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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

TechSolutions: New Technology in the Hands of Warfighters in 12 Months or Less

In the world of science and technology (S&T), getting a new product to warfighters in less than five years is nearly unheard of—unless you are talking about the TechSolutions program, which puts newly developed prototypes into warfighters’ hands in 12 months or less.
January 01, 2020

Not Your Grandfather's Jersey: Navy Testing New Fire-Resistant Clothing

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is answering a Sailor’s request for delivery of new flight deck clothing that could significantly boost personnel safety on aircraft carriers across the Navy.
March 05, 2013

Felling Antenna Forests AMRC-C

In today's new world of network centric warfare, where there is an ever-greater dependence on vast amounts of information that must be received and transmitted, too many antennas are a shipboard problem. They're heavy, they tend to interfere with one another, and they're unstealthy because they...
December 03, 2002

Guarding Giants with Tiny Protectors

Nanorobot fabrication makes ultrasmall sensors possible
September 06, 2005

ONR-funded STEM Program Offers Peek Into World of Real "CSI"

The Office of Naval Research funds a CSI-styled summer camp at Southern Methodist University.
July 20, 2011

Simulation Technology Shows Navy How to Take a HIT

The Navy soon will begin using an Office of Naval Research (ONR) technology to predict injuries and improve medical responses in any kind of attack on ships, officials announced today.
February 12, 2015

Waste Not, Want Not

Waste heat
May 11, 2004

Brain Control

Even the least graceful among us has motor control the most high-tech unmanned undersea vehicle would envy, thanks to a region of the brain that allows our bodies to carry out complex maneuvers.
May 11, 2004

ONR Robotics Enter the COVID-19 Fight

A decontamination robot sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and designed by several local universities was recently tested in Richmond, Va. The robot—initially designed for shipboard firefighting and maintenance tasks—has now been enlisted in the fight against Covid-19.
October 19, 2020