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Taking the Heat: Navy Tests New Submarine Steam Suits

With guidance from ONR's TechSolutions Program, NAVSEA partnered with NCTRF to design a new steam suit for use on nuclear-powered submarines. The suit currently is being tested during at-sea drills on the USS Toledo.
April 11, 2017

ONR and GM Partner to Test Advanced Fuel Cell Vehicles of the Future

As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines in General Motors (GM) Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles (FCVs).
March 18, 2009

Visceral Reality

The stuff of Army and Marine Corps boot camp is legendary - mud, grueling marches, hours of, climbing and crawling with the requisite 100-lb pack, through smoke, barbed wire, gun and missile fire, with sweat, little sleep, scanty rations, and punishing, in-your-face "trainers." The culminating final...
October 03, 2002

Florida Schools, U.S. Navy Partner at Science Fairs to Influence Student Careers

Structured to pique students´ career interests in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics, the 47th Three Rivers Science and Engineering Fair was hosted, Feb. 19, at the Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC).
February 27, 2008

Flying Metal Detectors? Navy Tests New Unmanned Mine-Detection System

ONR recently tested the new Mine Warfare Rapid Assessment Capability (MIW RAC), an unmanned aerial drone that detects mines and provides real-time search data to a handheld device.
June 01, 2017

Detecting Breast Cancer with a New Algorithm

What does remote sensing for camouflaged enemy ground vehicles have to do with breast cancer diagnosis? By next year, perhaps plenty. A smart sensor fusion algorithm modeled on the human visual/brain "unsupervised" learning system and a 200 channel hyperspectral remote sensing capability have been...
September 04, 2002

TechSolutions and Marines Bring a Decades-Old Process into the 21st Century

Assessing surf zone conditions has never been an exact science for the Department of the Navy. That’s about to change thanks to a recent request to TechSolutions, which has resulted in new surf observation (SUROB) technology to make operational forecasts more precise. For the past six months, a team of scientists and engineers from the Naval Research Lab (NRL) and the U.S. Army’s Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) have been developing the technological tools needed to create a more precise surf observation report. In order to gain greater insight into how the surf observation tool may improve warfighter operations, NavalX recently organized a workshop that brought together the science and engineering developers with the Sailors and Marines who would use it. TechSolutions received the request less than a year ago for a technology-driven solution for surf observation from Maj. Zachary Taylor, a technology officer with the Marines’ Warfighting Lab. Within weeks, TechSolutions began working with the development team at NRL and ERDC to come up with a prototype.
April 04, 2024

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

Accelerating Collaboration: NJOC Introduces New Tool for Connecting with Senior Leaders

The U.S. Navy’s first management advisory group — known as Naval Junior Officer Counsel (NJOC) — recently unveiled a new method for sharing ideas, insights and concerns with senior leadership.
July 19, 2022

Wanted: Industry Partners to ‘SCOUT’ for Solutions to U.S. Pacific Fleet Challenges

ONR SCOUT is an ongoing, multiagency campaign to identify new ways to bring novel capabilities to warfighter challenges, experiment with them in realistic operating conditions, and operationalize them in partnership with the fleet and force. As part of its continued evolution, SCOUT is now partnering with U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) to address problem areas identified by both warfighters and senior leadership. The SCOUT team is inviting industry partners to discuss cutting-edge concepts and solutions during an Industry Innovation Exchange on Tuesday, April 4, during the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
March 29, 2023