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The Energy System Technology Evaluation Program, or ESTEP, a program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is offering a double-win for the nation: Navy and Marine Corps veterans are being connected to advanced internships in energy fields, with the ultimate goal of long-term energy sustainability for the future fleet and force.

An ONR-sponsored researcher has partnered with a video game company to build a customized game that measures factors thought to boost human learning and cognition.

Marines Take a Byte Out Of Complex Mission Planning "When carrying out a mission, Marine aviators don't take off without a plan," says ONR science officer Tom McKenna. "A definitive plan is critical. This is because flight schedules are more than just timetables-any scheduling must consider the...

Commander Dylan Schmorrow of the U.S. Office of Naval Research became the first recipient of the Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award, presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) on October 2. The officers of the HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group selected Schmorrow for this award, which was presented at the 4th Augmented Cognition International Conference in Baltimore.

More than 225 representatives of technology-focused small businesses joined a webinar, Oct. 23, to learn the ins and outs of the contracting process for awards through the Office of Naval Research. The Office of Small Business (OSB) at ONR initiated the webinar with the help of Virginia PTAC, an APEX Accelerator program that is partially funded through the Department of Defense (DoD) and administered by George Mason University.

To enhance the decision-making capabilities of Marines, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines recently held a weeklong exercise called Spartan Emerging Technology and Innovation Week at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Autonomy and the future force were in the spotlight, as nine student-led teams tested their maritime engineering skills during the 10th annual International RoboBoat Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.

ONR-sponsored researchers found a new way to precisely measure the vortices created by birds’ wings during flight, shedding greater light on how these creatures produce enough lift to fly.

Navy researchers hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun program with its 1000th fire on Oct. 31.

Published quarterly by the Office of Naval Research, the Winter 2016 issue of Future Force is now available to the public.