Future of Microwave Power Beaming USNRL 2022-04-19 | Safe and Continuous Power Beaming Microwave (SCOPE-M) is an NRL research project which delivers one kilowatt of electrical power at a distance of a kilometer using a microwave beam. To learn more about this project, go to: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9662403. SCOPE-M is built of tens of thousands of x-band antennas. Each of these antennas is connected to a small rectifier diode that diode converts the incident microwave power into DC electrical power. This demonstration paves the way for power beaming on the earth and from space to the earth. For more information about the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, visit www.nrl.navy.mil.
Snackable Science: NRL Hydrogen Technology Supporting Marine Corps USNRL 2023-12-05 | Did you know that hydrogen may be the next major fuel source for our warfighters? Researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are collaborating with other DOD agencies to make that a reality. Rick Stroman leads a team at NRL that developed a new hydrogen fuel cell that is being used to power the Stalker UAS. "Hydrogen crosses across all fields and all agencies, said Ben Gould, Department of Energy, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Officer. So it's going to be very important for the Department of Energy, the Navy and DoD to all work together. This is an all hands on deck kind of problem. No one department can do it by itself. So it's really important for us to have events like this where we can coordinate and like share lessons learned and talk."The demonstration was a success. Rick Stroman, head of NRL’s Alternative Energy Section, and his team see a bright future ahead for hydrogen fuel. "We are providing technology that meets the needs of the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense, said Stroman. We are also pushing the envelope in developing technologies that have real environmental benefits. From a personal perspective, I think national defense and reducing our environmental footprint are both very important to me."For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information visit: https://www.nrl.navy.mil
Snackable Science: Future of U.S. Navy Maintenance: Unleashing Robotic Quadrupeds USNRL 2023-10-18 | We all know that dogs are a man's best friend. Well, now, scientists and engineers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are building a future where robot dogs are a sailor's best friend.“The whole idea behind it is to toss a quadruped with an arm on it onto a ship and have it run around doing standard maintenance tasks,” says Ali Schroer, NRL mechanical engineer.Right now, engineers at NRL are in the lab conducting basic tests and then eventually will be working up to something a little bit more complex like fire suppression or damage control.“The coolest part is this dog won't need a leash. So once it's on a ship, it's actually not meant to be operated by anyone,” says Schroer. “It's supposed to be autonomous.”Even though this program is in its early days, Schroer says she can see a future where sailors will always have a four legged friend while at sea.For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information visit: https://www.nrl.navy.mil
NRL Engineers Ready Innovative RSGS Payload for Launch USNRL 2022-11-09 | Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) recently completed robotic payload component level testing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.
Happy 247th birthday, U.S. Navy! USNRL 2022-10-13 | Celebrating the @USNavy's 247th Birthday! The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is proud to prepare our Sailors and civilians with innovations for the future. We’re #onwatch247 to support our Navy from the sea floor to outer space!
Snackable Science: NRL Fungi Launching on NASAs Artemis I USNRL 2022-08-26 | Why do we need fungus in space? The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is teaming up with @NASA @EuropeanSpaceAgency to launch samples of their fungi into the cosmos... catching a ride on the Artemis I mission, scheduled to blast off for orbit to the moon Aug. 29. The experiment will use samples of fungi to investigate effects of the deep space radiation environment outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere. While NRL has a long history in space exploration, stretching back to the V-2 rocket test in the late 1940s, this experiment marks a first in space for the Lab. The fungal experiment will become the first biological project performed at NRL to be launched to space.After the Orion spacecraft completes its mission the fungal samples will be returned to NRL for a thorough analysis.For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information visit: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3140516/nrl-fungal-experiment-launches-as-artemis-i-payload/
Snackable Science USNRL 2022-08-26 | Snackable Science is a series of short form videos explaining diverse scientific topics while highlighting cutting edge science and advancements being made at the Naval Research Laboratory. The series will engage with STEM audiences in an accessible, mostly whimsical fashion and subject matter experts will engage students by directly answering their questions on certain topics on camera.
