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Navy Announces New Funding Opportunities for Innovative Small Businesses

Navy SBIR-STTR has announced expanded funding opportunities for small businesses through a Broad Agency Announcement, through Feb. 12.
January 24, 2020

Surveillance Vehicles Take Flight Using Alternative Energy

Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence.
March 30, 2009

Directed Energy Weapons: Ultra-Short Pulse Laser and Atmospheric Characterization

The Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.
March 18, 2022

Thinking Outside the Box

"I want you to think out of the box," said the Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral Jay Cohen to Paul Lowell when he tasked him to find some different - perhaps high-risk - answers to some of the Navy's most challenging problems. "And you may fail most of the time…. that's no problem. The bigger...
January 01, 2001

ONR Global to Open Office in Prague on Feb. 26

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) reached an agreement to establish an ONR Global liaison office in Prague, Czech Republic, on Feb. 26.
February 05, 2010

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

Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence

The Office of Naval Research's Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence program focuses on developing the science base and efficient computational methods for building versatile intelligent agents (cyber and physical) that can perform various tasks with minimal human supervision.
March 18, 2022

Nanoscale Computing Devices and Systems

The Office of Naval Research's Nanoscale Computing Devices and Systems Program objective is to study the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of, and potential device functionalities in, nanometer scale materials and structures.
March 18, 2022

Stirred, Not Shaken: Bond for Future Ships, iMacs Has ONR Roots

A state-of-the-art welding process refined for use in naval shipbuilding by the Office of Naval Research has crossed over to the world of computing.
January 01, 2012