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Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder will discuss opportunities for academia and industry to engage in various Office of Naval Research autonomy and robotics programs.

Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, the Office of Naval Research’s 24th chief, spoke about the Navy’s increasing reliance on maritime robotic systems at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) annual conference Aug. 8.

ONR will stream the 2012 Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference live Oct. 22-24, 2012.

Touting a joint project to create a next-generation cruise missile with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Oct. 22, the new director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency stressed the need to find radical ways to shape the future battlefield.

On Feb. 28, Navy officials announced the firing of the Navy's first industry-built electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher.

ONR's Electromagnetic Railgun program is evaluating the second of two industry railgun prototype launchers at a facility in Dahlgren, Va., officials announced Oct. 9, 2012.

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

Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced a new program Oct. 22 to optimize tactical handheld technology for quick decision-making in the field.

The Office of Naval Research is awarding a phase II contract to Aerovel Corp. to develop flight controls for the Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The Department of the Navy’s Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) is celebrating its 50th year of service June 29. With an ability to drift over the ocean like a ship—yet transform into a vertical buoy in pursuit of scientific research—the 355-foot research vessel is able to conduct investigations in a number of fields, including acoustics, oceanography, meteorology and marine mammal observation.