Quantum Navy Episode 3: Forging a New Frontier USNRL 2022-08-17 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy. “Quantum Navy” will introduce viewers to the history of quantum, highlights NRL’s key role in the nation’s quantum initiative, and previews the future of quantum and what it means for the Navy.Quantum information science offers vast technological improvements in computing, sensing, and communication, areas of high interest for the Navy. The series features NRL leadership describing researchers’ quest for dividends in these areas. Possibilities include solving computer problems in minutes that otherwise could take a lifetime, saving the lives of Sailors with more precise locations, or more secure, virtually unhackable communications for our naval forces.In 2020, NRL was designated as the U.S. Navy’s Quantum Information Research Center. This designation allows NRL to engage with public and private sector organizations to enhance and accelerate research, development, and deployment of quantum information sciences and QIS-enabled technologies and systems.For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information on quantum visit: www.nrl.navy.milwww.nrl.navy.mil/Our-Work/Areas-of-Research/Quantum-Research/
Quantum Navy Episode 2: The Naval Research Laboratory USNRL 2022-08-10 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy. “Quantum Navy” will introduce viewers to the history of quantum, highlights NRL’s key role in the nation’s quantum initiative, and previews the future of quantum and what it means for the Navy.Quantum information science offers vast technological improvements in computing, sensing, and communication, areas of high interest for the Navy. The series features NRL leadership describing researchers’ quest for dividends in these areas. Possibilities include solving computer problems in minutes that otherwise could take a lifetime, saving the lives of Sailors with more precise locations, or more secure, virtually unhackable communications for our naval forces.In 2020, NRL was designated as the U.S. Navy’s Quantum Information Research Center. This designation allows NRL to engage with public and private sector organizations to enhance and accelerate research, development, and deployment of quantum information sciences and QIS-enabled technologies and systems.For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information on quantum visit: www.nrl.navy.milwww.nrl.navy.mil/Our-Work/Areas-of-Research/Quantum-Research/
Quantum Navy Episode 1: The History of Quantum USNRL 2022-08-08 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy. “Quantum Navy” will introduce viewers to the history of quantum, highlights NRL’s key role in the nation’s quantum initiative, and previews the future of quantum and what it means for the Navy.Quantum information science offers vast technological improvements in computing, sensing, and communication, areas of high interest for the Navy. The series features NRL leadership describing researchers’ quest for dividends in these areas. Possibilities include solving computer problems in minutes that otherwise could take a lifetime, saving the lives of Sailors with more precise locations, or more secure, virtually unhackable communications for our naval forces.In 2020, NRL was designated as the U.S. Navy’s Quantum Information Research Center. This designation allows NRL to engage with public and private sector organizations to enhance and accelerate research, development, and deployment of quantum information sciences and QIS-enabled technologies and systems.For media inquiries contact: nrlpao@nrl.navy.milFor more information on quantum visit: www.nrl.navy.milwww.nrl.navy.mil/Our-Work/Areas-of-Research/Quantum-Research/
Quantum Navy USNRL 2022-08-01 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy. "Quantum Navy" premieres Wednesday, August 3, on NRL’s YouTube channel, with new episodes airing every Wednesday.
SCOPE-O POWER BEAMING USNRL 2022-07-21 | Safe and Continuous Power Beaming Optical (SCOPE-O) is an NRL research project that uses a direct-energy laser to transmit power to a remote location. Analogous to wireless communication, it can deliver power to almost any location without having to run wires, transmitting significant power over significant distance.For more information about the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, visit www.nrl.navy.mil.
NRL, BSEE Demonstrate Low-Emission Burner for Oil Spill Response USNRL 2022-01-28 | When an oil spill at sea occurs, there are two possibilities, a surface spill or a sub-surface spill. In either spill type, wave action and wind begins turning the oil mixed with ocean water into an emulsion. Once emulsification occurs disposal or ignition of the oil becomes more difficult. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) advanced a low-emission burner system’s technological readiness to clean up emulsified crude oil and reduce the Navy’s carbon footprint.“We’re excited about this technology because it’s not only going to get the emulsified crude off of the marine environment, it will help protect our first responders that are out on the water and keep them healthy,” said Karen Stone, BSEE oil spill response engineer and program manager. “We hope this technology can be used closer in-shore; maybe in fast-water environments on rivers and near population centers or in areas that we don’t have a lot of infrastructure, such as off of Alaska.”For more information visit: www.nrl.navy.mil and www.bsee.gov.
