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Deadline-Driven: Students Have Until Jan. 15 to Participate in Naval STEM Initiative

College students have until Friday, Jan. 15, to apply to Naval STEM's Naval Horizons initiative.
December 17, 2020

Robots Powered by the Ocean Itself

They call them "gliders," but these move through water instead of air. Two new robotic gliders—autonomous underwater vehicles—powered by changes in their own buoyancy or by different temperature layers in the ocean—will be tested opera-tionally off Southern California this winter. Both gliders were...
October 02, 2002

ONR-Funded Microgrid Powers 'World Green City'

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), a leader in the exploration of renewable power, played a major role in the development of a new “World Green City” unveiled in Thailand on Dec. 12 as a prototype community powered by alternative energy sources.
January 01, 2012

Keeping it Real: Virtual Trainer Upgrades Boost Shipboard Flight Ops

Sailors responsible for directing the movement of helicopters aboard ships have a new, more authentic training tool sponsored by ONR TechSolutions.
October 23, 2013

Media Advisory: Office of Naval Research Introduces a Mobile Science & Technology Lab at TechEnterprise 2004

The Office of Naval Research will host a media preview and blessing ceremony August 17 for the
August 13, 2004

ONR Kicks Off Fall Lecture Series by Addressing Dwindling Number of U.S. Engineers

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Office of Naval Research (ONR) launched its fall Distinguished Lecture Series on Sept. 21 at its headquarters with a presentation addressing the shortfall of engineers in the United States. Dr. James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and professor of science and engineering at the...
September 23, 2011

'Lucky Day': Navy Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Deepest Ocean Dive

The U.S. Navy recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the ONR-sponsored Trieste dive to the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the ocean.
January 31, 2020

Current Knowledge: New Research Ship is Ready for Duty

Amid booming fireworks and the joyful cheers from a large crowd of well-wishers, the brand-new research vessel (R/V) Neil Armstrong recently arrived at its new home at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
April 14, 2016

Young Guns: Up-and-Coming ONR Talent Honored by White House

For achievements in fields ranging from robotic learning to photovoltaics, six researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research were honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
May 12, 2016