2018 FACT BOOK

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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is 

the Department of the Navy‘s corporate laboratory, 

and it reports to the Chief of Naval Research. As 

the corporate laboratory of the Navy, NRL is the 

principal in-house component in the Office of 

Naval Research’s (ONR) effort to meet its science 

and technology responsibilities.

NRL has had a long and fruitful relationship 

with industry as a collaborator, contractor, and 

through Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreements (CRADAs). NRL values this linkage 

and continues to develop it.

NRL is an important link in the Navy Research, 

Development, and Acquisition (RD&A) chain. 

Through NRL, the Navy has direct ties with sources 

of fundamental ideas in industry and the academic 

community throughout the world and provides an 

effective coupling point to the R&D chain for ONR.

Introduction to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is located in 

Washington, DC, on the east bank of the Potomac River.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology 

Division is located in Monterey, California (NRL-MRY).

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Detachment is located at 

Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (NRL-SSC).

We provide the advanced scientific 

capabilities required to bolster our 

country’s position of global naval 

leadership. Here, in an environment 

where the nation’s best scientists 

and engineers are inspired to pursue 

their passion, everyone is focused 

on research that yields immediate 

and long-range applications in the 

defense of the United States. 
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Contents

1 INTRODUCTION TO THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

5 NRL Functional Organization

6 NRL Sites and Facilities

7 Current Research

11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE

12 Executive Directorate – Code 1000 and Code 1001

14 Commanding Officer

15 Director of Research

16 Executive Council

17 Research Advisory Committee

19 Office of Technology Transfer

20 Office of Program Administration and Policy Development

21 Office of Counsel

22 Institute for Nanoscience

24 Command Support Division

25 Military Support Division

26 Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1)

28 Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research

30 Human Resources Office

32 Ruth H. Hooker Research Library

 

33 BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE

35 Business Operations Directorate – Code 3000

36 Associate Director of Research for Business Operations

38 Contracting Division

40 Financial Management Division

42 Supply and Information Services Division

44 Research and Development Services Division

47 SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

49 Systems Directorate – Code 5000

50 Associate Director of Research for Systems

52 Radar Division

54 Information Technology Division

56 Optical Sciences Division

58 Tactical Electronic Warfare Division

61 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

63 Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate – Code 6000

64 Associate Director of Research for Materials Science and Component Technology

66 Laboratories for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics

68 Chemistry Division
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70 Materials Science and Technology Division

72 Plasma Physics Division

74 Electronics Science and Technology Division

76 Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering

79 OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

81 Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate – Code 7000

82 Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology

84 Office of Research Support Services (NRL-SSC)

86 Acoustics Division

88 Remote Sensing Division

90 Oceanography Division

92 Marine Geosciences Division

94 Marine Meteorology Division

96 Space Science Division

99 NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY

101 Naval Center for Space Technology – Code 8000

102 Director of Naval Center for Space Technology

104 Space Systems Development Department

106 Spacecraft Engineering Department

109 TECHNICAL OUTPUT, FISCAL, AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION

111 Technical Output

112 FY 2016/2017 Sources of New Funds (Actual)

113 FY 2016/2017 Uses of Funds

114 FY 2016 Total New Funds by Category

115 FY 2017 Total New Funds by Category

116 Personnel Information

117 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

118 Programs for NRL Employees

121 Programs for Non-NRL Employees

125 GENERAL INFORMATION

126 Maps

133 Key Personnel
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NRL Functional Organization
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NRL Sites and Facilities NRL Sites and Facilities

SITE

ACREAGE

EASEMENT/

LICENSEPERMIT

BUILDINGS/

LAND STRUCTURES

OWNED/LEASED

District of Columbia

NRL and 

 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling*

Virginia

 Midway Research Center

 Quantico*

Maryland

NRL Scientific Development

 Squadron One (VXS-1), NAS

 Patuxent River*

Chesapeake Bay Section

 and Dock Facility

 Chesapeake Beach*

 Multiple Research Site

 Tilghman Island*

 Free Space Antenna Range

 Pomonkey*

 Blossom Point Tracking

 Facility*

Florida

 Marine Corrosion Facility

 Key West

California

NRL Marine Meteorology Division

 Monterey*

 Port Hueneme

Mississippi

Stennis Space Center

 Bay St. Louis*

Guam (Finegayan)

Diego Garcia

131/0

162/0

Tenant

 

168/0

 3/0

 141/0 

0/0

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Tenant

Tenant

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Tenant

Tenant

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 52/70

 3/3 

 10/12

 22/23

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 PROPERTY

Land: 605 acres Buildings: Replacement Costs:

 RDT&E 3,163,638 ft2 Buildings Plant Replacement

 Administrative 281,526 ft2

 Value (PRV)

1 $1,321,972,183

 Other 284,206 ft2

 Equipment Costs2 $892.6 million

1 Per DON Facilities Asset Data System standard cost factors. 2 NRL Accountable Property Acquisition Costs.

* See maps in the General Information section (page 125).
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Current Research

The following areas represent broad fields of NRL research. Under each, more specific topics that are being 

investigated for the benefit of the Navy and other sponsoring organizations are listed. Some details of this 

work are given in the NRL Review, published annually. More specific details are published in reports on individual projects provided to sponsors and/or presented as papers for professional societies or their journals.