Comet Leonard USNRL 2021-12-28 | Comet Leonard streaks across the field of view of the NRL SoloHI telescope aboard ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft on Dec. 17-19, 2021. The comet's apparent backward movement is due to the spacecraft's relative motion. SoloHI will continue observing the comet until it leaves its field of view until Dec. 22. (Photo by ESA/NASA/NRL/SoloHI/Guillermo Stenborg)
Go NAVY/ Beat Army (Extended Version) USNRL 2021-12-09 | The Navy Midshipmen and Army Black Knights are headed for their 122nd meeting on Saturday, December 11th. Some say it might be the greatest rivalry in sports! GO NAVY!!!For more information on the Naval Research Laboratory visit us: www.nrl.navy.mil
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration USNRL 2021-09-03 | Each year through a partnership with the Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation Society (CBOCS), NRL hosts the two-part project to grow and release mature oyster spat in the Bay. NRL receives oyster spat to sink on its docks each fall, spat are oyster larvae that are attached to a surface, in this case an oyster shell surface. The following summer the oyster cages are hoisted out of the water, spat are counted, and the oysters are motored out to be spread on a reef. This year is the first year that volunteers for the oyster restoration project were outside of the environmental department, expanding to employees across NRL divisions. Alisha Sutton, natural resource manager at NRL leads the program each year.
Swarm Robotics Research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory USNRL 2021-08-10 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Don Sofge speaks about Lighter-Than-Air-Autonomous-Agent (LTA3) is used to facilitate the development and testing of new swarm behaviors for teams of airborne autonomous systems.
Graphene Chip for Detecting Sulfur Compounds in Fuels USNRL 2021-08-10 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Evgeniya Lock speaks about graphene chip detects sulfur compounds in fuels. This technology is a new class of sulfur detector-on-a-chip based on two-dimensional material called graphene, combined with metal oxide nanoparticles, as the transducing and sensory elements. These detectors yield a fast and inexpensive (at scale) detection of sulfur compounds.
Safer, sustainable, and Rechargeable Batteries Enabled by Zinc Sponge Anodes USNRL 2021-08-09 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Ryan DeBlock speaks about Zinc-based batteries offering a safe, inexpensive alternative to fire-prone lithium-based batteries, yet have been historically limited by poor rechargeability during Sea Air Space 2021. NRL has eradicated this centuries-old roadblock by developing a 3D zinc (Zn) “sponge” electrode architecture comprising interpenetrating networks of Zn scaffolding and void space.
US Naval Research Laboratory PyroCB Press Conference, July 16, 2021 USNRL 2021-07-23 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory held a virtual press conference regarding the record number of observed pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCB) plumes generated by current wildfires in the United States and Canada. Subject matter experts were available to answer questions about pyroCB.
US Naval Research Laboratory PyroCB Press Conference, July 21, 2021 USNRL 2021-07-22 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory held a virtual press conference regarding the record number of observed pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCB) plumes generated by current wildfires in the United States and Canada. Subject matter experts were available to answer questions about pyroCB "smoke thunderclouds,: which produce lightning, hail, but little, if any precipitation. Panel is:- Mike Fromm, Ph.D., Remote Sensing Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory- David Peterson, Ph.D., Meteorologist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory- James Campbell, Meteorologist/Oceanographer, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory For more information, contact NRL Corporate Communications at (202) 480-3746 or NRLPAO@NRL.Navy.mil
Marine Meteorology Monterey USNRL 2021-06-08 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division conducts a research and development program designed to better understand the atmosphere, the coupled environment, and their mission impacts so that they can be better simulated, better predicted, and help the U.S. Military.Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division continuously develop and advance simulation and prediction capabilities to provide Navy decision-makers timely and accurate information about the marine environment anywhere in the world. They frequently collaborate with a variety of military research and operational centers.In addition to developing products like the Navy’s next-generation numerical weather prediction system, they create and support the nation’s most advanced data assimilation system, making the best use of observations from satellite, radar, radiosondes, remotely piloted systems, and more for numerical weather prediction.For more information visit: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/marine-meteorology/
