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2017 Naval Future Force S&T Expo
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ONR's biennial 2017 Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) Expo will take place July 20-21, 2017. The event will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The Expo, co-sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers, is the premier S&T event for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Recognizing Brain Injury
Modern body armor better protects warfighters against shrapnel from explosive blasts. However, they still face a hidden threat—the resulting blast pressure and shock wave that could cause traumatic brain injury (TBI).
To fight this invisible, insidious adversary, ONR is sponsoring the development of a portable, three-part system that can measure blast pressure, establish injury thresholds for the brain and analyze potential TBI symptoms. It’s called Blast Load Assessment Sense and Test—BLAST, for short.
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