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Scale model of Hamburg, Germany, being used for a large wind tunnel experiment.

The 20 feet by 15 feet, 1.5-foot thick single piece of granite is within +/- 0.0018 inches flat across its surface. Quarried from the Raymond Granite Quarry, Clovis, Calif., the 450 cubic-foot, 37.5 ton GOT slab is thought to be the largest, single slab, precision granite table in the world.

Dr. Rhonda Stroud, head of the nanoscale materials section at the NRL briefs Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. John P. Holdren, and Chief of Naval Research, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, during a tour of NRL.

NRL's Electromagnetic Railgun completes its one-thousandth successful firing.

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

Naval Research Laboratory OpensLaboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (Photo: Jamie Hartman, Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL's CT-Analyst Operational Demo Delivered to Hamburg Germany Fire Brigade (Photo: University of Hamburg)

NRL Brings the Inertia of Space to Robotics Research (Photo: Naval Research Laboratory)

White House S&T Advisor the Honorable Dr. John Holdren Tours Naval Research Laboratory (Photo: John Williams, Office of Naval Research)

Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Reaches Testing Milestone (Photo: 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 over 85 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

May 15, 2013

NRL Space Test Program Experiments Ship to Japan for Flight to the ISS

The DoD Space Test Program STP-H4 payload complement, which includes three NRL experiments bound for the International Space Station, has been shipped to Japan for integration on the HTV-4 vehicle that is expected to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in August 2013.

May 13, 2013

NRL's MIGHTI Slated for Launch on ICON Mission

NRL's MIGHTI satellite instrument, designed to study the Earth's thermosphere as part of a NASA satellite mission, has been selected to move forward in development with launch expected in 2017.

May 9, 2013

NRL Shatters Endurance Record for Small Electric UAV

Using liquid hydrogen fuel stored in a new NRL-developed cryogenic fuel storage tank, the flight shatters the previous 26-hour record set by the UAV in 2009.

April 25, 2013

NRL Hosts 2nd Gulf Coast Regional SeaPerch Challenge

NRL recently hosted more than 110 elementary, middle, and high school students at the Mississippi Gulf Coast's second annual SeaPerch Regional Challenge in Biloxi, Mississippi. The SeaPerches are tethered, underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV)s built by the students.

April 23, 2013

NRL Researcher Looks to Gamma Rays to Uncover Origin of Cosmic Rays

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope team reports finding a distinctive particle-decay feature in the gamma-ray spectra of supernova remnants.

April 18, 2013

NRL's CT-Analyst Supports Presidential Inauguration

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, and radiological agent transport in urban settings.