Advanced Radio, Optical, and IR Sensors

Advanced optical sensors

EM/EO/meteorological/oceanographic sensors

Satellite meteorology

Precise space tracking

Radio/infrared astronomy

Infrared sensors and phenomenology

UV sensors and middle atmosphere research

VLBI/astrometry

Optical interferometry

Imaging spectrometry

Liquid crystal technology

Autonomous Systems

Algorithms for control of autonomous systems

Cognitive robotics

Human-robot interaction

Perception hardware and algorithms

High-level reasoning algorithms

Machine learning and adaptive algorithms

Sensors for autonomous systems

Power and energy for autonomous systems

Networking and communications for mobile 

systems

Swarm behaviors

Test and evaluation of autonomous systems

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Standard computer hardware, development 

environments, operating systems, and runtime support software

Methods of specifying, developing, documenting, 

and maintaining software

Human-computer interaction

Intelligent systems for resource allocation, signal 

identification, operational planning, target 

classification, and robotics

Parallel scientific libraries

Algorithms for massively parallel systems

Digital progressive HDTV for scientific 

visualization

Adaptive systems: software and devices

Advanced computer networking

Simulation management software for networked 

high performance computers

Interactive 3D visualization tools and applications

Real-time parallel processing

Scalable, parallel computing

Petaflop computing, globally distributed file 

systems, terabit-per-second networking

Directed Energy Technology and Railguns

High-energy lasers

Laser propagation

Solid-state and fiber lasers

High-power microwave sources

Electromagnetic launchers (railguns)

Pulse detonation engines

Charged-particle devices

Pulsed power

DE effects

Underwater laser acoustic sources

Wireless recharging (power beaming)

Electronic Electro-optical Device Technology

Integrated optics

Radiation-hardened electronics

Nanotechnology

Microelectronics

Microwave and millimeter-wave technology

Hydrogen masers for GPS

Aperture syntheses

Electric field coupling

Vacuum electronics

Focal plane arrays

Radiation effects and satellite survivability

Molecular engineering

Computational Electronics and Electromagnetics

Electronic Warfare

EW/C2W/IW systems and technology

COMINT/SIGINT technology

EW decision aids and planning/control systems

Intercept receivers, signal processing, and 

identification systems
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Passive direction finders

Decoys and offboard countermeasures (RF and 

IR)

Expendable autonomous vehicles/UAVs

Repeaters/jammers and EO/IR active 

countermeasures 

and techniques

Platform signature measurement and 

management

Threat and EW systems computer modeling 

and simulations

Visualization

Hardware-in-the-loop and flyable ASM 

simulators

Missile warning infrared countermeasures

RF environment simulators

EO/IR multispectral/hyperspectral surveillance

Enhanced Maintainability, Reliability, and

Survivability Technology

Coatings

Friction/wear reduction

Water additives and cleaners

Fire safety

Laser hardening

Satellite survivability

Corrosion control

Automation for reduced manning

Radiation effects

Mobility fuels

Chemical and biological sensors

Environmental compliance

Environmental Effects on Naval Systems

Meteorological effects on communications

Meteorological effects on weapons, sensors, 

and platform performance

Air quality in confined spaces

Electromagnetic background in space

Solar and geomagnetic activity

Magnetospheric and space plasma effects

Nonlinear science

Ionospheric behavior

Oceanographic effects on weapons, sensors, 

and platforms

EM, EO, and acoustic system performance/

optimization

Environmental hazard assessment

Contaminant transport

Biosensors

Microbially induced corrosion

Laboratory simulation of space plasmas

Imaging Research/Systems

Remotely sensed signatures analysis

Real-time signal and image processing 

algorithms/systems

Image data compression methodology

Image fusion

Automatic target recognition

Scene/sensor noise characterization

Image enhancement/noise reduction

Scene classification techniques

Radar and laser imaging systems studies

Coherent/incoherent imaging sensor exploitation

Remote sensing simulation

Hyperspectral imaging

Microwave polarimetry

Image processing

Information Technology

High-performance, all-optical networking

Antijam communication links

Next-generation, signaled optical network 

architectures

Integrated voice and data

Information security (INFOSEC)

Voice processing

High performance computing

High performance communications

Requirements specification and analysis

Real-time computing

Wireless mobile networking

Behavior detection

Machine learning

Information filtering and fusion

Integrated internet protocol (IP) and 

asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) 

multicasting

Reliable multicasting

Wireless networking with directional antennas

Sensor networking

Communication network systems modeling/

simulation/emulation

Cognitive radio/dynamic spectrum awareness 

and spectrum agility

High assurance software

Distributed network-based battle management

High performance computing supporting 
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uniform and nonuniform memory access with 

single and multithreaded architectures

Distributed, secure, and mobile information 

infrastructures

Simulation-based virtual reality

High-end, progressive HDTV imagery 

processing and distribution

Defensive information warfare

Virtual reality/mobile augmented reality

3D multimodal interaction

Model integration (physical, environmental, 

biological, psychological) for simulation

Command decision support

Data fusion

Marine Geosciences

Seafloor physical and acoustic properties, 

methane gas and methane hydrates 

Laboratory measurements of a wide variety of 

sediment physical, elastic, geotechnical, and 

acoustic properties

Numerical simulation and prediction of seafloor 

sediment properties 

Generation and analysis of interface (Scholte) 

waves to characterize shear strength of marine 

sediments

Acoustic, electro-optic, and electromagnetic 

sensing for seafloor mapping and 

characterization

Through-the-sensors seafloor characterization

Production and uncertainty estimation of ocean 

bathymetry

Modeling, simulations, and prediction of 

nearshore and riverine processes 

Geospatial human machine interaction

Geospatial science and technology for enabling 

information dominance

Geophysical machine learning methods

Materials

Superconductivity

Magnetism

Biological materials

Materials processing

Advanced alloy systems

Solid free-form fabrication

Environmental effects

Energetic materials/explosives

Aerogels and underdense materials

Nanoscale materials

Nondestructive evaluation

Ceramics and composite materials

Thin film synthesis and processing

Electronic and piezoelectric ceramics

Thermoelectric materials

Active materials and smart structures

Computational material science

Paints and coatings

Flammability

Chemical/biological materials

Spintronic materials and half metals

Biomimetic materials

Multifunctional materials

Power and energy

Synthetic biology

Microwave and high pressure processing

Additive manufacturing

Meteorology

Global, theater, tactical-scale, and on-scene 

numerical weather prediction

Data assimilation and physical initialization

Atmospheric predictability and adaptive 

observations

Adjoint applications

Marine boundary layer characterization

Air/sea interaction; process studies

Coupled air/ocean/land model development

Tropical cyclone forecasting aids

Satellite data interpretation and application

Aerosol transport modeling

Meteorological applications of artificial 

intelligence and expert systems

On-scene environmental support system 

development/nowcasting

Tactical database development and applications

Meteorological tactical decision aids

Meteorological simulation and visualization

Ocean Acoustics

Underwater acoustics, including propagation, 

noise, and reverberation

Fiber-optic acoustic sensor development

Deep ocean and shallow water environmental 

acoustic characterization

Undersea warfare system performance modeling, 

unifying the environment, acoustics, and signal 

processing
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Target reflection, diffraction, and scattering

