NRL Videos

The Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) provides engineering and operational support to several complex space systems for the Navy and other sponsors. BPTF is the nation’s first satellite command and control facility, established in 1956.

Produced by NRL Technical Information Services Branch

A team of researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have drawn inspiration from fish in developing the unmanned underwater vehicle, WANDA. Using artificial flapping pectoral fins for propulsion and control, WANDA achieves precise low-speed maneuvering and station-keeping capabilities for near-shore operations.

Produced by NRL Technical Information Services Branch

Scientists and engineers in the Plasma Physics Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing the advanced technologies necessary for clean, abundant energy based on inertial fusion using the electron beam-pumped Nike krypton fluoride (KrF) laser. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the facility routinely conducts experiments in support of inertial confinement fusion, laser-matter interactions, and high energy density physics.

Produced by NRL Plasma Physics Division and World Energy Television

Dr. Daniel Edwards is the Principal Investigator of the FLIMMER project, creating an unmanned vehicle that both flies and swims. FLIMMER could be used to measure chemicals in water and detect sources of oil spills.

Produced by NRL Technical Information Services Branch

Dr. Brandy White, at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, is making materials that capture entire classes of contaminants, then break them down into something harmless.

Produced by NRL Technical Information Services Branch

Pointman is a seated user interface for dismounted infantry simulation. It employs a head tracker, gamepad, and sliding foot pedals to give the user more precise control the movement of his avatar through a virtual environment. The Immersive Simulation Section at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed the Pointman user interface. This video explains how it works.

Produced by Dr. Jim Templeman and Patricia Denbrook, Immersive Simulation Section

In this episode 3 of Robotics Secrets Revealed, robots utilize their advanced sensing and reasoning capabilities to further their agenda.

Produced by the NRL Intelligent Systems Section at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI), Code 5515

Navy researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept in first flight of an internal combustion powered model aircraft fueled by a novel gas-to-liquid process that uses seawater as carbon feedstock.

Produced by NRL Technical Information Services Branch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

The Pentagon Channel's pilot episode of "Armed with Science" explores Navy Research Laboratory and Army Research Laboratory science that shapes the future of defense. In the pilot episode, viewers get an inside look at NRL space robotics research and ARL work in novel weapons design and infrared imaging.

Produced by NRL Public Affairs Office, Army Research Laboratory, and Pentagon Channel

The pilot episode of "Armed with Science" features NRL efforts to develop robotic technology that can help repair, reposition, or update satellites.

Produced by NRL Public Affairs Office, Army Research Laboratory, and Pentagon Channel

NRL scientists have developed a sensor that may revolutionize trace chemical detection.

Produced by NRL Technology Transfer Office and Technical Information Services

NRL supported both the 2009 and 2013 Presidential Inaugurations with a technology called CT-Analyst, developed by researchers in the Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics. CT-Analyst is a tool that provides first-responders with accurate, instantaneous, three-dimensional predictions of chemical, biological, & radiological agent transport in urban settings.

Produced by Technology Transfer Office and Technical Information Services

Dr. Lenny Tender, NRL research chemist, has co-invented a microbial fuel cell that persistently generates electrical power in marine environments.

Produced by Technology Transfer Office and Technical Information Services

The Naval Research Laboratory's 5,000 square foot Materials Testing Facility houses a "scaled-for-laboratory," 6-meter Electromagnetic Railgun.

Produced by the Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430

The Naval Research Laboratory, with support from the Office of Naval Research, is conducting research and developing new technologies to enable shoulder-to-shoulder robotic damage control teammates.

Produced by NRL Intelligent Systems Section, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Bradley Ringeisen, head of NRL's Bioenergy & Biofabrication Section, discusses thin polymer/hydrogel scaffold sheets, or "biopapers," which act as substrates for cell and biofactor printing

Produced by the NRL Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430

The Naval Research Laboratory robotic materials testing system, NRL66.3, has achieved, to date, the highest industrial rates of fully-automated production mode functionality known to NRL researchers.

Produced by NRL Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory

Comet Lovejoy races through a several-million degree solar corona as it passes the Sun on December 15th, 2011 (EST).

Produced by the Sungrazing Comets Project courtesy of NASA/NRL

The Naval Research Laboratory's Safety Branch has partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to help clean the Chesapeake Bay, one spat at a time.

Produced by the NRL Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430

In this time-lapse video, the Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is encapsulated inside the fairing (nose cone) of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle in preparation for a Sept. 27, 2011, launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex.

Produced by the NRL Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430

Tells the story of MZ-3A, a lighter-than-air airship transferred to the Naval Research Laboratory in 2010.

Produced by the NRL Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430

Episode 2 of Robotic Secrets Revealed demonstrates research on robot perception and reasoning. This video won the "Best Education Video" award at the 2011 AAAI annual conference.

Produced by the NRL Intelligent Systems Section at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI), Code 5515

An NRL scientist shows a magic trick to a Mobile-Dextrous-Social (MDS) Robot, demonstrating the robot's use and interpretation of gestures. This video won the "Most Informative Video" award at the 2009 AAAI annual conference.

Produced by the NRL Intelligent Systems Section at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI), Code 5515

The Naval Research Laboratory's Environmental Branch plants 100 seedlings on the Chesapeake Bay Detachment facility. These trees, planted around a storm water pond, can help to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Produced by the Technical Information Services Branch, Code 3430