20 April 2026 NRL Celebrates 60 Years of Plasma Physics Innovation Washington D.C. - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its Plasma Physics Division, marking six decades of scientific discovery that has advanced the understanding of plasma, and supported technologies critical to national defense, space science, and...
07 April 2026 NRL's Advanced Payloads Soar into Orbit Aboard STPSat-7 Mission WASHINGTON,D.C. – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) successfully launched three advanced experimental payloads aboard the Department of War (DoW) Space Test Program’s (STP) Satellite-7 mission at approximately 4:33 a.m. PDT on April 7 from Vandenberg U.S. Space Force...
09 February 2026 Internships Connect Students Directly to Mission-Driven Science and Technology The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is offering students at every stage, from high school through graduate school, the opportunity to contribute to cutting edge research that supports national security and advances scientific discovery through its internship and fellowship programs...
01 October 2024 Maintenance Alert: Portable Kit Analyzes Fluids to Gauge Health of Military Vehicles Similar to how blood can be used to assess the overall health of a person, analyzing liquids such as hydraulic lubricants and fuel can ascertain the working condition of military equipment onboard ships, aircraft or vehicles.The Office of Naval Research (ONR) — in partnership with the Naval Research...
13 September 2024 VXS-1 Squadron Leads the Charge, Tracking Hurricane Francine in Real-Time U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS) 1 deployed observational buoys in front of Hurricane Francine’s projected path on Tuesday, Sept. 10...
12 March 2024 NRL Research Physicists Explore Fiber Optic Computing Using Distributed Feedback WASHINGTON — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Central Florida, deliver novel contribution in fiber optics computing bringing the Navy one step closer to faster, more efficient computing technologies...
29 August 2023 Revolutionizing the DOD Systems Infrared Countermeasures Landscape: Mr. Kenneth A. Sarkady Receives Roger L. Easton Award for Engineering Excellence Mr. Kenneth A. Sarkady, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) head of the Counter Measure Systems Section received the Roger L. Easton Award for Engineering Excellence for outstanding engineering insight and visionary leadership in the development of a nationally recognized capability in missile...
28 June 2023 NRL Scientists Use Pulsar Timing to Measure Gravitational Waves from the Distant Universe WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Space Science Division along with a team of international scientists discovered groundbreaking evidence for gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze spacetime. The gravitational wave signal was observed in pulsar observations taken...
07 September 2022 NRL researcher receives ASME Lifetime Achievement Award John Michopoulos, Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory head, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Lifetime Achievement Award...
02 September 2022 NASA’s JWST Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World Jordan Stone, Ph.D., an astrophysicist in NRL’s Remote Sensing Division is part of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s early release science team for direct observations of exoplanets that released the observations of a super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, using JWST near-infrared camera and...