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America’s Ears in Space: NRO Declassified NRL-Developed Electronic Intelligence Satellite Program
September 29, 2023 — During a Centennial Exhibition, held at the Pentagon on Sept. 28, to commemorate the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) 100 years of operations, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) declassified an NRL-developed electronic intelligence satellite program called Parcae... MORE

Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Carlos Del Toro (left) presents a centennial commemoration plaque to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) during the NRL Centennial Exhibition at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 28, 2023. NRL is celebrating its 100-year anniversary as the Department of the Navy’s corporate laboratory, providing advanced scientific capabilities required to bolster America’s position of global naval leadership. Featured second from left: Dr. Bruce Danly, NRL director of research; Under Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Erik K. Raven; and Capt. Jesse Black, NRL commanding officer (U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Steffen)

First Phase of the MAGPIE Weather and Climate Experiment Completed in Barbados
September 19, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) completed its contribution to the Moisture and Aerosol Gradients/Physics of Inversion Evolution (MAGPIE) program, the first phase of an 18-month mission in Barbados... MORE

Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS)

Research Squadron VXS-1 Mobilizes Quickly to Track Hurricane Idalia
September 15, 2023 — NRL’s Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1 mobilized a crew for a NP-3C Orion operation with less than 24 hours’ notice to airdrop 18 SOFAR Spotter buoys in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Idalia on Monday, August 28... MORE

NRL’s Blossom Point Tracking Facility Provides Command and Control for Space Development Agency Tranche 0 Mission Launch 2
September 2, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) provides command and control (C2) for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) mission Launch 2... MORE

Blossom Point Tracking Facility, Welcome, Maryland

Research Squadron VXS-1 Celebrates 60th Anniversary at Tailhook
August 25, 2023 — Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1 will exhibit their unique mission and research capabilities at the 2023 Tailhook Association Symposium in Sparks, Nevada. This will be the second time in recent years that the Warlocks (VXS-1) have exhibited and attended Tailhook... MORE

Revolutionizing the DOD Systems Infrared Countermeasures Landscape: Mr. Kenneth A. Sarkady Receives Roger L. Easton Award for Engineering Excellence
August 25, 2023 — Mr. Kenneth A. Sarkady received the Roger L. Easton Award for Engineering Excellence for outstanding engineering insight and visionary leadership in the development of a nationally recognized capability in missile warning and infrared countermeasures (IRCM) technology, July 24, 2023... MORE

Roger L. Easton Awards Ceremony presented to Mr. Kenneth A Sarkady from optical Science Division

NRL Transfers NAUTILUS Instrument to University of Notre Dame: Strengthening Navy Research Academic Partnerships
August 18, 2023 — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady finalize agreement to transfer U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) NAval Ultra-Trace Isotope Laboratory Universal Spectrometer (NAUTILUS) instrument to the University of Notre Dame on Aug. 18 in Washington, DC... MORE

NRL and NASA to Launch ComPair Instrument to Measure Gamma-Ray Emissions
August 7, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort. Sumner, New Mexico Aug. 10... MORE

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