The Office of Naval Research (ONR) coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
Office of Research:
The Office of Research portfolio makes broad investments in basic and applied research that will increase fundamental knowledge, foster opportunities for breakthroughs and provide technology options for future naval capabilities and systems. Office of Research programs nurture creativity and seek a balance between risk, opportunity and potential naval impact.
Office of Technology:
Transition of technologies to the fleet and acquisition are top priorities. ONR emphasizes transition centric programs and methodologies under the Office of Technology including efforts covering manufacturing methods used to build naval warfare systems, programs that stimulate advantageous government-industry partnerships, and an investment portfolio focusing on requirements pull by the fleet and acquisition.
Research priorities identified in the Naval Research and Development Framework align the Office of Naval Research's science and technology investments across six Integrated Research Portfolios (IRPs), listed below.
Amphibious Expeditionary Maneuver
Enables strategically agile and tactically flexible Marine Air Ground Task Forces with naval capability to project power to and from the littorals and conduct operations ashore.
Information, Cyber and Spectrum Superiority
An increasingly interconnected force with more rapid and effective decision-making is enabled by persistent sensing, advanced data analytics, digital integration and assured spectrum access.
Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Sea Platforms
Concepts, systems and component technologies that improve the performance and survivability of naval ships/submarines in an increasingly distributed yet interconnected force.
Aviation, Force Projection and Integrated Defense
Sea-based aviation, including platform and weapons research is focused on new or enhanced capabilities to defend against, and/or deter, disable, damage, defeat or destroy adversaries at extended ranges and speeds.
Undersea Battlespace and Maritime Domain Access
Enables maritime domain access for naval forces to operate in contested ocean environments through undersea threat neutralization and maritime battlespace awareness.
Warfighter Supremacy
People underpin all missions. Advances in autonomy, human-machine teaming, command and control, training and education, human performance optimization, protective equipment, medicine, neurosciences, and bio-engineered systems will ensure their advantage.
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