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Surveillance Vehicles Take Flight Using Alternative Energy

Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence.
March 30, 2009

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

Thinking Outside the Box

"I want you to think out of the box," said the Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral Jay Cohen to Paul Lowell when he tasked him to find some different - perhaps high-risk - answers to some of the Navy's most challenging problems. "And you may fail most of the time…. that's no problem. The bigger...
January 01, 2001

ONR Global to Open Office in Prague on Feb. 26

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) reached an agreement to establish an ONR Global liaison office in Prague, Czech Republic, on Feb. 26.
February 05, 2010

Onward, Upward: 2022 Naval Horizons Contest Boasts Greatest Number of Winners Yet

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The contest organizer, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO), which is located at the Office of Naval Research, is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere. In the 2022 contest, over 710 students were awarded a $200 cash prize.
January 10, 2023

Stirred, Not Shaken: Bond for Future Ships, iMacs Has ONR Roots

A state-of-the-art welding process refined for use in naval shipbuilding by the Office of Naval Research has crossed over to the world of computing.
January 01, 2012

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

Battle of the RoboSubs: Young Engineers Compete for Underwater Supremacy

After months of planning, it all came to down to this one moment—the 19th annual international RoboSub Competition, held in San Diego, California, July 25-30.
August 05, 2016

Fast Fluency: Can We Identify Quick Language Learners?

New ONR-sponsored findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults picked up a second language.
June 30, 2016

Magnetic Power Offers Energy-Saving Alternative

The Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) continues to pursue aggressive energy goals established by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, with the design of a system that controls electrical flow for lighting, a highly efficient platform that may spark a new era of power savings.
September 23, 2010