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MLD Test Moves Navy a Step Closer to Lasers for Ship Self-Defense

The Office of Naval Research and its industry partner on April 6 successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, which disabled a small target vessel.
January 01, 2011

Think Big, Start Small: Navy SBIR/STTR Program Can Help Advance Your Ideas

Leaders from the Departments of the Navy and Defense, and other government agencies, recently met for the third annual SBIR/STTR Training Workshop.
November 14, 2017

ONR Raises Bar on Small Business Partnerships

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is a supporter of small business and has goals to strengthen those ties in the coming years, officials said Oct. 24.
October 24, 2012

Office of Naval Research Wants to Innovate at Startup Speed

Responding to a call from top military leaders to accelerate delivery of technology to the warfighter, officials from the Office of Naval Research recently launched a program designed to spur innovation in the Navy and Marine Corps.
March 29, 2018

Exceptional Engineering: Naval Employees Earn Black Engineer of the Year Awards

Four Department of the Navy (DoN) employees at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) won 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) from the US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine.
February 18, 2021

Navy's HACKtheMACHINE Challenge Seeks New Ideas for Unmanned, Autonomous Tech

Sign up to participate in the HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned competition, which will be held virtually on Nov 16-19.
November 12, 2021

Cooking an Innovation Stew: Promoting NavalX at Naval S&T Symposium

Scott Bewley, NavalX’s deputy director of business operations, gave a presentation about his organization at the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T)/Combat Systems/Technology, Systems and Ships Symposium in Arlington, Virginia.
December 31, 2024

Rocket Science Leads to Discovery About Whale Hearing

New scans are providing detailed three-dimensional replicas of a whale’s hearing anatomy using a breakthrough method developed by marine biologists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division (N45).
November 23, 2009

A Cyber Moment: ONR Reservist Wins Federal 100 Award

On March 26, Lt. Cmdr. Tom McAndrew became the first ONR Reservist to win a Federal 100 Award.
March 27, 2015

Two High-Tech Navy Research Vessels Enter Construction Phase

Construction for two new, state-of-the-art Ocean-class Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research vessels research ships funded by the Office of Naval Research officially got underway with a keel-laying and dedication ceremony Aug. 17 in Anacortes, Wash.
August 20, 2012