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Warm and Getting Warmer

The Arctic ice cap is shrinking… that much is known with certainty. Over the past century, the extent of the winter pack ice in the Nordic Seas has decreased by about 25%. Last winter the Bering Sea was effectively ice-free, which is unprecedented, and if this big melt continues, some say the...
February 05, 2002

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

Rewarding Work: ONR Autonomous System Finalist for Aviation Award

The National Aeronautic Association announced AACUS as one of its finalists for the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy, one of the top aviation awards in the world.
February 13, 2018

New Test Range Helps Create Cyber Warriors

A unique mix of training technologies sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is preparing front-line warfighters to conduct cyber and combat operations simultaneously, as Marines demonstrated during a recent amphibious exercise off the coast of Virginia.
January 01, 2014

Bridging the Gap: The Critical role of Navy Scientists in Strengthening Operational Lethality

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global is on a mission to strengthen U.S. naval capabilities by bridging the gap between scientists and warfighters who serve at sea. One of the ways the command does so is through the Scientist-to-Sea (S2S) program, which invites U.S. government and industry-partner scientists and engineers to experience Navy installations and ships in-person whenever possible.
April 10, 2025

ONR, NRL Garner Four 2025 Dr. Dolores M. Etter Awards

The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Dr. Peter Squire received two 2025 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineer awards for his contributions to warfighter lethality and readiness during a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Dr. Brett A. Seidle, the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition on June 25.
July 10, 2025

Smart Materials For a Next-Gen Vehicle

The Marine Corps' M1A1 Abrams tanks and light armored vehicles that pulled heavy duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom are expected to serve us well until 2015 and 2020.
December 22, 2003

Titanic Discoverer Embarks on ONR Mission to Boost STEM Education

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to employ his tele-presence technology comprising advanced robotics and high-bandwidth ship-to-shore communications in support of ocean exploration and STEM education.
April 18, 2012

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

Autonomous Swarmboats: New Missions, Safe Harbors

Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay—with results that show dramatic new possibilities for autonomy in future naval missions.
December 14, 2016