Acoustic simulations

Tactical decision aids

Sonar transducers

Dynamic ocean acoustic modeling

Underwater acoustic communications

Acoustics signature

Oceanography

Oceanography instrumentation

Open ocean, littoral, polar, and nearshore 

oceanographic forecasting

Shallow water oceanographic effects on 

operations

Modeling, sensors, and data fusion

Ocean data assimilation

Bio-optical processes

Oceanographic processes observation: mixing, 

waves, circulation

Waves, tides, and surf prediction

Sea ice modeling and prediction

Coupled ocean-ice-wave-air-land modeling

Coupled data assimilation

Global, theater, and tactical scale modeling

Remote sensing of oceanographic parameters

Satellite Image Analysis

In-water sensing of ocean optics and biology

Turbulence effects on ocean optics

Lidar studies of particulates and turbulence in 

the ocean

Space Systems and Technology

Two-phase heat transfer systems

Space systems architectures and requirements

Advanced payloads and optical communications

Controllers, processors, signal processing, and 

VLSI

Precision orbit estimation

Onboard autonomous navigation

Satellite ground station engineering and 

implementation

Tactical communication systems

Spacecraft antenna systems

Launch and on-orbit support

Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) 

technology

Atomic time/frequency standards/

instrumentation

Passive and active ranging techniques

Design, fabrication, and testing of spacecraft and 

hardware

Structural and thermal analysis

Attitude determination and control systems

Reaction control

Propulsion systems

Navigation, tracking, and orbit dynamics

Spaceborne robotics applications

Surveillance and Sensor Technology

Point defense technology

Imaging radars

Surveillance radars

Multifunction RF systems

High-power millimeter-wave radar

Target classification/identification

Airborne geophysical studies

Fiber-optic sensor technology

Undersea target detection/classification

EO/IR multispectral/hyperspectral detection and

classification

Sonar transducers

Electromagnetic sensors, gamma ray to RF 

wavelengths

Neutral and charged-particle sensors

Radiation transport modeling and evaluation

SQUID for magnetic field detection

Low observables technology

Ultrawideband technology

Interferometric imagery

Microsensor system

Digital framing reconnaissance canvas

Biologically based sensors

Digital radars and processors

Undersea Technology

Autonomous vehicles

Bathymetric technology

Anechoic coatings

Acoustic holography

Unmanned undersea vehicle dynamics

Weapons launch
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE
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Executive Directorate

Code 1000 and Code 1001

The Commanding Officer (Code 1000) and the Director of Research 

(Code 1001) share executive responsibility for the management of the Naval 

Research Laboratory. In accordance with Navy requirements, the Commanding Officer is responsible for the overall management of the Laboratory and 

exercises the usual functions of command, including compliance with legal 

and regulatory requirements, liaison with other military activities, and the 

general supervision of the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of the technical work and of the support services.

The Commanding Officer delegates line authority and assigns responsibility to the Director of Research for the Laboratory’s technical program, 

its planning, conduct, and staffing; evaluation of the technical competence 

of personnel; liaison with the scientific community; selection of subordinate 

technical personnel; exchange of technical information; and the effective execution of the NRL mission.

Within the limits of Navy regulations, the Commanding Officer and the 

Director of Research share authority and responsibility for the internal management of the Laboratory. The Commanding Officer retains all authority and 

responsibility specifically assigned to him by higher authority.

The mission of the Laboratory is carried out by three science and technology directorates and the Naval Center for Space Technology, supported by 

the Business Operations Directorate and the Executive Directorate. In addition, the Laboratory’s operating staffs provide assistance in their special fields 

to the Commanding Officer and to the Director of Research. The operating 

staffs are listed on the following pages of this publication.
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Key Personnel

CAPT S.D. Moran, USN Commanding Officer 1000

Dr. B.G. Danly Director of Research 1001

Mr. D.J. DeYoung Executive Assistant to the Director of Research 1001.1

Vacant Executive Assistant for Technology Deployment 1001.3

Dr. A.L. Callahan NRL Historian 1001.15

Mr. P.M. Clark, Sr. Inspector General 1000.1

Ms. L.L. Hill Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer 1000.2

Mr. I.M. Kearl Managers’ Internal Control (MIC) Program Coordinator 1000.12

CAPT R. Vigil, USN Executive Officer 1002

Ms. A.M. Horansky-McKinney Head, Office of Technology Transfer 1004

Ms. M.E. Dixon Head, Office of Program Admin and Policy Development 1006

Mr. J.N. McCutcheon Head, Office of Counsel 1008

Mr. V. Chen Head, Strategic Communications Office 1030

Dr. E.S. Snow+ Director, Institute for Nanoscience 1100

Mr. T. Brewer Head, Mission Support Division/STILO 1200

Mr. K.J. Pawlovich Head, Safety Branch 1250 

CDR J.K. Tran, USN Head, Military Support Division 1400

CDR E.M. Thomas, USN Commanding Officer, Scientific Development 

 Squadron ONE (VXS-1) 1600

Vacant Director, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research 1700

Ms. M.V. Kisamore Director, Human Resources Office 1800

Mr. K.A. Rohwer+ Head, Office of the Command Information Officer (OCIO) 1900

Ms. M.N. Robinson* Deputy for Small Business 3005

*Acting +Additional duty
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Commanding Officer

Captain Scott D. Moran is a career naval aviator who completed 

multiple combat tours flying the EA-6B Prowler, culminating 

with operational command of the VAQ-130 “Zappers,” a 

carrier-based Electronic Attack Squadron. He is also a Defense 

Acquisition Corps member with experience across a broad spectrum 

of acquisition career fields, including shore tours in program 

management, requirements generation, and test and evaluation 

specialties.

