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Attention, Science Fans! Naval STEM Launches Newest Naval Horizons Essay Contest

The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its popular Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students.
March 21, 2024

Navy, Marine Corps Spotlight the Future of Amphibious, Autonomous Warfare

Autonomous vehicles, augmented reality systems and advanced wireless networks were among the technologies showcased during S2ME2 ANTX 2017.
May 04, 2017

Listening for an Ocean

Things are crackling on the giant Jovian moon, Europa, and a group of earth-bound ocean scientists funded by the Office of Naval Research are intrigued… could Jupiter's Europa be hiding an ocean of water under that icy surface? A salty ocean… larger than all the oceans of the earth combined? The...
January 01, 2001

Surf's Up!

Catching a wave is one thing. Actually harnessing one and making it somehow useful is quite another. But, that's exactly what engineers at Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) in New Jersey are doing, with Office of Naval Research's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. The idea of using the...
May 01, 2001

NAVSEA Chief Engineer Presents ONR's Next Distinguished Lecture

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will host its next distinguished lecturer Dec. 13 with a narrative that involves a torpedoed ship and global intrigue.
January 01, 2011

A 'Titanic' Influence: Famed Explorer Celebrates Five-Decade Partnership with ONR

Famed explorer Dr. Robert Ballard recently visited ONR to celebrate his 53-year partnership with the command.
February 19, 2020

Bat Sonar and Anti-Submarine Warfare

Dolphins do it. Big brown bats do it. And sometime soon, the Office of Naval Research hopes its researchers will be able to do it too. Echolocation, that is, and turning the processing of such signals into a system that will enable us to mimic a flying bat's ability to detect and classify a flying...
April 01, 2002

Nation's Future STEM Professionals Gather at D.C. Event

ONR will engage with students, families and teachers at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
April 26, 2012

ONR Advanced Technology Cited as TIME Magazine "2008 Best Invention"

Nexi, the humanoid robot, is the result of the cutting edge technology funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) being developed at MIT’s Media Lab
November 14, 2008

New Naval S&T Strategy to be Detailed at Partnership Conference

The recently approved Naval Science and Technology Strategic Plan and its thirteen science and technology (S&T) focus areas will be among the items discussed at the 8th annual Naval S&T Partnership Conference to be held starting on July 30th in Washington, D. C.
June 26, 2007