Defense Research Sciences

Abstract

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) was established by Congress in 1946 to plan, foster and encourage scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance to the maintenance of American naval power and national security. ONR manages the Department of the Navy's (DON) portfolio of Basic Research, Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development investments to ensure naval forces can effectively deter conflict, but when called upon, fight, win and come home safely. This Program Element (PE) supports the Basic Research portion of the Department of the Navy (DON) science and technology (S&T) portfolio, laying the foundation for new innovative technologies and future capabilities for naval warfighters. This PE's efforts include theoretical and experimental investigations directed toward increasing knowledge and understanding of the physical, chemical, engineering, environmental and life sciences. The huge majority of the research in this PE are performed by academia and government labs, both of which play significant roles in developing the S&T workforce of tomorrow in addition to delivery new knowledge and scientific discoveries. This PE, and the rest of Naval S&T, supports higher guidance defined by the National Defense Strategy, and responds to requirements identified by the Secretary of the Navy through research priorities set by the Chief of Naval Research, coordinated across the Naval Research Enterprise (NRE), and outlined in the Naval R&D Framework. In addition, ONR's S&T investment portfolio supports National Naval Responsibilities (NNR) critical to the naval services where the Navy has historically taken the lead (ocean acoustics, undersea weapons, naval engineering, undersea medicine and sea-based aviation) to ensure decisive naval capability in the maritime domain. Scientific breakthroughs within the current research activities: Atmosphere & Space Sciences; Mathematics, Computer, & Information Sciences; Ocean Sciences; Materials/Processes; Human Systems; Medical/Biology; Science Addressing Hybrid Threats; Sensors, Electronics & Electronic Warfare (EW); Air, Ground & Sea Vehicles; Weapons; and Science & Engineering Education, Career Development & Outreach lead to more advanced aspects of applied research and technology development and become solutions to Navy and Marine Corps technical challenges via the Future Naval Capabilities (FNCs) pipeline, and new capability options for the future via the Innovative Naval Prototypes (INPs) portfolio. Just as today's Sailors and Marines are enabled by past naval S&T investments, current investments hedge against uncertainty, providing the scientific basis for near-term solutions to commanders today and options for an unknown future. The work in this PE can be classified between Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 1 (basic principles observed and reported) and TRL 2 (technology concept and/or application formulation). Due to the number of efforts in this PE, the programs described herein are representative of the work included in this PE.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0601153N_1_1319_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding: $29.933M funding increase for Basic Research Enhancements for Strategic Competition Technical: No significant change. Schedule: No significant change
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Kinetic Weapons
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Climate Change
• Cognitive Science
• Computational Science
• Data Science
• Engineers
• Human-Machine Systems
• Information Processing
• Information Science
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Network Science
• Physics Laboratories
• Quantum Computing

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics
• Space