 Within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) staff, he 

served as Assistant Requirements Officer for Airborne Electronic Attack 

(AEA) programs, including the EA-6B Improved Capability (ICAP) III 

and EA-18G aircraft programs, both recognized with the David Packard 

Excellence in Acquisition Award. As one of the initial cadre of EA-18G 

“plank owners,” Captain Moran helped draft and coordinate foundational 

documents including the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) and 

Manpower Estimate Report (MER) that supported a successful Milestone 

B decision for this Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID program.

As an Integrated Product Team (IPT) leader for multiple Advanced Sensor Technology (AST) programs, 

Captain Moran supervised and coordinated the successful delivery of approximately $1 billion of hardware and 

software products to fleet users. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Commander for a joint unit in Baghdad, Iraq, 

that fielded, maintained, and tested systems designed to protect against Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive 

Devices.

Captain Moran earned a B.S. degree in aero/astro engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

and was inducted into Sigma Gamma Tau and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies. He completed the Naval 

Postgraduate School/United States Naval Test Pilot School Cooperative Program, receiving an M.S. degree in 

aeronautical engineering in addition to qualifying as a Navy Test Pilot. He earned a second M.S. degree as a 

distinguished graduate of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (formerly the 

Industrial College of the Armed Forces). He has received multiple awards for research and writing, including peer 

reviewed work published in the Defense Acquisition Review Journal. 

In addition to earning certifications in five defense acquisition career fields, Captain Moran is a certified Project 

Management Professional (PMP®). He has received individual recognition within his warfare community as Junior 

Officer (Fodor Award) and Senior Officer (Ford Award) of the year. His military decorations include the Legion of 

Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), and Air Medal (Individual with Combat “V” and 4 

Strike/Flight awards). 
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Director of Research

Dr. Bruce Danly was selected as the Director of Research for 

the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in December 

2016, and has been in various roles at NRL since 1995.

 He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in February 

2008. From 2008 through 2016, Dr. Danly served as Superintendent, 

Radar Division. The division is responsible for basic and applied 

research and development in radar and related sensors for the Navy and 

Marine Corps. The division also provides support to the Navy acquisition 

community and to the operational Navy on quick-reaction tasks.

 Prior to his appointment to the SES, Dr. Danly served as Branch 

Head, Microwave Technology Branch, in NRL’s Electronics Science and 

Technology Division (ESTD) from 2006 to 2008. This branch carries out 

R&D on both wide-bandgap and narrow-bandgap semiconductor devices 

and passive and active microwave components. Dr. Danly originally 

entered government service in 1995 as Head of the High Power Devices 

Section, Vacuum Electronics Branch, in the ESTD. From 1995 to 2006, 

he led a group that developed high-power millimeter-wave technology for application to radar, communications, 

and electronic warfare systems.

He represented the U.S. Navy to the Technology Cooperation Program Intelligence Surveillance Tracking 

Acquisition and Reconnaissance Technical Panel 2 on RF Sensing from 2010 to 2016, and was appointed 

chairman of the panel in 2016. He also served as a U.S. at-large member to the NATO Sensors and Electronics 

Technology Panel from 2014 to 2016.

Dr. Danly received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Haverford College in 1978 and a doctorate in physics 

from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. His thesis work was in the field of quantum electronics. 

Prior to his arrival at NRL in 1995, Dr. Danly was on the research staff at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center, as a 

research scientist from 1983 to 1992, and as a Principal Research Scientist from 1992 to 1995, where he worked 

on high power microwave and millimeter wave sources for fusion, accelerator, and defense applications.

Dr. Danly was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in 2003 

for his work on millimeter-wave sources. His other awards include the Robert L. Woods award from the 

Advisory Group on Electron Devices of the Office of Secretary of Defense in 1999 for leadership in the vacuum 

electronics community and the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation as a member of the NRL research staff 

from September 11, 2001 to 2006. Dr. Danly was awarded a group award in 2002 for development of the 

WARLOC High-Power Millimeter-Wave Radar, and received NRL Technology Transfer Awards in 2000 and 

2003. Dr. Danly is a member of the American Physical Society and IEEE, and served on the IEEE Aerospace and 

Electronic Systems (AES) Radar Systems Panel from 2008 to 2013. He has published more than 70 papers in 

scientific and technical journals.
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Executive Council

The Executive Council consists of executive, management, and administrative personnel.

Executive Council members include the following:

Commanding Officer, Chairperson

Inspector General

Director of Research

Executive Assistant to the Director of Research

Associate Directors of Research

Executive Officer

Director, Naval Center for Space Technology

Associate Director, Naval Center for Space Technology

Heads of Divisions

Director, Laboratories for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Director, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering

Director, Human Resources Office

Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer

Strategic Communications Officer

Head, Office of Program Administration and Policy Development

Safety Officer

Head, Office of Counsel

Head, Office of Technology Transfer

Head, Management Information Systems Staff

Head, Office of Research Support Services

Representative, Administrative Advisory Council

Director, Institute for Nanoscience

Director, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research
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Research Advisory Committee

The Research Advisory Committee advises the Commanding Officer and the Director 

of Research on scientific programs and the administration of the Laboratory. The committee 

assists in planning the long-range scientific program, coordinating the scientific work, reviewing the budget, accepting or modifying problems, considering personnel actions, and initiating 

such studies as may be necessary or desirable. The membership consists of the following:

 

Director of Research, Chairperson

Commanding Officer

Associate Directors of Research

Executive Officer (Observer)
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Inspector General — Code 1000.1

The Laboratory’s Inspector General investigates, inspects, and/or inquires into 

matters that affect the operation and efficiency of NRL. These matters include but 

are not limited to: effectiveness, efficiency, and economy; management practices; and 

fraud, waste, and abuse. He serves as principal advisor to the Commanding Officer 

on the Managers’ Internal Control Program, and is the primary point of contact and 

liaison with all inspections and audit agencies outside NRL.

