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Intense: Navy, Civilian Planners Get Big Assist in Storm Predictions

New technology sponsored by ONR will be used to help Navy and civilian officials planf or stormy weather.
June 14, 2013

Fiery Ice From the Sea

If you know anything about methane gas – and the Office of Naval Research thinks you should – it probably has something to do with swamp gas, and a faintly unpleasant sulfurous smell that rises from country marshes on sultry, summer evenings, or perhaps – for more romantic types – stories of Will-o'...
November 01, 2002

Navy Tests New Rounds for Marine Corps Fire Support

Last week the United States Navy successfully tested two new, advanced gun projectiles at its Wallops Island, Virginia, test range. On January 9, 2002, the Autonomous Naval Support Round (ANSR) was successfully fired out to a range of slightly more than 51 nautical miles (about 59 statute miles or...
January 15, 2002

ONR Delivers Capability to Navy Divers

ONR TechSolutions and industry partners have created a new tool called the Scuba Binary Dive Application (SBDA) 100 to digitally plan, record and report dive-profile information.
September 19, 2018

New Season for Naval Science: Winter Rotates, Hahn Arrives

Rear Adm. David J. Hahn was sworn in today as the new chief of naval research (CNR) at a change-of-command ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
November 18, 2016

Sinister Shock: ONR Researcher Studies How Explosive Shock Waves Harm the Brain

With support from ONR, Dr. Michael Cho is conducting research to better understand how explosive shock waves harm the brain and contribute to traumatic brain injury.
February 23, 2016

Power Surge: ONR, Energy Efficiency in the Spotlight

A scientist sponsored by the Office of Naval Research has been named to the National Academy of Inventors for groundbreaking work in energy efficiency using Gallium Nitride (GaN).
February 11, 2016

Terrific Tech: BEMR, EMILY on Display at Sea-Air-Space

Robotic lifeguards, virtual and augmented realities, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can autonomously swarm and overwhelm an enemy—all will be on display to the public during the Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
May 11, 2016

Innovating IAS: DoN Releases Strategy for Accelerating Autonomy, AI Development

ONR and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation have published the Naval Intelligent Autonomous Systems Strategy, which sets a new course for how the Navy and Marine Corps will synchronize and carry out autonomy and artificial intelligence efforts across naval unmanned systems.
September 15, 2021