13 May 2022 Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students In a sight not seen for more than two years, nearly 2,000 students, teachers and parent chaperones from throughout the Central Coast descended upon the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return of Discovery Day at NPS, May 13, touring the university and interacting with the more than 40...
10 May 2022 NIWC Atlantic STEM Intern Offered $200K Scholarship to Pursue Engineering Degree CHARLESTON, S.C. - Local high school student Adam Womble, a highly active participant in the STEM programs at NIWC Atlantic, has been awarded more than $200,000 through a Roy H. Park Scholarship to pursue an engineering degree at North Carolina State University...
10 May 2022 NAWCWD Researchers Break Ground in Magnetic Molecules CHINA LAKE, Calif. - Dr. Randall McClain and Dr. Ben Harvey, research chemists working for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), published groundbreaking research in the field of single molecule magnets...
20 April 2022 NRL Conducts Successful Terrestrial Microwave Power Beaming Demonstration WASHINGTON - A team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory recently demonstrated the feasibility of terrestrial microwave power beaming by transmitting 1.6 kilowatts of power over 1 kilometer (km) at the U.S. Army Research Field in Blossom Point, Md., the most significant power...
06 April 2022 Bionet Sonar tests underwater wireless network at NUWC Division Newport’s Narragansett Bay Test Facility NEWPORT, R.I. – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport recently assisted Massachusetts-based small business Bionet Sonar by underwater testing its new wireless technology called HydroNet at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility for two days in February...
04 April 2022 NRL develops photonic component library implementing first-of-its-kind Department of Navy trade secret license WASHINGTON - By working closely with AIM Photonics’ state-of-the-art foundry, NRL’s Optical Sciences Division is developing photonic components with functionalities targeting DoD priorities such as analog signal processing, quantum information and computing, data remoting, and navigation and timing...
17 March 2022 Navy Supports Scientific Research at ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The ice chunks drifting on Arctic waters are inhospitable and, for most people, inaccessible. As a result, gathering accurate information about the environment in this harsh – but important – region of the world is challenging for researchers...
02 December 2021 NAVWAR Volunteers Build Legos in Support of STEM SAN DIEGO - For over a decade, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NWIC) Pacific have been premier supports of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics by coaching teams of students participating in the various...
02 November 2021 Final Certification Run for Orion Recovery KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - NASA and the U.S. Navy are preparing to head out to sea for the ninth in a series of tests to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration...
21 May 2021 Cybersecurity Competition Challenges South Carolina Students CHARLESTON, S.C. - Clemson University's collegiate team participated in the 2021 Palmetto Cyber Defense Challenge virtual competition recently and beat out nine other teams to take first place honors...