This department supports the Navy’s air warfare and weapons needs, fostering the technology development of naval aviation platforms, kinetic weapons, directed energy and electric weapons.
Sea-Based Aviation
ONR leverages the resources of academia, industry and the Navy to address Sea-Based Aviation by making it the fifth National Naval Responsibility (NNR). NNRs exist to highlight areas where the Navy and Marine Corps depend on robust, long-term research that may not be driven otherwise by commercial demand. The designation addresses science and technology (S&T) challenges associated with sea-based aircraft operations. Sea-based aviation NNR will help ensure ONR continues focusing on necessary S&T talent and resources to meet future aviation needs specific to the Navy and Marine Corps.
Enduring Research Responsibilities
This department supports the following research areas:
- Autonomy
- Aerodynamics
- Directed Energy (DE) & Counter DE
- Energetic Materials
- Flight Dynamics & Control
- High-Speed and Hypersonics
- Propulsion
- Structures and Materials
Divisions
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This division is structured into three major categories: air platforms, kinetic weapons and directed energy weapons. The division conducts basic and early applied research in the following enduring research areas.
Aerospace Science Research
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The Air Warfare and Naval Weapons Applications Division creates naval-unique applied research and advanced technology aligned with current and Future Naval Capability (FNC) gaps and Innovative Naval Prototypes (INPs).
Air Warfare and Naval Weapons Applications