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Naval Research Laboratory Researcher Honored for Groundbreaking Arctic Cyclone Study
July 23, 2025 — Daniel Lloveras, a postdoctoral researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), was recognized with the Very Early Career Presentation Award at an American Meteorological Society (AMS) conference on June 23 for his innovative research on Arctic polar lows, which are powerful weather systems... MORE

Daniel Lloveras (second from left), a postdoctoral research associate in the Marine Meteorology Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, poses with fellow award recipients after receiving the Early Career Outstanding Presentation Award at the American Meteorological Society’s 21st Conference on Mesoscale Processes, June 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho.

NRL Discovers Inverse Relationship Between Solar Corona Brightness and CME Velocity
July 15, 2025 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) detailed an inverse relationship between the brightness of the solar corona and the velocity of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in a scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal on July 3... MORE

An image sequence from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) C2 coronagraph observing a fast coronal mass ejection, as mentioned in the study, on September 10, 2017. The Sun is at the center of the visual, hidden by a solid disk that blocks blinding sunlight and enables observations of the much fainter solar corona.

Naval Research Laboratory Scientists Recognized by DARPA for Record-Breaking Optical Power Beaming Demonstration
July 7, 2025 — 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... MORE

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Two NRL Engineers Receive Dr. Delores M. Etter Awards
June 27, 2025 — 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... MORE

Launch Your STEM Career: A Unique Gateway into Scientific Research with Naval Research Laboratory Internships
June 24, 2025 — 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... MORE

Miina Anvelt stands in front of the NRL Twin Otter aircraft assigned to the VXS-1 squadron at Naval Air Station Patuxent River during her SEAP internship on July, 19 2022.

Parker Solar Probe Team Receives Collier Trophy for Record-Breaking Solar Encounter
June 23, 2025 — 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... MORE

Samantha Magill (NAA vice chair, center) awards the Collier Trophy to Nicki Fox (Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate, and former Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist), Andy Driesman (APL), Betsy Congdon (APL), and Bobby Braun (APL), June 12. The Collier Trophy is on display at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum (Udvar-Hazy Center) and is engraved with the names of all past awardees.

Naval Research Lab Electronics Engineer Receives 2024 Robert T. Hill Best Dissertation Award
June 18, 2025 — 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... MORE

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Welcomes New Commanding Officer
June 13, 2025 — 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... MORE

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Welcomes New Commander

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