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NRL Researchers Receive Navy’s Top Scientists and Engineers Award
June 13, 2023 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists and engineers will receive the prestigious Department of Navy (DON) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award, June 15, during an awards ceremony hosted at the Pentagon. "All awardees should be very proud of their accomplishments," said Frederick J. Stefany, Assistant Secretary of...

World-class technology provides Navy cyclone forecasting
June 1, 2023 — Today marks the start of Hurricane Season! NRL supports U.S. Navy military and humanitarian missions with global hurricane and typhoon information using the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS®) since 1997. The latest version of the system called COAMPS-TC® provides hi-resolution, five-day predictions of tropical cyclones...

NRL Launched First Time-Based Navigation Satellite in 1967
May 31, 2023 — The launch of the TIMATION satellite on May 31, 1967 proved that a system using a passive ranging technique, combined with highly accurate atomic clocks, could provide the basis for a new and revolutionary navigation system, providing longitude, latitude, and altitude around the globe. Before the era of artificial satellites, the accuracy of...

Commander Aaron Roberts Takes Command of NRL’s Scientific Development Squadron
May 19, 2023 — Commander Aaron Roberts relieved Commander Jeffrey Webb as commander of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron (VXS-1), the Warlocks, May 18 during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Commanding Officer Capt. Gregory Petrovic presented Webb with...

NRL’s LASCO Telescope Collecting New Data on Asteroids and Comets
April 25, 2023 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists continue to break ground using the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) telescope. The telescope, which has been in operation for the past 27 years, is now collecting new information about the properties of asteroids and comets near the sun. LASCO is one of 15 instruments on the joint...

NRL Recognized with FLC Innovation Award in Technology Transfer
March 31, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory was recognized with the Innovation in Technology Transfer Award at the 2023 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) National Meeting March 29. NRL established a leading-edge program using trade secret law to protect and license government intellectual property, demonstrating the capacity for significant benefits,...

NRL Achieves 65-Year Milestone in Space Satellite Exploration
March 17, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory conducted the first American satellite program, named Project Vanguard, between 1955 and 1959, becoming the prototype for much of what developed as the U.S. space program. On March 17, 1958, the Vanguard I satellite was launched into Earth orbit. Vanguard I was the first solar-powered satellite, enabling it to...

NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
March 14, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is set to launch the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of the scheduled U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) H9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) March 15. SWELL is one of several experiments that will launch aboard the SpaceX...

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