Mr. P.M. Clark, Sr.

Strategic Communications Officer — Code 1030

The Strategic Communications Officer (SCO) advises the Commanding Officer 

and Director of Research on public affairs matters, including external and internal 

relations and community outreach, and serves as the Commanding Officer’s principal assistant in the area of public affairs. To do this, the SCO plans and directs a 

program of public information dissemination on official NRL activities. The SCO 

coordinates responses to requests from the news media and the public for unclassified information or materials dealing with the Laboratory, coordinates participation 

in community relations activities, and directs the internal information programs. 

The SCO is also responsible for coordinating all actions within the Laboratory that 

respond to requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and coordinates 

support from Technical Information Services and Digital and Visual Information 

for publications, printing and duplication, graphics, videography, photography, and 

archival services for photos/videos.

Mr. V. Chen

Executive Officer — Code 1002

The Executive Officer serves as the Deputy to the Commanding Officer and acts for 

the Commanding Officer in his absence. The Command Support Division (Code 

1200), the Military Support Division (Code 1400), and the Scientific Development 

Squadron One (VXS-1) (NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, Code 1600) report directly 

to the Executive Officer. 

CAPT R. Vigil, USN

Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer — Code 1000.2

The Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer (DEEOO) is the EEO program manager and the advisor to the Commanding Officer on all EEO matters. The 

DEEOO manages the discrimination complaint and reasonable accommodation 

processes, provides workplace accommodations, and directs the Laboratory’s affirmative action plans and special emphasis programs (Federal Women’s, Employment 

for Individuals with Disabilities, and Hispanic Employment). The DEEOO coordinates barrier analysis efforts to identify barriers to EEO for minorities and women in 

the workplace and develops/recommends strategies for eliminating existing barriers. 

Ms. L.L. Hill
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Office of Technology Transfer

Code 1004

Head: Ms. A.M. Horansky-McKinney

Point of Contact: Ms. E.R. Metcalf

Code 1004

(202) 767-7229

Key Personnel

Ms. A.M. Horansky-McKinney Head, Technology Transfer Office 1004

Vacant Sr. Licensing Associate 1004

Mr. C.P. Childs Sr. Partnerships Manager 1004

Mr. G. Letscher Licensing Associate 1004

Dr. H. Ricks-Laskoski Licensing Associate 1004

Ms. E.R. Metcalf Sr. Management Analyst 1004

Ms. H.O. Sofola Administrative Assistant 1004

Personnel: 7 full-time civilian

Basic Responsibilities

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is responsible for NRL’s implementation of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-502). The law requires the transfer of Government innovative 

technologies to industry for commercialization as products and services for public benefit. TTO negotiates 

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) under which NRL investigators collaborate 

with investigators from industry, academia, state or local governments, or other Federal agencies to develop 

NRL technologies for government and/or commercial use. It markets NRL’s patented inventions, negotiates patent license agreements under which the Navy grants a licensee the right to make, use, and sell NRL 

inventions (in exchange for receiving licensing fees and a percentage of sales), and enforces licenses to assure 

diligence in commercialization efforts. 
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Office of Program Administration

and Policy Development

Code 1006

Head: Ms. M.E. Dixon

Point of Contact: Ms. D.J. Edelen

Code 1006.2

(202) 767-2668

Key Personnel

Ms. M.E. Dixon Head, Office of Program Admin and Policy Development 1006

Ms. M.E. Dixon* Head, Program Administration Staff 1006.1

Ms. D.J. Edelen Administrative Officer 1006.2

Ms. M.M. Webb Head, Executive Management and Policy Development Staff 1006.3

 Ms. M.E. Barton Directives 1006.31

 Ms. M.E. Dixon* Head, Conference Facilities Staff 1006.4

 Vacant Special Assistant 1006.6

Mr. K. Szczublewski Administrative Resources Manager 1006.7

Ms. T.M. Chops Protocol Officer 1006.8

Personnel: 16 full-time civilian

Basic Responsibilities

The Office of Program Administration and Policy Development provides managerial, technical, and administrative support to the Director of Research (DOR) in such areas as program and policy development, 

intra-Navy and inter-Service Science and Technology (S&T) program coordination; liaison with other Navy, DoD, 

and government activities on matters of mutual concern; and support to the Executive Directorate in planning 

and directing NRL’s S&T (6.1, 6.2) program. Specific functions include: monitoring and providing background 

information on technical and policy matters that come under the purview of the DOR; representing NRL, ONR, 

and/or the Navy on tri-Service or DoD-wide coordination matters; performing special studies or chairing ad hoc 

study groups regarding program decisions or policy positions; performing special studies involving major NRL 

programs and resource issues; providing administrative support in the areas of personnel, budget, facilities, equipment, and security; providing executive management information and analyses for various aspects of the S&T 

program effort; coordinating VIP visits to NRL; managing the NRL directives system; administering the NRL response to Congressional requests; maintaining the NRL R&D achievements file; developing the S&T guidance for 

monitoring and reporting the NRL S&T program; administering NRL’s various postdoctoral fellowship programs; 

and managing the Facility Modernization Program.

