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On April 9, at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released the 2024 Naval S&T Strategy, which serves as "sailing directions" for strengthening collaborative relationships to accelerate delivery of innovative solutions to the US Navy and United States Marine Corps. The Strategy aligns with three primary principles established by SECNAV: Strengthening Maritime Dominance, Building a Culture of Warfighting Excellence and Enhancing Strategic Partnerships. Read the Naval S&T Strategy in greater detail:? https://lnkd.in/eDvpAMn Office of the Secretary of the Navy | #SECNAV #STEM #innovation #SAS2024

The 2024 Naval Science & Technology/Combat Systems/Technology, Systems and Ships Symposium, hosted by ONR in partnership with the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), offers several opportunities to engage with naval leaders and experts. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 9:00-10:15 AM, ONR will host a panel discussion, “Naval Power: Science?and Technology to deliver in an era of strategic competition and rapid technological change": Moderator: Dr. Thomas Fu, SES, Executive Director, ONR Panelists: Dr. Michael Pollock, SES, Department Head, C5ISRT, ONR Dr. Knox Millsaps, SES, Department Head, Naval Air Warfare and Weapons, ONR Dr. Gregory Orris, Acting Department Head, Sea Warfare and Weapons, ONR The day prior, Monday, Dec. 9, attendees are invited to visit breakout rooms to meet with representatives from ONR’s S&T departments, Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, NavalX, Expeditionary Portfolio and Contracting and Small Business. The ONR booth will also be open throughout the symposium for networking, funding and research opportunities. Register today to join us!? ?? https://lnkd.in/eCTQT9sE

This week, the Naval Postgraduate School’s NPS-CIRPAS Airborne Research Facility and its unique Twin Otter research aircraft are helping Dr. Qing Wang advance her research on improving the Navy’s ability to predict the optical propagation environment in the coastal region, for directed energy applications among others. “We’re using the combination of a land tower and the Twin Otter research aircraft to make in situ [turbulence] and aerosol measurements,” said Wang, a professor in the NPS Department of Meteorology. The Office of Naval Research sponsored project will help gain “a better understanding of the atmospheric scintillation and attenuation for electro-optical and infrared (EOIR) signals,” among other related objectives, she added. The team will be measuring optical propagation through a linked ground-based tracking and camera system with visible and midwave infrared cameras. “An MX-15 air surveillance and reconnaissance imaging system, owned and operated by our collaborator at the Naval Research Laboratory, is also onboard the CIRPAS Twin Otter,” Wang noted. She says the data collected by the team this week will support multiple student research efforts. The NPS-CIRPAS team and the Twin Otter aircraft provide an invaluable research capability that can support a wide-range of experimentation for NPS faculty, student researchers and their partners. This past September, the Twin Otter helped NASA validate data received from its new PACE - or Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem – satellite. Launched in early 2024, the PACE satellite collects observations of the ocean and atmosphere that will help inform scientists and decision makers about the health of Earth’s oceans, land surfaces, and atmosphere, as well as the interactions between them, such as how carbon dioxide is exchanged between the ocean and atmosphere. ? Learn more about Meteorology at NPS: https://lnkd.in/gmF65a8H ? More on the PACE data validation effort: https://lnkd.in/gFGSfSR5 US Navy | United States Marine Corps | Office of Naval Research | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #research #directedenergy

It was my pleasure to attend the American Salvage Association annual meeting this week where I presented USMAT, Inc.'s incompressible cold-water diving wetsuit technology. As an engineer developing new ideas in a laboratory environment, it is always grounding to speak directly to the people whose teams spend significant amounts of time at depth where the risk of hypothermia is a real and present danger. USMAT, Inc.'s wetsuit keeps divers warm using only their own body heat even when torn. No need for warm water flushing from the surface, portable heaters, etc. Thank you to Elias Psyllos and Joseph Farrell for the invitation! This work was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research for use by Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One and was accurately identified as an area for investment by Dr. Reginald Beach and Dr. Sandra Chapman. Transition support was provided by the Navy Launch program.

