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ONR, NRL Garner Four 2025 Dr. Dolores M. Etter Awards

The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Dr. Peter Squire received two 2025 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineer awards for his contributions to warfighter lethality and readiness during a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Dr. Brett A. Seidle, the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition on June 25.
July 10, 2025

Smart Materials For a Next-Gen Vehicle

The Marine Corps' M1A1 Abrams tanks and light armored vehicles that pulled heavy duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom are expected to serve us well until 2015 and 2020.
December 22, 2003

Titanic Discoverer Embarks on ONR Mission to Boost STEM Education

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to employ his tele-presence technology comprising advanced robotics and high-bandwidth ship-to-shore communications in support of ocean exploration and STEM education.
April 18, 2012

CDR Dylan Schmorrow Receives First Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award

Commander Dylan Schmorrow of the U.S. Office of Naval Research became the first recipient of the Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award, presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) on October 2. The officers of the HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group selected Schmorrow for this award, which was presented at the 4th Augmented Cognition International Conference in Baltimore.
October 19, 2007

Autonomous Swarmboats: New Missions, Safe Harbors

Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay—with results that show dramatic new possibilities for autonomy in future naval missions.
December 14, 2016

ONR Demonstrates Revolutionary Infantry Immersion Trainer to Joint Chiefs Chairman

The Chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, witnessed Marines in action Tuesday as they confronted loud explosions and thick smoke in the Infantry Immersion Trainer´s virtual Iraqi village.
February 19, 2008

Best and Brightest: ONR, 2018 Young Investigator Program

The Office of Naval Research announced awards of $16 million through its 2018 Young Investigator Program. The awards were made to 31 scientists whose research holds strong promise across a wide range of naval-relevant science and technology areas.
February 21, 2018

Partnership Power: ONR, ASNE Talk S&T Innovation, Maritime Dominance at Symposium

The Office of Naval Research and the American Society of Naval Engineers recently held the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T)/Combat Systems/Technology, Systems and Ships Symposium in Arlington, Virginia.
December 30, 2024

ONR-Funded Microgrid Powers 'World Green City'

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), a leader in the exploration of renewable power, played a major role in the development of a new “World Green City” unveiled in Thailand on Dec. 12 as a prototype community powered by alternative energy sources.
January 01, 2012

Energize: ONR Supports New Energy Partnership

ONR highlighted its ESTEP program during the Naval Energy Forum on Oct. 18, 2012.
October 18, 2012