WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate the performance of europium-doped strontium iodide gamma...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Centennial celebration culminates with the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 2, 2023...

WASHINGTON – To advance quantum network capabilities and leadership, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced work with five other U.S. Government agencies on May 18 to establish the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet) to create, demonstrate and operate...

WASHINGTON - Space Systems Command is partnering with Virgin Orbit National Systems, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary to Virgin Orbit, to launch Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment (CIRCE). The satellites, which contain twin 6U CubeSats, will fly in a circular orbit...

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...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division (ESTD) researchers print 3D structures in UV-hardened plastic materials for electromagnetics — such as antennas, metamaterials, and millimeter-wave with RF amplifiers operating in very high frequency bands...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists and Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern collect output data of natural convection between water and air exhibiting Rayleigh-Bénard instabilities to test the power of novel algorithms to significantly reduce time and costs...

WASHINGTON - PROTEUS is used to identify, query, and filter maritime vessels based on user-defined criteria and provides near-real time global maritime situational awareness...

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Cmdr. Jeffrey Webb relieved Cmdr. Ian Lilyquist as commander of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, the Warlocks, Jan. 14 during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River...

WASHINGTON - Advanced medical help is often unavailable to expeditionary and isolated warfighters, and even minor wounds can become infected and escalate rapidly to a life-threatening situation. Improved wound monitoring and treatment will help wounded warfighters receive the medical attention they...