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Wave of the Future: ONR Forum Looks at Amphibious Operations
Technology to impact future amphibious naval operations was in the spotlight, as senior leaders from the Navy and Marine Corps spoke to a packed house at the Office of Naval Research.
September 01, 2015
Monsoon Mission: A Better Way to Predict Indian Weather?
ONR-supported U.S. and Indian researchers have completed a month-long cruise studying summer monsoon conditions in the Bay of Bengal.
September 28, 2015
The In-Crowd: Disaster Relief Gets Extra Eyes from Crowdsourcing
The Office of Naval Research has demonstrated how crowdsourcing may speed response times to critical locations, save lives, and limit damage caused by natural disaster.
August 06, 2014
Loco for Microscopic Sea Life
Despite all of the elbow room the open ocean offers miniscule life forms such as phytoplankton, bacteria, and viruses, these creatures sometimes converge into patches called “thin layers.”
August 31, 2005
Oregon State University's Holman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Kuperman Named to CNO Oceanography Post
The Office of Naval Research has announced that Dr. Robert A. Holman of Oregon State University and Dr. William A. Kuperman of Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been appointed jointly to a four-year term as the FY 2004 Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Research Chair in Oceanographic Science.
August 26, 2003
Power Surge: ONR, Energy Efficiency in the Spotlight
A scientist sponsored by the Office of Naval Research has been named to the National Academy of Inventors for groundbreaking work in energy efficiency using Gallium Nitride (GaN).
February 11, 2016
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
ONR Makes Virtual Training Anywhere, Anytime, a Reality
Marines tested an augmented reality system from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) last week that could revolutionize the way they prepare for battle, allowing them to transform any location into a dynamic training ground.
November 10, 2014
Breakthrough Capability Keeps Subs, Ships on Safe Track
Interactive software that can dramatically cut the time it takes to plan safe submarine missions is crossing over to the surface fleet and is being installed this month on the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53).
January 01, 2014
Navy Announces New Funding Opportunities for Innovative Small Businesses
Navy SBIR-STTR has announced expanded funding opportunities for small businesses through a Broad Agency Announcement, through Feb. 12.
January 24, 2020