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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

New Chief of Naval Research to Unveil Updated Research Strategy

Chief of Naval Research RADM Mat Winter to unveil updated S&T plan at upcoming event.
January 21, 2015

Navy Chief: Here's What We Need for the Future Force

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Jonathan Greenert, today outlined the top science and technology objectives for the Navy and Marine Corps of the future, at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) EXPO in Washington, D.C.
February 04, 2015

Making Sailors 'SAFFiR' - Navy Unveils Firefighting Robot Prototype at Naval Tech EXPO

The Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot is an ONR-sponsored prototype designed to assist Sailors with damage control and inspection aboard naval vessels.
February 04, 2015

The In-Crowd: Disaster Relief Gets Extra Eyes from Crowdsourcing

The Office of Naval Research has demonstrated how crowdsourcing may speed response times to critical locations, save lives, and limit damage caused by natural disaster.
August 06, 2014

Navy Researchers Push to Combat Hearing Loss

As more military service members report hearing loss, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on May 29 will host experts from across the country to look at ways to stem the problem.
May 23, 2013

Brilliant at Any Age: ONR Researchers, Robots and MIT

Three researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research are being recognized as outstanding innovators by the MIT Technology Review, which is published to show how the world is being dramatically shaped by new technology.
September 07, 2016

Send in the Supplies: RoboCopters in Marines' Future

The Office of Naval Research is kicking off a new program called the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System.
January 10, 2012

Marine's Best Friend Shows Explosive-Detecting Capabilities

Specialty canines displayed their explosive-detecting abilities Jan. 18 as part of an Office of Naval Research-hosted demo.
January 19, 2012

Infantry Immersion Trainer Begins Training Marines in a Virtual Environment

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has transformed a former tomato packing plant on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., into a state-of-the-art Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) prototype. Launched in November 2007 as a technology demonstrator, the IIT began real training of Marines before all of the facility´s high-tech equipment was even fully operational.
December 18, 2007