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(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.

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

Perspectives on ONR's Legacy

"I cannot emphasize enough how important is the sustained support that ONR provides in a mission-oriented framework. This has been critical for Gallium Nitride (GaN) and it is an absolute fact that without ONR support, GaN development in the U.S. would have been second rate, if that."

Dr. Umesh Mishra
Donald W. Whittier Chair in Electrical Engineering
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
Gallium Nitride pioneer

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Sailors Share Ideas to Improve Navy

Athena DC 1.0

At Athena DC 1.0, a challenge styled in the fashion of the “Shark Tank” TV show, five Sailors pitched their ideas for improving the Navy to a panel of experts and an audience of representatives from academia, industry, the military and government agencies. The event, hosted by the Athena Project, was held at this week’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

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