The Office of Naval Research (ONR) coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
(30) Develops and transitions technologies to enable the Navy-Marine Corps team to win and survive on the battlefield, today and tomorrow.
(31) Supports the development of advanced electronics, communications, surveillance and navigational tools that provide the Navy with a battlefield advantage.
(32) Equips the Navy with technologies designed to observe, model and predict air, ocean and shore environments, and detect underwater threats.
(33) Develops and delivers technologies that enable superior warfighting and energy capabilities for naval forces, platforms and undersea weaponry.
(34) Enhances warfighter effectiveness and efficiency through bioengineered and biorobotic systems, medical technologies, improved manpower, personnel, training and system design.
(35) Supports the Navy’s power project needs, fostering the technology development of naval aircraft, structures, propulsion, autonomy, energetic, directed energy and electric weapons.

Directorates

ONR’s directorates balance a robust science and technology (S&T) portfolio, allocating funds to meet the warfighter's requirements.

ONR Global

Chief of Naval Research Spotlight

Image - Chief of Naval ResearchRear Adm. Nevin P. Carr, Chief of Naval Research, tours the R/V Knorr during the Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) sea trial held on a portion of the U.S. Navy Hawaii Range Complex off the southwest coast of Kauai. The PLUS program provides effective, adaptive and persistent undersea surveillance of multiple quiet targets over large littoral areas. It is one of six innovative naval prototypes currently in development.

The PLUS concept is a semi-autonomous controlled network of fixed bottom and mobile sensors that communicate with each other as they try to track ships and even the quiet, diesel electric submarines operating in shallow water environments typical of the Western Pacific.

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ONR Hits the Road

62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics
Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
November 22 - 24, 2009

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlanda, Fla.
January 4-7, 2010

New Advances in Water Purification

Image - Water PurificationThe next generation of technology to turn salt water into a fresh resource is on tap for the Navy. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the development of an innovative solution for generating potable water at twice the efficiency of current production for forces afloat, Marine Corps expeditionary forces and humanitarian missions ashore. MORE

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