Tag Archives: Naval Research Laboratory

Using Microbes to Generate Electricity

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

From the lights in our houses to our mobile devices, we are an energized society. And future energy sources could come from some pretty unlikely places.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Armed with Science, battery that runs on sediment, benthic microbial fuel cell, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Department of Defense, Dr. Lenny Tender, electrodes, energy harvester, environment, intelligence, ISR, marine environment, microbial fuel cell development, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, phytoplankton, reconnaissance, sea creatures, sediment, surveillance, waste water treatment | Leave a comment

Armed with Science Saturday: Top Tech – The Flying Transformer

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

To be or not to be….a helicopter or an airplane? Join AWS blogger Jessica Tozer as she takes a closer look at the Naval Research Labratory’s Stop-Rotor Rotary Wing Aircraft.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Armed with Science, AWS, efficient high subsonic cruise, Hybrid power systems, hybrid UAVs, James Bond, Jessica L. Tozer, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, Optimus Prime, planes into helicopters, planes that become helicopters, stop rotor aircraf, Stop-Rotor Rotary Wing Aircraft, technology, Top Tech, transforming, transforming UAVs, Turbo Transformer, vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL | Leave a comment

To Infinity And Beyond – Honoring An Innovator

Posted on February 16, 2013 by jtozer

Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division scientist Dr. George Carruthers has received the 2012 Medal of Technology National and Innovation.
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Posted in African American History Month, Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 2012 Medal of Technology National and Innovation, ARGOS, DoD Space Test Program Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite, Dr. Carruthers, Halley's Comet, moon-based space observatory, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, President Barack Obama, Ultraviolet Camera Spectrograph | Leave a comment

Episode #144: Weekly News Roundup for July 13, 2012

Posted on July 13, 2012 by glenn.selby

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute, that the threat of cyber-attacks on the U.S. is growing. Agencies are currently working on providing a …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged AEI, American Enterprise Institute, Arlington National Cemetery, CYBERCOM, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of State, DoD, Gen. Keith Alexander, Heroes Remembered, Korean War Armistice, National Security Agency, Naval Research Laboratory, network security, screening, SNA, student loan repayment, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Navy, USNRL | Leave a comment

Armed with Science: The Naval Research Laboratory – Pushing the Technological Edge

Posted on August 21, 2009 by glenn.selby

Since 1923, the Naval Research Laboratory, or NRL, has been on the cutting edge of scientific search, exploring the boundaries of science and technology to help solve the challenges confronting U.S. military forces. In an Aug. 19 interview on “Armed …
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Tagged Armed with Science, Capt. Paul Stewart, Dr. John Ohab, Naval Research Laboratory | Leave a comment