*Acting
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Office of Counsel

Code 1008

Head: Mr. J.N. McCutcheon

Point of Contact: Legal Assistant

Code 1008.1

(202) 767-2244

Key Personnel

Mr. J.N. McCutcheon Head, Office of Counsel 1008 

Mr. C.G. Steenbuck Deputy Counsel 1008.1

Mr. K.L. Broome Associate Counsel/Intellectual Property 1008.2

Mr. D.J. Gearin Assistant Counsel/SSC Legal Matters 1008.3

Mr. S.G. Bell Assistant Counsel/SSC IP Matters 1008.3

Personnel: 30 full-time civilian

Basic Responsibilities

The Office of Counsel is responsible for providing legal services to NRL’s management in all areas of 

general, administrative, intellectual property, and technology transfer law. The Office reviews all procurement-related actions; reviews NRL scientific papers prior to publication; prepares patent applications and 

prosecutes the applications through the Patent and Trademark Office; defends against contract protests, other contract litigation, and personnel cases; and advises on other legal matters relating to technology transfer, 

personnel, fiscal, and environmental law.

NRL Counsel also serves as legal advisor to the Commanding Officer and Director of Research.
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Institute for Nanoscience

Code 1100

Director: Dr. E.S. Snow+

Point of Contact: Ms. C.A. Habron

Code 1100

(202) 767-1804

Key Personnel

Dr. E.S. Snow+ Director, Institute for Nanoscience 1100

Ms. C.A. Habron Position Assistant 1100

Mr. D.R. St. Amand Facilities Manager 1100

Dr. A.K. Boyd Facilities Manager 1100

Mr. W.A. Spratt Facilities Manager 1100

Personnel: 4.5 full-time civilian

+Additional Duty

Staff Activity Areas

Interdisciplinary nanoscience that enables:

Low-power, high-speed electronics

Lightweight, high-strength materials

Highly sensitive molecular sensors

Efficient energy generation and storage

Quantum information technologies

Nano/bio systems

Warfighter health monitoring and healing

Neuromorphic computing

+Additional Duty
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Basic Responsibilities

The Institute for Nanoscience has two primary responsibilities: to administer an interdisciplinary research program in nanoscience and to provide NRL scientists with high-quality laboratory space and stateof-the-art nanofabrication facilities. 

The mission of the research program is to conduct highly innovative, interdisciplinary research at the 

intersections of the fields of materials, electronics, and biology in the nanometer size domain. The Institute exploits the broad multidisciplinary character of NRL to bring together scientists and engineers with 

disparate training and backgrounds to attack common goals at the intersection of their respective fields at 

this length scale. The Institute’s S&T programs provide the Navy and DoD with scientific leadership in this 

complex, emerging area and help to identify opportunities for advances in future defense technology.

The Institute also operates a nanoscience research building containing nanofabrication facilities and 

environmentally controlled measurement laboratories. The central core of the building, a 5000 ft2 Class 100 

clean room, has been outfitted with the newest tools to permit nanofabrication, measurement, and testing of 

devices. In addition to the clean room facility, the building also contains 5000 ft2 of controlled-environment 

laboratory space, which is available to NRL researchers whose experiments are sufficiently demanding to 

require this space. There are 12 of these laboratories within the building. They provide shielding from electromagnetic interference, and very low floor vibration and acoustic levels. Eight of the laboratories control 

the temperature to within ± 0.5 °C and four to within ± 0.1 °C.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Clean room (5000 ft2), quiet (4000 ft2), and ultraquiet (1000 ft2

) laboratories

35 dB and 25 dB acoustically isolated zones

20°C ± 0.5°C and 0.1°C controlled temperature 

zones

Vibration isolation

 Vertical (mm, pp) <0.1 @ 70–500 Hz

 Horizontal (mm, pp) <0.1 @ 70–500 Hz

Clean electrical power, free from SCR spikes and 

other interferences, and < ±10% voltage change

<0.5 mG at 60 Hz EMI

45 ± 5% relative humidity

Class 100 clean room

Source of water meeting ASTM D5127 spec. 

Type E1.2

Clean Room Major Equipment

Monitoring system (toxic gas, hazmat, temperature)

Laminar flow wet benches for localized Class 

1/10 ambient in clean room

Air purification unit to remove local organic 

contamination

DI water system

Wire bonder

Two electron-beam writers

Two scanning electron microscopes

Atomic force microscope

Metallurgical optical microscopes

3D optical profiler

Mask aligners (2, 1, and 0.2 μm)

Electron beam evaporation systems

Low pressure chemical vapor deposition 

(LPCVD) system

Magnetron sputter deposition system

Reactive ion etching systems

Dual-beam focused ion beam workstation

Optical pattern generating system

Laser micromachining system

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition 

(PECVD) system

Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition sys

tem

Chlorine reactive ion etching system

3D optical lithography system

Other Major Equipment

Transmission electron microscope

UHV multi-tip scanning tunneling microscope/

nanomanipulator

Aberration-corrected scanning transmission

electron microscope

He ion microscope
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Mission Support Division

Code 1200

Director: Mr. T.B. Brewer

Point of Contact: Ms. N.M. White

Code 1202

(202) 767-6987

Key Personnel

Mr. T.B. Brewer Head, Mission Support Division 1200

Vacant Deputy Head, Mission Support Division 1201

Ms. N.M. White Administrative Officer 1202

Mr. K.A. Wheelock Head, Stennis Space Center Security Staff 1203

Mr. C.D. Dodson Head, Force Protection and Physical Security Branch 1210

Mr. J.D. Millard Head, Information Assurance and Communications

 Security Branch 1220

 Ms. V.L. Cicala Head, Information Security and Special Programs 

 Branch 1230

 Ms. R.A. Proctor Head, Personnel Security and Visitor Control Branch 1240

Mr. K.J. Pawlovich Head, Safety Branch 1250

Personnel: 113 full-time civilian

Basic Responsibilities

The Mission Support Division is responsible for NRL security and safety policy, management, and oversight. The Division Head serves as the NRL Security Manager and NRL Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO). 

