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ONR Global Leads Iceberg Tagging in Greenland for International Maritime Situational Awareness

A recent activity was executed with participants from Denmark, Canada and the United States using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deploy GPS tags onto icebergs near Disko Bay, Greenland.
January 01, 2021

Minnow Versus Shark: Robo-battles, ONR and the Future Force

For the past three years, the Daytona Beach Homeschoolers have competed against the finest technical universities in the world—and they've been winning.
August 11, 2015

One Giant Leap: ONR Delivers New Research Vessel to Oceanographic Institution

On Sept. 23, the Office of Naval Research turned over R/V Neil Armstrong to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
September 24, 2015

ONR Leverages Social Media to Promote Programs and Reach Diverse Audiences

Taking its science-minded message to the Web, ONR launched profiles on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube earlier this year. The digital media initiative is part of a multipronged approach to help ONR communicate more directly and quickly with partners across government, academia and private industry.
September 08, 2010

Promising Basic Research: The 2016 ONR Young Investigators

The Office of Naval Research announced today awards of $25 million through its 2016 Young Investigator Program (YIP), to 47 scientists whose exceptionally creative research holds promise.
March 03, 2016

Advisory: Trieste Pioneer to Receive Major Navy Award

The Department of the Navy will present the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to retired Navy Capt. Dr. Don Walsh in a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard on April 15.
March 23, 2010

Twelve Finalists Selected by ONR for CNR Challenge

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today that 12 white paper submissions are finalists in the 2008 Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Challenge.
September 23, 2008

New Admiral Takes Helm at ONR

RADM Nevin P. Carr, Jr. assumed the duties and responsibilities as the 22nd Chief of Naval Research (CNR) effective today.
December 15, 2008

Thinking Outside the Box

"I want you to think out of the box," said the Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral Jay Cohen to Paul Lowell when he tasked him to find some different - perhaps high-risk - answers to some of the Navy's most challenging problems. "And you may fail most of the time…. that's no problem. The bigger...
January 01, 2001

U.S. Navy's Patent Portfolio Ranked #1 Among Government Organizations Worldwide

Navy scientists lead their peers when it comes to newly patented discoveries and inventions, according to the 2010 Patent Power Scorecard published by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
June 21, 2010