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Tech FLEX: ONR SCOUT Experimentation Event Showcases Value of Unmanned

ONR SCOUT is an ongoing, multiagency experimentation campaign to identify new ways to bring unmanned technologies to warfighter problems, test them in realistic operating conditions and get them to the fleet and force. SCOUT is committed to partnering with industry to get nontraditional, commercial-off-the-shelf, government-developed and/or government-sponsored technologies to the fleet rapidly.
October 28, 2022

Former ONR Performers Win Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics

Since its creation in 1946, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has supported the early-career research of more than 60 Nobel laureates. ONR is proud to add two new names to that prestigious list — Dr. David Baker of the University of Washington (UW) and Dr. John Hopfield of Princeton University, who received the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry and physics, respectively.
January 23, 2025

Human Performance, Training and Education

The Human Performance, Training and Education (HPT&E) program is focused on developing scalable and effective science and technology solutions for Marine Corps Infantry / close combat forces during training and education pipelines, and operations focused upon Small Unit Dominance within the Fleet / Force.
March 18, 2022

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

ONR Advanced Technology Cited as TIME Magazine "2008 Best Invention"

Nexi, the humanoid robot, is the result of the cutting edge technology funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) being developed at MIT’s Media Lab
November 14, 2008

Student Teams Vie for $20,000 in Underwater Vehicle Competition

What: Fourth Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition When: Thursday, July 12 to Sunday, July 15, 2001 Where: U.S. Naval Academy, Hubbard Hall, Annapolis, MD. See 12 teams of college and high school student engineers pit their unmanned submersible vehicles for $20,000 in prizes...
July 05, 2001

ONR's Digital Tutors Give Naval Recruits, High School Students an Academic Edge

The Office of Naval Research is helping students with computer-based applications similar to programs originally designed for Navy recruits.
April 18, 2011

Administration Lookup

The following Office of Naval Research offices carry out award administration, indirect cost rate negotiations, business system reviews and quality assurance responsibilities.
March 18, 2022

Seeing the Light

In 1996, in the moonless pre-dawn hours when the Atlantic seas were only two-feet high, a crash shattered the night. The Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf had collided at a closing speed of 20 knots. The subsequent investigation put the blame...
January 01, 2001

ONR Spotlights Futuristic Science & Technology at Modern Day Marine

From laser weapons to improved battlefield medical care, the Office of Naval Research showcased a host of technologies at Modern Day Marine.
September 25, 2015