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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Unveils New Quantum Materials Research System
September 30, 2025 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have a powerful new tool to accelerate discovery in quantum materials for advanced electronics. The laboratory recently completed installation of a state-of-the-art “cluster system” that allows researchers to grow and analyze materials at the atomic level, all without ever removing samples from its ultra-clean environment. ... MORE

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Celebrates 62-Year Career of Radar Pioneer
September 29, 2025 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) marked the retirement of Joseph Thomason on Sept. 5, recognizing his extraordinary 62-year career in the Radar Division that helped shape modern over-the-horizon (OTH) radar capabilities for the Navy and the nation... MORE

NRL's CCOR-2 Set to Boost Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities
September 24, 2025 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Compact Coronagraph-2 (CCOR-2) launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory from NASA – Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida... MORE

Honoring a Pioneer: Dr. George Carruthers’ Legacy Reaches Space Again
September 23, 2025 — NASA is set to launch the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission in September 2025, honoring the late Dr. George R. Carruthers, whose groundbreaking work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) transformed how we observe Earth and space... MORE

Naval Research Laboratory Robotic Servicing Payload Clears Thermal Vacuum Lab Test, Readies for Space
September 18, 2025 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with and with funding support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics, has reached a historic milestone in satellite servicing technology, completing on Sept. 5 a critical round of space-readiness testing on a robotic spacecraft designed to extend and upgrade satellites already in orbit... MORE

Reinforcement Learning is Making a Buzz in Space
September 9, 2025 — A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research team successfully conducted the first reinforcement learning (RL) control of a free-flyer in space on May 27... MORE

Above the Battle, Beyond the Horizon
August 27, 2025 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in conjunction with the Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O); the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment; Aerostar; and Lockheed Martin conducted a technical demonstration held at Outlying Landing Field Seagle in Twentynine Palms, California, May 19-21, aiming to develop a technology for Navy vessels to "see over the horizon" using a combination of stratospheric high-altitude balloons (HABs) and unmanned aircraft, both included novel energy solutions... MORE

Vanguard Award Recognizes Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs, NRL Proud to Contribute
August 25, 2025 — The Department of Navy Office of Small Business Programs (DON OSBP) earned the prestigious Vanguard Award, for the second consecutive year, and third time in the last four years recognizing it as one of the Department of Defense (DOD) components that best exemplified a commitment to strengthening small business participation and industrial competitiveness across the defense acquisition landscape... MORE

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