Office of Naval Research

A leading military research unit celebrates a century of work

It was established in the steam-power and rotary engine era. And it remains relevant in the nuclear and jet propulsion era. The Naval Research Laboratory…

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A new challenge to automate one of the most tedious jobs in government

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 16, 2016) Lauren Burnette, from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific, explains the Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality (BEMR) Lab demo to a visitor at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) exhibit during the 2016 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. BEMR is designed to showcase and demonstrate cutting edge low cost commercial mixed reality, virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and to provide a facility where warfighters, researchers, government, industry and academia can collaborate. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)

This Naval Research innovation initiative suddenly seems super relevant

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A cut lead pipe is pulled from a dig site for testing at a home in Royal Oak, Mich., on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Communities with lead pipes could see higher test results for lead in their tap water if a new method of water sampling goes into effect. The Detroit suburb of Royal Oak historically had low test results but it had to notify the public of a problem after the state mandated new sampling methods. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

IG: Water quality and mold may be issues when employees return to federal buildings

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Navy pursuing artificial intelligence to enable faster performance

Technology

Army investing in 5G switches that will save energy

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Number of suspended, debarred contractors falls for fourth year in a row

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Kurt Yankaskas, program officer for noise induced hearing loss research in the Office of Naval Research

Custom earplugs making big difference for military service hearing loss

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Congressman takes aim at federal travel with series of bills

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Naval research chief: AI upgrades similar to tech improvements pre-WWII

New wetsuits will give military divers ability to stay underwater longer

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HBCUs & the US Navy: All hands on deck

Anthony Smith, director of the Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institution (HBCU/MI) program., joins…

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Office of Naval Research is DoD’s newest organization to set up innovation cell

ONR is following the trend of doing things just like Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank: Office of Naval Research goes lean on innovation

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For the Navy, much of the innovation has come from the Office of Naval Research. Now the ONR is starting to use so-called lean innovation process.