality (TRACER) system.

July 24, 2019

Meet the 2014 Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year

On June 12, several researchers affiliated with the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Research Laboratory won the prestigious 2014 Dr. Delores M. Etter award.

June 15, 2015

Forging Partnerships in the Americas: Naval Leaders Gather at SIANC S&T Conference

For Dr. Brett Seidle — the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Engineering — the breakneck speed of current scientific progress and technological proliferation can be challenging, especially when the impact of new technologies on civilian and military realities transcends national borders. While giving the keynote address at the recent Specialized Inter-American Naval Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation (SIANC-ST&I) in Orlando, Florida, Seidle identified several scientific disciplines that have developed into top naval priorities: unmanned and autonomous systems, cyber and information warfare, and maritime domain awareness, to name a few.

May 18, 2023

TechSolutions Helps Delivers Solution to Warfighter within Two Months of Request

As the lead of curriculum for the Naval Aviation Maintenance Center for Excellence Training (NAMCE-T) unit at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Point Mugu, California, Master Chief Avionics Technician Andrew Karsten wanted to give his students more than just PowerPoint instruction. He wanted them to get a feel for the parts of the plane they were going to be tasked with repairing – the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. However, obtaining parts for that hands-on experience was going to be a challenge. Karsten reached out to TechSolutions and asked, if there was a way to potentially obtain a 3D printer or connect him to somebody who could provide 3D printing services. TechSolutions is the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) rapid response program that addresses warfighter needs by quickly developing science and technology-driven solutions. Although the request was out of scope for the program, which does not facilitate getting commercially available products, TechSolutions took immediate action to help. Dr. Scott Steward, then-deputy director of TechSolutions, connected with colleagues in their network to find someone who may be able to support the warfighter’s request. Sailors and Marines interested in learning more about TechSolutions may email the team at ONR_TechSolutions@navy.mil.

December 18, 2023

Big Data, 3D Printing and Robots: Marine Corps Commandant Touts ONR S&T

Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller recently visited the Office of Naval Research to get a close-up look at some of the latest technologies being developed for the U.S. Marine Corps.

May 10, 2016

Autonomy, Advanced Materials in Focus as ONR, Indian Scientists Meet

Answering the call to help build and strengthen international partnerships, the Office of Naval Research and ONR Global have increased scientific cooperation with the Indian government in recent weeks.

September 10, 2015

Celebrating Science: DoN Promotes Student Outreach at Navy League STEM Expo

The Sea Cadets—members of a maritime-based program established by the Navy League of the United States to create a favorable image of the Navy on the part of American youth—were getting ready for a robotics competition they would hold at the next day’s Navy League STEM Expo.

April 22, 2022

Navy Acquisition Chief: Continue Science & Technology Investment

The naval community must be able to steer investments toward the technologies that provide the greatest promise of benefit to Sailors and Marines, said the Navy's acquisition chief Nov. 10 at the 2010 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Partnership Conference.

November 12, 2010

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Joins Fleet with Technologies Developed by the Office of Naval Research

The nation’s 10th and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), was commissioned on 10 January with a host of new technologies developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR

January 15, 2009