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The Navy’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Milwaukee, will be the first to benefit from new high-power density waterjets aimed at staving off rudder and propeller damage experienced on high-speed ships.

Student-built autonomous underwater vehicles will speed through the depths of a Navy pool in a battle for supremacy at the 16th International RoboSub Competition, July 22–28, co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Association of Unmanned Vehicles International Foundation.

The Office of Naval Research is kicking off a new program called the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System.

The Navy has awarded $70 million to a West Coast-based shipyard to begin building the second of two modern oceanographic research vessels, the Office of Naval Research announced Feb. 9

The Navy’s chief of naval research, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, met this week with leaders from U.S. and Canadian government agencies to address research efforts in the Arctic, in response to dramatic and accelerating changes in summer sea ice coverage.

The Office of Naval Research has completed the first year of a multi-year augmented-reality effort, developing a system that allow trainees to view simulated images superimposed on real-world landscapes.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences on Sept. 28 to develop robotic rotorcraft capable of supporting rapid autonomous aerial cargo delivery to the battlefield.

The first industry-built Electromagentic Railgun prototype launcher will undergo government evaluation.

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.