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The 2005 Naval-Industry R&D Partnership Conference will take place July 26-29 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The theme, “Enabling Naval Innovations to Win the Global War on Terrorism,” will promote the Navy/Marine Corps objective to rapidly develop and implement innovative solutions to the unique challenges of this war.

The Office of Naval Research’s Afloat Lab, nicknamed “Starfish,” will make a port visit June 10 through 12 to help celebrate the 29th Annual Norfolk Harborfest.

high-volume water purification system developed by the Office of Naval Research has proven itself in a real-world emergency situation, providing a remote U.S. Coast Guard station with enough potable water to last through an Alaska winter.

Arlington, Va.—The Office of Naval Research is teaming up with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory to display some of the latest technologies being developed, tested, and fielded for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Chief of Naval Research Radm. Jay M. Cohen will present the Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award for Patented Inventions to three Navy researchers in a ceremony at the Office of Naval Research on Thursday, April 7, 2005. The patent awarded to Peter S. McGraw, John L. Drake, and Thomas H. Hanes has helped the Navy find better ways to store plastic waste on board many of its ships.

Dr. Michael Tinkham of Harvard University was presented with the Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science by Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Jay M. Cohen at the Office of Naval Research, Thursday, April 13, 2005. Dr. Tinkham was nominated for his many groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of superconductivity.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently helped solve a simple, yet serious, problem facing Marines deployed overseas: How do you train on weapons systems when live-fire training opportunities and ammunition are at a premium? With ingenuity, virtual reality, and a blowtorch.

The six ships, one submarine, and more than 5,500 Sailors and Marines of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG)-1 are getting the chance to test and evaluate a new low cost, low power, optical communications system.

See working demonstrations of some of the newest research developed during peacetime for results at wartime to benefit Sailors and Marines aboard the Office of Naval Research´s Afloat Lab during its New York City Fleet Week visit

As the Marine Corps look for answers to the deadly dangers of improvised explosive devices in Iraq, and the Navy seeks to protect ships from sea mines and anti-ship missiles, the Office of Naval Research is exploring radically new approaches to designing metals that could lead to effective blast shielding for military units—and protection for civilian targets against terrorist attack.