03 June 2026 From Classroom to Combat Advantage: NPS and RTX Partner to Advance Education, Research, and Mission Impact In an era of rapidly evolving threats and accelerating technological change, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and RTX have partnered for years focused on one objective: delivering operational advantage for the warfighter. Through sustained collaboration in education, research, and...
29 May 2026 Library of Congress Recognizes NPS Library for ‘Project of the Year’ MONTEREY, Calif. — The Library of Congress announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, and the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) library team received the first-ever Project of the Year award for its work modernizing NPS’s institutional digital archives...
19 May 2026 Annual NPS Symposium Explores Defense Acquisition, Innovation The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) brought together acquisition professionals, defense leaders, researchers, industry representatives and more from across the defense community for the 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium and Innovation Summit, “Accelerating Warfighting...
18 May 2026 Longtime NPS Faculty Member Jeff Kline Retires Leaving Impactful Legacy on NPS, U.S. Navy MONTEREY, Calif. – In an era of intensifying competition and rapid innovation, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) serves as a critical link between advanced education and the operational demands of the U.S. Department of the Navy...
06 May 2026 NPS Online Student Advances Fleet Analysis of Autonomous Systems MONTEREY, Calif. — Advanced analyses completed by a Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) distance learning student is helping inform the U.S. Navy’s future employment of autonomous systems, demonstrating how NPS Online students,...
20 April 2026 Asymmetric Advantage — NPS Innovators Develop Low-Cost Counter-Drone Technology On a warm and windy day in May 2022, two hostile drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), suddenly popped up above McMillan Airfield at Camp Roberts, California. An AquaQuad drone was quickly dispatched from the opposite end and, no sooner than it was in position,...
14 April 2026 Small Satellites, Big Impact — MC3 Network Inspires Space Innovation at NPS On Jan. 14, 2025, a commercial SpaceX rocket successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying an NPS small satellite, also known as a CubeSat, called Otter. Two hours later, a small team of NPS researchers huddled inside the school’s Satellite Operations Center...
07 April 2026 Heading Home, NPS Alumni Leading Artemis II Locked In for Return to Earth Next stop — Earth.Following a historic lunar flyby at a record-setting distance, the Artemis II crew is now on its return journey, with splashdown expected Friday in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 50-60 miles off the coast of San Diego. Awaiting their arrival will be USS John P. Murtha...
02 April 2026 Anduril Wins Naval Postgraduate School Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced Anduril as the winner of the Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge, for demonstrating a compelling path forward for next-generation tactical missile...
27 March 2026 Chief of Naval Personnel Addresses NPS’ 2026 Winter Quarter Graduates MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School celebrated its 2026 Winter Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony March 27 in King Hall Auditorium, awarding 183 advanced degrees in defense-focused disciplines to 181 graduates, including 34 international military officers...