Artificial Intelligence Overview USNRL 2021-05-07 | As Artificial Intelligence continues to find ways to help people live their lives better, the scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are continuing to find inventive ways to help keep Americans and warfighters informed and safe as we enter into a better future.NRL conducts basic and applied research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address problems that are critical to the Navy, Marine Corps, and the broader DOD. Our primary efforts focus on intelligent agents, human-machine teaming, machine learning, and autonomous systems. To find out more about NRL visit: www.NRL.navy.mil
Hybrid Tiger USNRL 2021-04-27 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers recently demonstrated Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-day endurance flight capability, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. The team integrated technologies developed in prior NRL power and energy programs into a single UAV to achieve multi-day endurance with a Group 2 UAV. Group 2 UAVs are typically in the 21-55 pound weight class and normally operate below 3,500 feet above ground level at speeds less than 250 knots.This was the first time Hybrid Tiger flew through a complete 24-hour period, its longest flight to date. “Extrapolating the flight endurance of Hybrid Tiger from the recent flight data suggests it can reach the program goal flight endurance,” said Richard Stroman, Ph.D., a mechanical engineer from the NRL Chemistry Division. “The results validated our extensive simulation efforts, because the flight endurance is almost exactly what was predicted by our simulation.”For more information: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/2498102/nrls-hybrid-tiger-uav-soars-at-demonstration/
Hybrid Tiger Launch USNRL 2021-04-22 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers recently demonstrated Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-day endurance flight capability, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. The team integrated technologies developed in prior NRL power and energy programs into a single UAV to achieve multi-day endurance with a Group 2 UAV. Group 2 UAVs are typically in the 21-55 pound weight class and normally operate below 3,500 feet above ground level at speeds less than 250 knots.This was the first time Hybrid Tiger flew through a complete 24-hour period, its longest flight to date. “Extrapolating the flight endurance of Hybrid Tiger from the recent flight data suggests it can reach the program goal flight endurance,” said Richard Stroman, Ph.D., a mechanical engineer from the NRL Chemistry Division. “The results validated our extensive simulation efforts, because the flight endurance is almost exactly what was predicted by our simulation.”For more information: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/2498102/nrls-hybrid-tiger-uav-soars-at-demonstration/
Power Beaming- Phase 3 USNRL 2021-04-19 | The Power Transmitted Over Laser (PTROL) project safely and wirelessly transmits energy to a specific receiver. This has been a multi-year project. Phase III demonstrated PTROL is on the path to mount a receiver that’s light enough and powerful enough to be flown on a drone. Power beaming is undetectable by the human eye, quiet, and portable. Those three features make it amenable to many applications.The first PTROL phase in 2017 used lasers to deliver energy through optical fiber for underwater applications and phase II proved large amounts of power can be transmitted over reasonable distances. Learn more about PTROL at go.usa.gov/xHWVr.
NRL 2020 Highlights USNRL 2021-03-09 | A year in review. Here's a look at some of NRL's key moments of 2020. #USNRL #NavyScienceVideo produced by NRL's Corporate Communications Office.For more information about the Naval Research Laboratory visit: www.nrl.navy.mil
NRL Overview USNRL 2020-11-13 | As a specialized laboratory for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, we are driven to discover. Our research takes us from the depths of the ocean to the edges of the galaxy, producing powerful results that benefit both military and civilians alike. With a mission of providing advanced capabilities and ensuring the safety of our Sailors and Marines, we've made advancements that impact all humankind. To learn more about NRL » https://www.nrl.navy.mil/
NRLs Paul Jaffe Talks about the Latest in Power Beaming USNRL 2020-11-02 | Visit Paul Jaffe at the Naval Research Laboratory, and learn about power beaming, space solar, and LEctenna!
