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Small Business Expo Offers Networking Opportunity for Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) opened gateways to contracting opportunities with the Navy’s science and technology provider at the Small Business/Minority and Women Business Expo in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 23.
March 24, 2011
ONR Strengthens Partnerships at Hispanic-American Conference
ONR will promote its science and technology opportunities at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 25th Annual Conference, Oct. 29-31, in San Antonio.
October 27, 2011
Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th Shot on Laboratory Electromagnetic Railgun
Navy researchers hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun program with its 1000th fire on Oct. 31.
October 31, 2011
CDR Dylan Schmorrow Receives First Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award
Commander Dylan Schmorrow of the U.S. Office of Naval Research became the first recipient of the Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award, presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) on October 2. The officers of the HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group selected Schmorrow for this award, which was presented at the 4th Augmented Cognition International Conference in Baltimore.
October 19, 2007
Powerful Prediction: Finding a Better Way to Forecast Hurricane Strength
Researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research are compiling real-time ocean observations to help forecasters predict the strength of future tropical storms.
September 08, 2017
Barnacle Busting: ONR-Sponsored Research Targets Ship Biofouling
The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring research to develop environmentally friendly hull coatings to fight off barnacles and other biofouling on Navy ships.
October 13, 2016
Oh, Baby! ONR Research Links Child's Play to Robot Learning
A team of researchers led by Dr. Rajesh Rao, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, recently published a paper showing how robots can learn much like children—amassing data by watching adults do something, determining the goal of the action and then deciding how to perform it on their own. Rao’s work is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
April 07, 2016
Science and Technology Help Navy Prepare for Future Arctic Operations
Last week, Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mat Winter addressed the Sixth Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Maritime and Naval Operations.
July 20, 2015
Down Under Demo: ONR Touts Additive Manufacturing Tech at Australian Event
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) — and its international arm, ONR Global — participated in the recent Autonomous Warrior 2023 (AW23) exercise, located at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, Australia.
February 23, 2024