Primary areas of security concern include cyber security, information security, personnel security, industrial 

security, classification management, foreign disclosure, physical security, force protection, antiterrorism, 

counter intelligence, operations security, communications security, and special security programs. In addition, the Division provides required security education across all security disciplines and conducts internal 

inspections for compliance with security-related governance. Primary areas of safety concern include safety 

and occupational health, explosives safety, and industrial hygiene programs. The Division is responsible 

for the development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive safety programs that support 

NRL research as well as ensuring NRL compliance with all appropriate federal, state, DoD, DON, and NRL 

regulations. The Division partners with other support and research Divisions to ensure that NRL’s research is 

conducted in an appropriately secure and safe environment. 
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Military Support Division

Code 1400

Head: CDR J.K. Tran, USN

Point of Contact: LT T.J. Reichhart

Code 1410

(202) 767-2103

Key Personnel

CDR J.K. Tran, USN Head, Military Support Division 1400

Ms. M.S. Braschler Administrative Officer 1402

LT T.J. Reichhart, USN Administrative Officer 1410

YN1 N. Brown, USN Administrative Yeoman 1410A

LT J. Chatfield, USN Project Officer 1430

LT B. Bullen, USN Project Officer 1430A

LT W.J. McCrone, USN Project Officer 1430B

Personnel: 1 full-time civilian; 6 military

Basic Responsibilities

The Military Support Division provides military operational and administrative services to NRL.

The Operations Branch assists NRL research directorates in planning and executing project flight missions, develops deployment schedules and military operational and training objectives, and coordinates the 

Research Reserve Program within NRL.

The Military Administration Branch is responsible for the coordination and efficient functioning of all 

military administrative operations for NRL (including site detachments). These duties specifically include: 

personnel actions, maintenance of personnel records, performance evaluations, awards and training; advising the Chief Staff Officer on manpower matters and organization issues; and preparing and administering 

the military operational budget.
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Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1)

Code 1600

Commanding Officer: CDR E.M. Thomas, USN

Point of Contact: LT O.O. Abegunde, USN

Code 1610

(301) 995-4122

Key Personnel

CDR E.M. Thomas, USN Commanding Officer, VXS-1 1600

CDR J.A. Tharp, USN Executive Officer 1601

ATCS C.E. McCan, USN Senior Enlisted Leader 1600.2

Vacant Executive Secretary 1600.4

LT O.O. Abegunde, USN Administrative Officer 1610

LT D.E. Miller, USN Operations Officer 1630

LCDR M.M. McLean, USN Projects Director 1630.1

LCDR C. Felice, USN Maintenance Officer 1640

LT R.R. Clarida, USN NATOPS/Training Officer 1670

Mr. S. Rorke Projects Liaison Officer 1690

Personnel: 4 full-time civilian; 65 military

Staff Activity Areas

 Projects Director

 Operations

 Safety/NATOPS/Training

 Administration

Aircraft Maintenance

Quality Assurance

Project Liaison Officer
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Basic Responsibilities

The Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1) located at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, operates 

and maintains three uniquely configured P-3 Orion aircraft and one C-12 aircraft. Additionally, the squadron performs aircraft reporting custodian duties for nine Scan Eagle unmanned systems operating out of 

Dahlgren, Virginia, and will add a UV-18 Twin Otter to its aircraft inventory in 2018. The men and women 

of the squadron provide the Naval Research Laboratory with airborne research platforms, conducting flights 

worldwide in support of a broad spectrum of projects and experiments. These include magnetic variation 

mapping, electro-optic infrared research, hydroacoustic research, bathymetry, electronic countermeasures, 

gravity mapping, data link, and radar research. The squadron annually logs approximately 800 flight hours, 

and in its 52 year history, Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1) has amassed 73,000 hours of 

mishap-free flying.

Aircraft maintenance

Scientific Development Squadron One hangar
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Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research

Code 1700

Director: Vacant

Point of Contact: Ms. D.E. Thorp

Code 1700

(202) 767-0653

Key Personnel

Vacant Director, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research 1700 

Mr. A. O’Hara Facilities Manager 1700

Ms. D.E. Thorp Financial and Administrative Management 1700

Personnel: 2 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

Multidisciplinary research, development, and integration in autonomous systems, including:

Software for intelligent autonomy

Novel human-systems interaction technology

Mobility and platforms

Sensor systems

Power and energy systems

Networking and communications

Trust and assurance
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Basic Responsibilities

The Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research provides specialized facilities to support highly 

innovative, interdisciplinary research in autonomous systems, including software for intelligent autonomy, 

sensor systems, power and energy systems, human–systems interaction, networking and communications, 

and platforms and mobility. The Laboratory capitalizes on the broad multidisciplinary character of NRL, 

bringing together scientists and engineers with disparate training and backgrounds to advance the state of 

the art in autonomous systems at the intersection of their respective fields. The Laboratory provides unique 

facilities and simulated environments (littoral, desert, tropical) and instrumented reconfigurable high bay 

spaces to support integration of science and technology components into research prototype systems. The 

objective of the laboratory is to enable Naval and DoD scientific leadership in this complex, emerging area 

and to identify opportunities for advances in future defense technology.

The facility includes a Reconfigurable Prototyping High Bay that allows real-time, accurate tracking of 

many entities (vehicles and humans) for experimental ground truth. Small UAVs and ground vehicles can 

simultaneously operate within the large high bay, which is viewable from four adjacent Human–System Interaction labs. The Tropical High Bay emulates a rainforest with appropriate terrain and plants, and includes 

flowing water features. An outdoor Highland Forest provides an additional forest environment, and also includes interesting water and terrain features. The Desert High Bay provides a simulated desert environment 

featuring a sand pit, natural rock walls, and appropriate lighting and wind. The Littoral High Bay provides 

a simulated coastal environment featuring sediment tanks, large pool with a sloping floor, and small flow 

tanks. In addition to the environmental high bays, the facility also has a Power and Energy Laboratory, a 

Sensor Laboratory, and a mechanical and electrical shop.

