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Mini Machines? ONR Principal Investigator Honored for Nanotechnology Research

Dr. Joseph Lyding, a principal investigator for the Office of Naval Research, received the 2014 Feynman Prize for nanotechnology.
June 02, 2015

Media Advisory: Office of Naval Research Introduces a Mobile Science & Technology Lab at TechEnterprise 2004

The Office of Naval Research will host a media preview and blessing ceremony August 17 for the
August 13, 2004

Research and Development Opportunities for Small Biz with the Office of Naval Research

More than 225 representatives of technology-focused small businesses joined a webinar, Oct. 23, to learn the ins and outs of the contracting process for awards through the Office of Naval Research. The Office of Small Business (OSB) at ONR initiated the webinar with the help of Virginia PTAC, an APEX Accelerator program that is partially funded through the Department of Defense (DoD) and administered by George Mason University.
October 31, 2023

ONR Technology Helps Sailors Toe the Line

The TechSolutions office at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) gets requests for new technologies directly from Sailors on the high seas, or Marines on the front lines—and in answer to just such an inquiry, new footwear could soon be making its way to the fleet, officials announced Feb. 12.
February 12, 2014

Oh, Baby! ONR Research Links Child's Play to Robot Learning

A team of researchers led by Dr. Rajesh Rao, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, recently published a paper showing how robots can learn much like children—amassing data by watching adults do something, determining the goal of the action and then deciding how to perform it on their own. Rao’s work is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
April 07, 2016

Power Savings: ONR Research Helps Navy Curb Kilowatts

With ONR support, engineers at MIT have designed a portable measurement system to precisely monitor the amount of electricity used by household appliances, lighting fixtures and electronic devices.
November 28, 2016

The Cutting Edge: ONR Sponsors Technology Experimentation at Camp Lejeune

To refine new technologies that will strengthen naval sustainment and expeditionary logistics, the Experimentation and Analysis (E&A) office at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global recently sponsored the two-week Technology Operational Experimentation Exercise (TOEE) 2022 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
September 20, 2022

ONR Showcases Technology Priorities at Surface Navy Symposium

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) showcased a number of technologies Jan. 11-13 at the annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) symposium that could influence the total ownership cost of surface ships as well as enhance warfighting capabilities.
January 14, 2011

Australia at the forefront of human‐machine interaction research

Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney are finding ways to increase the capability of human‐machine cooperation, by exploring a novel line of research based in future intent prediction.
January 01, 2020

Happy Birthday, ONR: 70 Years of Game-Changing Science and Technology

As 2016 kicks into gear, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is kicking off a series of events throughout the year to celebrate 70 years of developing cutting-edge science and technology (S&T) for U.S. naval forces.
January 27, 2016