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Navy/USMC

ONR Putting Greater Focus On Autonomous Systems

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, November 18th, 2011

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) updated its strategic plan this week and put a new emphasis on developing more cost-effective unmanned and autonomous systems in response to the budget constraints sweeping Washington. The biannual Science and Technology Strategic Plan also calls for greater focus on investment strategy, speed-to-fleet, and taking steps to increase the future talent pool for naval scientists and engineers. The combination of increased threats to the warfighter and the rapid advances in computing, power, robotics, sensors…

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