Advanced Radar USNRL 2020-09-08 | Using an advanced radar, experts at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory developed ways to detect subtle vibration changes in moving targets.Sensing vibrations with a millimeter wave radar essentially gives radar operators the ability to “hear” what a target is doing.For more information: ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8981984 digital-library.theiet.org/docserver/fulltext/el/56/18/EL.2020.0386.pdf?expires=1599702340&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=F476F0059F137544A7DA4C5AFB8C2683
LEctenna Competition USNRL 2020-09-02 | The LEctenna challenge: make your LEctenna better and get a prize! Here's one way to improve on the basic LEctenna. You might be able to think about other ways to make them better on your own. Send us a photo or short video on social media (#lectenna) or to lectenna@nrl.navy.mil and we’ll send you LEctenna swag! Legal disclaimer: Kids under 13, please ask your parents first. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory will not use your submissions without your permission. However, we may reshare your social media posts if you choose to send your LEctenna info that way. Quantities are limited.
NRL, BSEE Test Rapid Oilspill Cleanup Method USNRL 2020-07-14 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) advanced a low-emission burner system’s technological readiness to clean up emulsified crude oil and reduce the Navy’s carbon footprint.The cleanup also includes fuel spills from old ships as far back as World War II that slowly leak, sometimes they are in very remote locations and a small-scale burner such as our own can be a useful means of getting rid of one of those spills, he said.In response to the needs of the Department of the Interior’s BSEE for a rapid disposal method for emulsified crude oil – the research laboratory developed a crude oil burner and conducted emissions testing of the burner.
Thermal Spray Nonskid (TSN) Repair USNRL 2020-07-10 | This video provides a demonstration of how to inspect Thermal Spray Nonskid (TSN) Repair for damage, followed by a demonstration of the approved procedures for, excavating the damage site, cleaning the corroded surface and applying temporary epoxy repair coatings.
NRL Researchers Improve Eye Safety of Fiber Lasers USNRL 2020-05-29 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experts devise a new process using nano-particles to build powerful lasers that are more efficient and safer for your eyes. Jas Sanghera, head of Optical Sciences and Devices Branch, introduces his team, who help shed some light on these specialty fibers and next generation lasers. Learn more about this trailblazing technique at go.usa.gov/xwgrc
Solar Beaming Explained USNRL 2020-05-18 | Why might it make sense to collect sunlight in space for energy, rather than just on the ground? The potential benefits of the clean, constant, globally transmissible energy from space solar are explained by NRL's Paul Jaffe.
PRAM: NRL Space Solar USNRL 2020-05-18 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17, as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space.Depending on the results, the team aims ultimately to build a fully-functional system on a dedicated spacecraft to test the transmission of energy back to Earth. The development of a space solar capability could potentially help provide energy to remote installations like forward operating bases and disaster response areas.NRL is a scientific and engineering command dedicated to research that drives innovative advances for the Navy and Marine Corps from the seafloor to space and in the information domain. NRL headquarters is located in Washington, D.C., with major field sites in Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, Key West, Florida, and Monterey, California, and employs approximately 2,500 civilian scientists, engineers and support personnel.
Sungrazer: 2 Minute Breakdown Featuring NRLs Karl Battams USNRL 2020-05-01 | The Sungrazer Project is a NASA-funded Citizen Science Project that enables anyone in the world to become a comet discoverer! Well over half of all known comets have been discovered via the Sungrazer Project! Discoveries help drive a huge variety of scientific research, including studies of comet orbits, families, composition, dust properties, evolution and fragmenting. Sungrazer discoveries have also been used to benefit heliophysics (studies of the Sun), as we watch comets plunge through the Sun's atmosphere like small solar probes. Project discoveries have led to dozens of scientific research papers, contributed to several PhDs, and inspired enthusiasts as young as 13 years old to pursue astronomy careers!
Tabletop Demo with Paul Jaffe USNRL 2020-05-01 | Paul Jaffe explains space solar power beaming with a table-top demonstration using a LEctenna.
How to Build a LEctenna USNRL 2020-04-13 | Want to be able to see invisible electromagnetic waves? It’s easy to make your own LEctenna in just a few minutes to allow you to do just that! NRL’s Elias Wilcoski shows you how.Parts used in this video:An RF through-hole Schottky Diode (1N5711)A through-hole LEDA plastic test tube
LEctenna on ISS USNRL 2020-04-13 | NASA Astronaut, Jessica Meir, stationed on the International Space Station, demonstrates the use of an LED Rectifying Antenna (LEctenna) in space.For more information on how to make your own LEctenna: youtube.com/watch?v=3j7sAjWgySQ
Blossom Point Tracking Facility Overview USNRL 2020-04-01 | NRL's Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) provides engineering and operational support to several complex space systems for the Navy and other sponsors. BPTF is the nation’s first satellite command and control facility, established in 1956.
