Naval Research Laboratory


In 1992 the Secretary of the Navy consolidated all Navy Research, Test and Evaluation research, Engineering facilities and Fleet Support to form a single corporate research lab, called the Naval Research Lab. NRL is aligned with the Office of Naval Research and four warfare-oriented centers with the Systems Control in charge. Asa result of the consolidation the Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Lab with locations in the Stennis Space Center and Monterey were merged under NRL. NRL conducts specialized research in the field of engineering, oceanography, weather, non-destructive testing, Nanotechnology, NRL conducts advanced atmospheric and oceanographic research and more than 40 subject areas relevant to their mission. NRL's primary purpose is Research & Development. Press inquiries are welcome. Put the question in the subject line of your e-mail.

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International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...


Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved

Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...


Turning heat to electricity

Turning heat to electricity... efficiently

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (61) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- In everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency. But new research points the way ...


NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science ...


Navy Researchers Apply Science to Fire Fighting

Navy Researchers Apply Science to Fire Fighting

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A fire aboard a Navy ship can quickly become a deadly cauldron. The grim reminders of this would be the deadly fires that took place aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 or the USS Enterprise in 1969.


Astronomers seek to explore the cosmic Dark Ages

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

No place seems safe from the prying eyes of inquisitive astronomers. They've traced the evolution of the universe back to the "Big Bang," the theoretical birth of the cosmos 13.7 billion years ago, but there's still a long ...


Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Technology / Energy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...


ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit

ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to ...


NRL Begins Southeast Asia Study of Aerosols Linked to Global Warming

NRL Begins Southeast Asia Study of Aerosols Linked to Global Warming

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NRL's Marine Meteorology Division has deployed the Mobile Atmosphere, Aerosol, and Radiation Characterization Observatory (MAARCO) to the National University of Singapore to begin the first ...


Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Could Reduce Spacecraft Weight

Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Could Reduce Spacecraft Weight

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space environments can deliver a beating to spacecraft electronics. For decades, satellites and other spacecraft have used bulky and expensive shielding to protect vital microelectronics -- ...


Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division and a team of international researchers have positively identified cosmic sources of gamma-ray emissions through the discovery ...


Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere was conducted September 19 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.


Scientists begin Southeast Asia study of aerosols linked to global warming

Scientists begin Southeast Asia study of aerosols linked to global warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NRL's Marine Meteorology Division has deployed the Mobile Atmosphere, Aerosol, and Radiation Characterization Observatory (MAARCO) to the National University of Singapore to begin the first comprehensive radiation ...


NRL artificial intelligence team win prestigious video awards

NRL artificial intelligence team win 2 video awards (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Researchers at NRL's Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, within the laboratory's Information Technology Division (ITD), received two top awards at the 21st International Joint Conference ...


NRL brings new hyperspectral atmospheric and ocean science to the International Space Station

New hyperspectral imager launched to International Space Station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Following a fast-paced 16 month design and development process, NRL's Remote Sensing and Space Science Divisions and the Naval Center for Space Technology provide the first-ever high quality and real-time ...