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ONR’s directorates balance a robust science and technology (S&T) portfolio, allocating funds to meet the warfighter's requirements.
Sensors Spy Pirates in the Crowd
Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said April 5.
Called the Multi-Mode Sensor Seeker (MMSS), the sensor is a mix of high-definition cameras, mid-wave infrared sensors and laser-radar (LADAR) technology.
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ONR Hits the Road
Sea Air Space (Details)
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md.
April 16-18, 2012
Science and Technology Engineering/DoD Tech Expo
Charleston Area Convention Center Complex, Charleston, S.C.
April 17-19, 2012
U.S. Science and Engineering Festival on the Mall (Details)
National Mall, Washington, D.C.
April 27-29, 2012
New Robotics Lab Will Speed Technology
The Tropical High Bay, left, located in the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR), provides a simulated jungle terrain and rain forest environment with 80 percent humidity and temperatures reaching 80 degrees or more.
The bay, which includes a flowing water feature in an enclosed greenhouse-type structure, is one of several simulated environments enclosed at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
The facility will allow naval scientists to conduct experiments on autonomous systems without having to set foot outside the Navy’s new robotics laboratory. See LASR photos on Facebook.
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