NRL Year in Review (2019) USNRL 2020-02-14 | A year in review. Here's a look at some of NRL's key moments of 2019. #USNRL #NavyScienceVideo produced by NRL's Corporate Communications Office.For more information about the Naval Research Laboratory visit: www.nrl.navy.mil
Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) USNRL 2020-01-13 | Sometimes knowing the weather forecast isn’t enough. In the environments the Navy and Marine Corps operate, Sailors and Marines also have to navigate in the ocean, deal with waves, and in the era of a “Great Power Competition,” grow their ability to work in and around sea ice.This need to know what to expect in the total environment is why researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are working on extending the limits of environmental prediction by developing a globally-coupled model called the Earth System Prediction Capability, or ESPC.
Marine Meteorology Division Overview USNRL 2020-01-10 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division conducts a research and development program designed to better understand the atmosphere, the coupled environment, and their mission impacts so that they can be better simulated, better predicted, and help the U.S. Military.Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division continuously develop and advance simulation and prediction capabilities to provide Navy decision makers timely and accurate information about the marine environment anywhere in the world. They frequently collaborate with a variety of military research and operational centers.In addition to developing products like the Navy’s next-generation numerical weather prediction system, they create and support the nation’s most advanced data assimilation system, making the best use of observations from satellite, radar, radiosondes, remotely piloted systems and more for numerical weather prediction.
Energy transmitted by laser in ‘historic’ power-beaming demonstration USNRL 2019-10-22 | During a three-day-long tech demonstration at the David Taylor Model Basin at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland, attendees gathered to see a long-range, free-space power beaming system. Attendees this day, May 23, could see the system itself—the two 13-foot-high towers, one a 2-kilowatt laser transmitter, the other a receiver of specially designed photovoltaics. But the laser that was beaming 400 watts of power across 325 meters, from the transmitter to the receiver, was invisible to the naked eye.Producer: Jonathan SundermanAssociate Producer: Lennie PietonEditor: Lennie PietonCamera Operator: Lennie PietonFor more information: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/news/releases/researchers-transmit-energy-laser-power-beaming-demonstration
Space Overview Video USNRL 2019-07-24 | In this video, researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory discuss their ongoing space research and development efforts. Topics include the development of GPS technology, space mission support capability, the study of space plasmas, free space optics, space weather research, research on sungrazing comets, and NRL’s Blossom Point tracking facility.For more info: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/space/
Twin Otter Arrives to NRLs Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1) USNRL 2019-07-16 | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Navy's premier science and technology research squadron, Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1), unveiled the UV-18 “Twin Otter” as the newest addition to the squadron’s unique fleet of aircraft research platforms, May 11The UV-18 is the military equivalent of the DeHavilland DHC-6 — a high-wing, unpressurized twin engine turbine powered aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear.For more information: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/news/releases/nrl-introduces-newly-acquired-aircraft-airborne-research
4D Bio3 Technology USNRL 2019-05-01 | The 4-Dimensional Bioprinting, Biofabrication, and Biomanufacturing (4D Bio3) Program is a five-year program funded by the Defense Health Program (DHP), with the purpose of promoting the development and application of advanced bioprinting, biofabrication, and biomanufacturing technologies for research pursuant to Department of Defense (DoD) priorities and ultimately for translation to clinical medical defense care and training solutions. The program is based at the Uniformed Services University (USU) on America’s Medical Campus in Bethesda, Maryland and represents a collaboration between USU, The Geneva Foundation (Geneva), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), and National Institutes of Health (NIH).4D Bio³ includes a 4,000 ft² multi-tool facility and supports a broad array of research and education applications. This facility includes a biofabrication suite, tissue culture room, bioreactor and sensor facility, and medical/surgical simulation room. The capabilities present allow for military medical applications and translations to the fields of precision medicine, biomarker discovery, drug and vaccine development, medical technology validation, bio-sensors, environmental and occupational health, and regenerative medicine.Video produced by Uniformed Services University
