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Senior ONR Executive Earns Highest DoD Civilian Award for Transition Excellence

Dr. Joseph P. Lawrence III, who oversees ONR’s Transition Directorate, received the defense department's highest civilian honor Nov. 4.
November 04, 2011

Hulking Hurricanes: Seeking Greater Accuracy in Predicting Storm Strength

To better predict tropical cyclone intensity, scientists sponsored by ONR worked with NOAA and NASA to to gather atmospheric data from storms that formed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2016.
December 05, 2016

Breakthrough Capability Keeps Subs, Ships on Safe Track

Interactive software that can dramatically cut the time it takes to plan safe submarine missions is crossing over to the surface fleet and is being installed this month on the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53).
January 01, 2014

Solar Energy Powers Marines on Battlefield

The Ground Renewable Expeditionary ENergy System (GREENS) is a 300-watt, photovoltaic/battery system -- powered by the sun -- that provides continuous power to Marines in the field.
December 07, 2009

Outstanding: Navy Reservist on the Cutting Edge of Science and Technology

Lt. Cmdr Tom McAndrew received the Navy Reserve's 2014 Outstanding Junior Officer of the Year award for contributions to cyber and electronic warfare efforts.
July 28, 2015

ONR-funded Anti-Submarine Warfare Trainer Team Recognized for Improving Aircrew's Skills

The P-3 Aircrew Tactical Team Trainer (PACT3), developed with funding from ONR, will be honored June 22 for improving anti-submarine warfare skills.
January 01, 2011

ONR Program Uses Cell Phones to Fight Epidemics

An ONR-managed program to get ahead of epidemic outbreaks has led to the deployment of new healthcare monitoring and information collection technology in South America and Africa, officials announced Jan. 15.
January 15, 2013

Recruiting Robots: DoD Summit Promotes Robotics in Maintenance and Repair

ONR recently participated in the 2020 JROBOT Summit, which discussed bringing more robotics systems into sustainment.
March 13, 2020

ONR Global Leads Iceberg Tagging in Greenland for International Maritime Situational Awareness

A recent activity was executed with participants from Denmark, Canada and the United States using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deploy GPS tags onto icebergs near Disko Bay, Greenland.
January 01, 2021

ONR Sensor and Software Suite Hunts Down More Than 600 Suspect Boats

Researchers deployed the system, called “Rough Rhino,” aboard U.S. aircraft, ships and partner nation ships operating in waters off the coast of Senegal and Cape Verde. Sailors and Coast Guardsmen could access and control the sensors both afloat and ashore, as well as share information in a real-time common operating picture.
July 10, 2012