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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

NRL Astronomers Track New Stellar Phenomenon
July 19, 2023 — NRL's Very Large Array (VLA) Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) telescope has helped astronomers confirm findings of a new stellar phenomenon that challenges current scientific understanding of the physics of neutron stars... MORE

Black Relieves Petrovic as the 42nd NRL Commander
July 17, 2023 — Capt. Jesse Black relieved Capt. Gregory Petrovic and assumed command as the 42nd commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) during a ceremony July 14, 2023. Black assumed command of NRL following his tour of duty as the executive officer... MORE

First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment Surpasses 100 Days of Successful On-Orbit Operations
July 13, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) surpassed 100 days of successful on-orbit laser operations on June 29, 2023, coinciding with the NRL’s 100th birthday celebration. Launched on March 14, 2023, this experiment represents the first successful instance of laser power beaming in space. It resides on the... MORE

WASHINGTON (March 4, 2022) – Zachary Kaldy, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory thermal engineer, inspects the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) in Washington, D.C. April 3, 2022. SWELL will launch aboard the DoD Space Test Program-H9 payload (STP-H9) to the International Space Station in 2023, where it will then be powered on and operate for one to two years. SWELL will be the first on-orbit demonstrations of Laser Power Beaming. (U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Sunderman)

NRL Demonstrates Hydrogen Technology Solutions for Marine Corps
July 6, 2023 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC-AD), Northwest UAV Inc., Lockheed Martin, and the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) to demonstrate hydrogen technology solutions... MORE

NRL, 100 Years Strong!
June 29, 2023 — In just a few days, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory will celebrate 100 years of service as the Navy's corporate laboratory with a rich history of performing advanced scientific research and making significant contributions to U.S. military forces on, under, and above the seas. Commissioned July 2, 1923, as the Naval Experimental and Research... MORE

Capt. Bennett accepting NRL at dedication of Laboratory. Public Release.

NRL Scientists Use Pulsar Timing to Measure Gravitational Waves from the Distant Universe
June 28, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Space Science Division along with a team of international scientists discovered groundbreaking evidence for gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze spacetime. The gravitational wave signal was observed in pulsar observations taken over the past 15 years by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for... MORE

Artist’s interpretation of an array of pulsars being affected by gravitational ripples produced by a supermassive black hole binary in a distant galaxy.

Credit: Aurore Simonnet for the NANOGrav Collaboration

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