Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recognized NRL during their POWER Phase 2 Industry Day on May 29, for contributions to the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, which shattered existing records for optical power beaming over distance.

Two NRL engineers received the prestigious Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award on June 25 during a live-streamed ceremony broadcast from Naval Research and Development Establishment sites of the award recipients.

Each summer, students from across the country begin internships with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), gaining hands-on experience in science and technology. These internships take place at various NRL locations, including sites along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, and Monterey Bay in California. Each hoping for career growth that will take them to new horizons.

The Parker Solar Probe science and engineering team, a collaboration of scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and more than 40 other partner organizations, received the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), on June 12.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Electronics Engineer Christian Jones, Ph.D., received an award for his dissertation entitled “Robust and Efficient Structure-Based Radar Receive Processing” during the 2025 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Radar Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 7.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) bid farewell to Capt. Jesse Black and welcomed Capt. Randy C. Cruz during a time-honored change of command ceremony, June 13.

The relentless assault of salt-laden sea spray generated by coastal wave action poses a significant and persistent threat to the integrity of Department of Defense (DoD) assets located near shorelines.

As wildfires grow more intense and frequent across the globe, scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are working to better understand a rare but powerful byproduct of these blazes: pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or pyroCbs.

Local weather alerts are familiar warnings for potentially dangerous conditions, but an alert that puts all of Earth on warning is rare.

June 5, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) SpaceLogistics LLC has announced the integration of a robotics payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft bus, achieving another milestone for its MRV and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.