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

WASHINGTON - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory evaluate early data the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft sent back to Earth as it observes comet Leonard as it heads inbound to the sun.

WASHINGTON - A joint-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/NASA experiment prepares to investigate the origins of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) that could affect Navy satellites and harm personnel during future crewed missions to the moon and beyond.