We're honored to welcome a lineup of high-ranking naval leaders, who will share their insights on advancing naval S&T to ensure mission readiness and maritime dominance at the 2024 Naval Science and Technology/Combat Systems/Technology, Systems and Ships Symposium. Here’s a preview of the experts you’ll hear from: December 9-10: Combat Systems? The Honorable Carlos Del Toro?– Secretary of the Navy Rear Admiral Kurt Rothenhaus?– Chief of Naval Research Vice Admiral Scott Pappano?– Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) Rear Admiral Tom Dickinson?– Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) December 11-12: Technology, Systems and Ships? The Hon. Nickolas Guertin?– Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) Rear Admiral Casey Moton?– Program Executive Officer, Aircraft Carriers Rear Admiral Tom Anderson?– Program Executive Officer, Ships Rear Admiral Kevin Smith?– Program Executive Officer, Unmanned and Small Combatants Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best in the field! Register today to be part of the conversation:?https://lnkd.in/eCTQT9sE American Society of Naval Engineers | Office of the Secretary of the Navy | Program Executive Office, Ships (PEO Ships) | Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) | #navalscience #sandt #scienceandtechnology #combatsystems

During our annual meeting, we awarded the Outstanding Navy Reserve Junior Officer of the Year Award. The Outstanding Navy Reserve Junior Officer of the Year Award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the characteristics expected from an outstanding military officer. Consideration is given to performance and accomplishments during the last three years. This year’s award recipient is Lt. Cmdr. Richard D. Harvey. Harvey serves as the Office of Naval Research Code 35 Naval Air Warfare and Air Weapons Assistant Military Deputy, the responsibilities equivalent to an executive officer. He has coordinated 20 research projects. He directly contributed to developing the TALISMAN project computer model that integrates radars from multiple independent aviation platforms. Harvey was hand-selected to support the Naval Research Laboratory’s Moisture and Aerosol Gradients/Physics of Inversion Evolution (MAGPIE) project in February 2024. He was the only reservist to accompany five civilian scientists outfitting a newly constructed 60-foot atmospheric monitoring tower in Barbados. This project will improve weather and climate predictions by studying how energy and atmospheric constituents exchange between the warm subtropical ocean and the atmosphere. U.S. Navy Reserve #NavyReserve #ROAAM24 #OctoberRecap #ICYMI

Congratulations, LCDR Rich Harvey, Assistant Military Deputy for our Naval Air Warfare and Weapons department, on winning the Outstanding U.S. Navy Reserve Junior Officer of the Year Award! #BravoZulu

We are eternally grateful to our nation’s veterans - past and present - for their service and sacrifices on behalf of all Americans. #VeteransDay

Happy #NationalSTEMDay! ??? The DoN Naval STEM Coordination Office, located at ONR, works to inspire, engage and motivate tomorrow's #STEM leaders and enhance the US Navy and United States Marine Corps' ability to meet present and future war-fighting challenges.

Materials in the #harsh environment of space: Our paper in #Nature Reviews Materials on "Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments" is now published in the final form in the November issue of the journal. If you have not read our review article on #UHTCs, here is the link: https://lnkd.in/giFsqTGe If you do not have access, feel free to email me for a copy.?? Also, the journal editors wrote a nice editorial about the papers published in this issue:?https://lnkd.in/gTXMuj8D My two former PhD students, Brian C. Wyatt and Kartik Nemani, led this review study in collaboration with Prof. Elizabeth Opila and Prof. Greg Hilmas. Thanks to the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Eric Marineau and Eric Wuchina for supporting this effort. #UHTCs #diborides #carbides #additive_manufacturing #MXenes #extreme #hypersonic Purdue University School of Materials Engineering Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Purdue University College of Engineering