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Power, Propulsion and Thermal Management

The Power, Propulsion and Thermal Management program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.
March 18, 2022

Impressive Impact: ONR Program Officer Celebrated for Career Achievements

The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) has awarded its most prestigious accolade — the Harold E. Saunders Award for Lifetime Achievement — to Kelly Cooper, a program officer in the Office of Naval Research (ONR)’s Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, for outstanding contributions to the Navy and nation over her career.
May 16, 2023

Smartphones to Steer Unmanned Rotorcraft on the Battlefield

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences on Sept. 28 to develop robotic rotorcraft capable of supporting rapid autonomous aerial cargo delivery to the battlefield.
October 03, 2012

ONR Program Officer Named AAAS Fellow for ‘Visionary Leadership’

For his “multi-decade visionary leadership role in setting and shepherding the research agenda in AI and computational neuroscience at the Office of Naval Research [ONR],” Dr. Tom McKenna recently was named a 2023 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
August 30, 2024

U.S. Navy Demonstrates World's Most Powerful Electromagnetic Railgun at 10 MJ

The Navy´s Office of Naval Research successfully conducted a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. An invited audience, including the Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Gary Roughead, witnessed this revolutionary technology in action.
January 31, 2008

Oceanographic Research Facilities Program

The Oceanographic Research Facilities program manages, under a charter party agreement with selected universities, the operation and maintenance of all oceanographic research vessels owned by ONR for Department of the Navy.
March 18, 2022