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US Navy improving methods of recruiting UAV operators
The US Navy must spend over $1 million to train a single aircraft pilot and finding new, more effect...
RoboSub Competition kicks off in California
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Annual International RoboSub Competition kicked of...
ONR funds robotic manipulator arm development for EOD use
The U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is funding the development of an underwater rob...
US Navy's small-ship UAS Tern a step closer to first flight
The U.S. Navy’s unmanned aircraft Tern, under development by DARPA and the Office of Naval Res...
US Navy developing glue that turns on and off electronically
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is funding development of a glue that does not collapse when...
US Navy funds Arctic Ocean research for future operations
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring scientists who have traveled to Arctic Ocean r...
US Navy works on skin-inspired hydrogel to fight biofouling
Barnacle clusters that inevitably form on ships have always been a problem for seafarers as they slo...
OPT gets contract to design US Navy sensor buoys
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Ocean Power Technologies a contract to design a ...
ONR Looks Into High-Speed Planing Hulls
Earlier this month, scientists sponsored by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) perfo...
Firefighting Robot Presented at Naval Tech EXPO
Scientists unveiled a firefighting robot prototype Feb. 4 at the Naval Future Force Science & Te...
ONR Names New Chief of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has received its new chief of naval research (CNR). Rear Adm. Mat...
ONR Wins Top Manufacturing Award for F-35 Program
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) received one of the nation’s top manufacturing awards for a...
ONR, SPAWAR Support Maritime RobotX Challenge
Sailors and civilian personnel from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Space and Naval Warfare S...
ONR: USVs to Swarm Offensively on Hostile Vessels?
As autonomy and unmanned systems grow in importance for naval operations, officials at the Office of...
DARPA, ONR to Work on ‘Tern’ Concept
DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on a jo...
USA: ONR Demonstrates Lightweight Ramp for JHSV
As an M1A1 Abrams tank roared across a giant aluminum ramp, atop a motion simulator that mimicked cr...
ONR Representatives Explore a Changing Arctic
As sea ice continues to recede at a record pace in the Arctic, officials at the U.S. Office of Naval...
Lockheed Martin, ONR Demonstrate Airborne Autonomy Technology
As autonomous technologies continue to develop and grow within the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Na...