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Office of Naval Research Recalls Role in Vessel's Record-Breaking Deep-Sea Dive

On Jan. 23, 2010, the U.S. naval community marked the 50th anniversary of the Trieste's record-setting dive to 35,810 feet.

January 22, 2010

DARPA Director: 'Revolutionary Weapons Require Strong S&T Partnerships'

Touting a joint project to create a next-generation cruise missile with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Oct. 22, the new director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency stressed the need to find radical ways to shape the future battlefield.

October 24, 2012

Got a Pirate Problem? There's Even an App for That

The Office of Naval Research's International Collaborative Development for Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness was one of 14 projects selected by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to receive $1 million awards beginning this fall through the Coalition Warfare Program.

May 14, 2012

Bat Sonar and Anti-Submarine Warfare

Dolphins do it. Big brown bats do it. And sometime soon, the Office of Naval Research hopes its researchers will be able to do it too. Echolocation, that is, and turning the processing of such signals into a system that will enable us to mimic a flying bat's ability to detect and classify a flying...

April 01, 2002

ONR Officials Meet with Navy Surgeon General to Coordinate Medical Research

Medical and research community leaders discussed biomedical science and technology initiatives at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Sept. 16.

September 20, 2011

ONR Researchers Awarded for Significant Achievements at 2008 ONR Naval S&T Conference

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has bestowed five researchers with high honors.

August 14, 2008

Listening for an Ocean

Things are crackling on the giant Jovian moon, Europa, and a group of earth-bound ocean scientists funded by the Office of Naval Research are intrigued… could Jupiter's Europa be hiding an ocean of water under that icy surface? A salty ocean… larger than all the oceans of the earth combined? The...

January 01, 2001

Chief of Naval Research Issues Challenge for Innovation and the Future Force

The Chief of Naval Research (CNR) has issued a historic call for innovative ideas to support the Navy and Marine Corps of the future.

May 31, 2017

Onward, Upward: 2022 Naval Horizons Contest Boasts Greatest Number of Winners Yet

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The contest organizer, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO), which is located at the Office of Naval Research, is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere. In the 2022 contest, over 710 students were awarded a $200 cash prize.

January 10, 2023

Electronic Warfare

The goal of the Office of Naval Research's Electronic Warfare program is to control the electromagnetic spectrum by exploiting, deceiving, or denying enemy use of the spectrum while ensuring its use by friendly forces.

March 18, 2022