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NRL Hosts 2nd Gulf Coast Regional SeaPerch Challenge

NRL's Dr. Chris Taitt (white lab coat) works with the staff at the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Littoral Depth Discrimmination Experiment -- Research Team

A 50-foot radio telescope dish atop NRL's main administration building is the unofficial symbol of the Laboratory.

NRL Hosts 2nd Gulf Coast Regional SeaPerch Challenge (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL Flight Crew - Ion Tiger UAV (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Incoherent combined fiber lasers (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL's Dr. Chris Taitt (white lab coat) works with the staff at the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

The SiN-VAPOR sensor is placed in a device to identify chemical compounds. (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL's Adam Moses with CT-Analyst (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL Reliant AUV (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

The Littoral Depth Discrimmination Experiment -- Research Team (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Benthic Unattended Generator (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Ivan Galysh (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Learn about the Naval Research Laboratory's world-class science and technology. (Photo: Naval Research Laboratory)

About NRL

NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for 90 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

January 14, 2016

Dr. Bradley Ringeisen Honored as Defense Department's 'Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter'

Dr. Ringeisen’s ingenuity and scientific insight have resulted in numerous breakthroughs that demonstrate biofabrication and tissue engineering capabilities critical to advancing Navy science and technology interest.

January 6, 2016

NRL Tests Cooperative Soaring Concept for Sustained Flight of UAV Sailplanes

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy Lab at Pennsylvania State University, demonstrate autonomous soaring algorithms used to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for sustained flight durations.

December 18, 2015

NRL-Developed Micro-UAV Named POPULAR SCIENCE 'Best of What's New'

The popular science and technology publication awards the Close-in Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft (CICADA) micro disposable air vehicle the 2015 Best of What’s New Award in the category of Aerospace.

December 1, 2015

Dr. Ira Schwartz Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Head of the Nonlinear System Dynamics Section at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Schwartz is recognized for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and development of topological insights into the dynamics, fluctuations, and control of strongly nonlinear physical and population systems.

November 25, 2015

Dr. C. Michael Roland Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Chemist and senior scientist for the Soft Matter Physics Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Roland is recognized by the APS for important experimental contributions and physical insight into the temperature and pressure dependence of the dynamics of polymeric systems.