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Office of Naval Research to Co-Sponsor Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Demonstration
A major exercise and demonstration of unmanned autonomous undersea vehicles (AUVs) will take place in Narragansett Bay from May 12-23, 2008 during AUVfest 2008
April 28, 2008
Expanding Horizons: Naval STEM Initiative Focuses on High School, College Students
The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program recently launched the newest version of its Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students.
October 24, 2022
Freeze Fighter: Warmer Wetsuit Will Increase Navy Dive Time
To protect U.S. Navy divers operating in freezing conditions, ONR is sponsoring work to design a wetsuit mirroring the insulating properties of animal blubber, allowing divers to swim in frozen waters for longer periods of time.
September 04, 2018
Exceptional Engineering: Naval Employees Earn Black Engineer of the Year Awards
Four Department of the Navy (DoN) employees at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) won 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) from the US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine.
February 18, 2021
Battle Blimps: ONR-Sponsored STEM Contest Shows Creativity of Student Engineers
The Office of Naval Research recently sponsored the Defend the Republic STEM competition at George Mason University in Virginia. The contest featured lighter-than-air vehicles, also called blimps.
August 01, 2024
Incubating Ideas: Agility Summit Showcases Innovative Solutions to Naval Challenges
Four teams from the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School and Navy Information Operations Command Texas pitched innovative solutions to naval challenges during an educational challenge at the Naval Agility Summit—held Sept. 21-25 in Alexandria, Virginia. The event—which people attended virtually and physically—was hosted by the NavalX Agility Cell (also known as NavalX) and supported by multiple partners, including the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
October 02, 2020
Profitable Partnerships: Chief of Naval Research Stresses Global Collaboration at Panel
Cyber and electronic warfare, shrinking defense budgets, and critical international science and technology partnerships were some of the key concerns for seven military leaders from around the world who met at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
May 19, 2016
Warfighters Prove Naval Expeditionary Overwatch Collaboration Is a Success
Officials from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), five Navy Warfare Centers and industry collaborating on the Navy Expeditionary Overwatch (NEO) system’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) technology watched warfighters demonstrate the sophisticated warfighting network at the NSWC Dahlgren test range Nov. 20.
November 21, 2008
FIST2FAC: The Future of Navy Combat Training?
ONR recently demonstrated new and improved training technology at the Fleet Integrated Synthetic Training/Testing Facility (FIST2FAC) on Ford Island, Hawaii.
April 11, 2016
Gray Matter: ONR-Sponsored Neuroscientists Receive 2024 Brain Prize
Two Office of Naval Research (ONR)-supported professors — Dr. Terrence Sejnowski of the University of California, San Diego and Dr. Haim Sompolinsky of Harvard University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — recently won the 2024 Brain Prize for pioneering contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.
June 26, 2024