23 August 2023 Competitive Edge: Students Win CNR Scholarship Awards at Global Science Fair Arlington, Va. - For excellence in research areas such as robotics and machine learning, the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the...
21 August 2023 ‘SCOUT-ing’ for Solutions: Naval Exercise Seeks to Improve Maritime Drug Interdiction ARLINGTON, Va. – Gathered in a temporary maritime operations center in Arlington, Virginia, military, industry and political leaders watched multiple satellite images flash onto large monitor screens. These images showed three types of drug-running vessels hundreds of miles away in the...
17 August 2023 Farewell, FLIP! Renowned Navy-Owned Research Platform Retired after 60 Years of Service ARLINGTON, Va. -- Built in 1962 with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), FLIP helped generations of scientists and oceanographers better understand the mysteries of the sea, including internal waves, air-sea interaction and long-range sound propagation. Sadly, age and exorbitant...
03 August 2023 Environmental Evaluation: ONR Part of Joint Effort to Deploy Data Buoys Across Arctic Ocean ARLINGTON, Va. - The buoy air deployment supported the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP), a collaborative program comprising more than 32 different research and operational institutions from 10 different countries and four international agencies — including the International...
17 May 2023 Impressive Impact: ONR Program Officer Celebrated for Career Achievements ARLINGTON, Va. - The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) has awarded its most prestigious accolade — the Harold E. Saunders Award for Lifetime Achievement — to Kelly Cooper, a program officer in the Office of Naval Research (ONR)’s Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, for...
03 May 2023 ‘Keep Asking Questions’: High School STEM Researchers Celebrated at NJSHS VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - This year’s National JSHS event was hosted by the Department of the Navy, facilitated by the Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...
02 May 2023 STEM Celebration: DoN Promotes Student Outreach at Navy League STEM Expo ARLINGTON, Va. - Science and technology enthusiasts were treated to a day of educational fun at the recent Navy League STEM Expo, held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland...
26 April 2023 Deep Impact: New Diving Suit Could Increase Undersea Range of Navy Divers ARLINGTON, Va. - The lights above the water’s surface cast a ghostly glow on the bottom of the sprawling tank, as a U.S. Navy diver deftly swam through a sunken aircraft fuselage. ...
17 April 2023 Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Launches New Version of Naval Horizons Essay Contest ARLINGTON, Va. - The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students...
12 April 2023 Naval Oceanography Presents at DEPS Conference 2023 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Naval Oceanography Officers attending the Naval Postgraduate School presented their thesis and participated in the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) 2023 conference in San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6...