U.S. Navy Lt. Caroline Kelly, an officer-scholar studying meteorology and oceanography (METOC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), returned from the Arctic this past February where she conducted cryoacoustics research supporting her NPS thesis. With the U.S. Navy facing immediate challenges due...

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) formalized a strategic partnership this month to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and expand collaborative innovation across the Monterey region and beyond...

The 22nd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium and Innovation Summit, hosted by the Acquisition Research Program at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), gathered key leaders from the Department of Defense (DoD), industry, and academia, May 7-8...

Experts from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) contributed their insights and leadership to the Black Sea Maritime Forum hosted by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR/NAVAF), April 15-17. Now in its fourth year, the forum provides a platform for discussion on enhanced security cooperation and...

When former Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Force Development (J7) director U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch needed a cross-disciplinary team of regional and defense experts to examine in detail a full suite of integrated deterrence options for the Indo-Pacific theatre, he called upon the...

Recognized for outstanding research and service to the community, Wei Kang, a Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, was honored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) as a 2025 SIAM Fellow. Applied mathematics provides a...

Innovation in defense is more important than ever … But delivering innovation to the warfighter cannot happen without acquisition. ...

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2025 Winter Quarter graduates during its latest commencement ceremony, March 28, in King Hall auditorium on the school’s Monterey, California, campus...

MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently hosted U.S. Navy Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and Allied Joint Forces Command, Naples, for a thought-provoking discussion, Feb. 4, 2025, as the latest distinguished speaker to...

MONTEREY, Calif.-- Lasers enable the U.S. Navy to fight at the speed of light. Armed with artificial intelligence (AI), ship defensive laser systems can make rapid, accurate targeting assessments necessary for today’s complex and fast-paced operating environment where drones have become an...