The facility is open to use by all NRL scientists contributing to the science and technology of autonomous systems and will host many NRL scientists as needed.

Prototyping High Bay: (150 ft by 75 ft by 30 ft), 

contains real-time motion capture system, directional environmental sounds, GPS repeater and 

simulator 

Four human-systems interaction labs contain eye 

trackers and multiuser, multitouch monitors

Littoral High Bay with 45 ft by 25 ft by 5.5 ft deep 

pool with 16-channel wave generator and slope 

that allows simulation of littoral environments; 

multiple sediment tanks (from 5 ft to 16 ft); GPS 

repeater and simulator; portable tank 4 ft by 36 ft 

Desert High Bay with a 40 ft by 14 ft area of sand 2.5 

ft deep, and 18 ft high rock walls; high speed fans 

and variable lighting

Tropical High Bay, a 60 ft by 40 ft greenhouse, contains a re-creation of a southeast Asian rain forest 

with native plants; nominal 80 degrees temperature and 80% humidity; can generate rain events 

up to 6 in. per hour; Rainforest contains waterfall, 

stream, and pond

Outdoor test range is a 1/3 acre highland forest 

with a waterfall, stream and pond, and terrain of 

differing difficulty including large bolder structures and earthen berms

Sensor lab contains environmental chambers (small 

and walk-in) with maximum temperature range 

of −50°F to 375°F, relative humidity from 10% 

to 95% and for smaller chamber, barometric 

pressure of −9000 feet to 100,000 feet; lab also 

contains various fume hoods, biosafety cabinet, 

anechoic chamber, vapor generators, and other 

specialized equipment

Power and energy lab contains specialized equipment including a battery dry room, glove box, 

isolation room, and fume hoods

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
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Human Resources Office

Code 1800

Director: Ms. M.V. Kisamore

Point of Contact: Ms. R.A. Ward

Code 1802

(202) 404-2797

Key Personnel

Ms. M.V. Kisamore Director, Human Resources Office 1800

Ms. R.A. Ward Administrative Officer 1802

Ms. M.V. Kisamore* Head, Information Technology and Reports Office 1804

Ms. A.M. Slattery Head, Personnel Operations Branch 1810

Ms. S.M. Cummings Head, Employee Development and Management Branch 1840

Ms. L. Beck Head, Employee Relations Branch 1850

Personnel: 30 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

 Personnel Operations (Staffing and Classification)

 Employee Relations 

 Employee Development

 Equal Employment Opportunity

 Compensation, Reports, and Demonstration Project

 Information Technology and Reports

 Manpower

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Human Resources Office (HRO) provides civilian personnel, manpower, and Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) services to the Naval Research Laboratory. The Human Resources Program provides the 

full range of operating civilian personnel management in the staffing and placement, position classification, 

employee relations, labor relations, employee development, EEO functional areas, manpower management, 

and morale, welfare, and recreation programs.

The HRO at NRL’s main site in Washington, DC, services approximately 2,500 employees and provides 

a centralized capability to perform managerial, service, and advisory functions in support of field office 

operations. These include issuing policy and procedural directives; developing, designing, and maintaining 

automated systems; and monitoring and evaluating product effectiveness to develop and maintain efficient, 

cost-effective, service-oriented methods.

Employee Relations Branch

Personnel Operations Branch

Employee Development and Management Branch

Human Resources Office Staff
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Ruth H. Hooker Research Library

Code 5596

Chief Librarian: Ms. S.M. Ryder

Point of Contact: Ms. S.M. Ryder

Code 5596

(202) 767-2357

Key Personnel

Ms. S.M. Ryder Chief Librarian 5596

Ms. J.E. Griffin Head, Research Reports and Bibliography Section 5596.3

Mr. J.C. Haesloop Library IT Director 5596.5

 

Personnel: 21 full-time civilian

Basic Responsibilities

NRL’s Ruth H. Hooker Research Library supports NRL and ONR scientists in conducting their research 

by making a comprehensive collection of the most relevant scholarly information available and useable; by 

providing direct reference and research support; by capturing and organizing the NRL research portfolio; 

and by creating, customizing, and deploying a state-of-the-art digital library. Traditional library resources 

include extensive technical report, book, and journal collections dating back to the 1800s housed within 

a centrally located research facility that is staffed by subject specialists and information professionals. The 

collections include 44,000 books; 80,000 digital books; 80,000 bound historical journal volumes; more than 

3,500 current journal subscriptions; and approximately 2 million technical reports in paper, microfiche, or 

digital format (classified and unclassified). Research Library staff members provide advanced information 

consulting; literature searches against all major online databases including classified databases; circulation 

of materials from the collection including classified literature up to the Secret level; and retrieval of articles, 

reports, proceedings, or documents through our interlibrary loan and document delivery network. The 

digital library provides desktop access to thousands of journals, books, proceedings, reports, databases, and 

reference sources.
BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE
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Business Operations Directorate

Code 3000

The Business Operations Directorate provides executive management, 

policy development, and program administration for business programs 

needed to support the activities of the scientific directorates. This support 

is in the areas of financial management, supply management, technical 

information services, contracting, research and development services, and 

management information systems support.
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Associate Director of Research

for Business Operations

Mr. D.K. Therning was born in Modesto, California. He 

graduated from Washington State University with 

a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1983 and earned a 

master’s degree in business administration from George Mason 

University in 1993.

Mr. Therning has accumulated extensive experience in the 

financial business management of research, development, test, and 

evaluation (RDT&E) activities within the Department of the Navy 

(DON) beginning at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, where he served as a budget analyst in the Public Works Department and then in the Weapons Department. In 1984, he became the 

Financial Management Advisor to the Ordnance Systems Department. In 1985, under the auspices of the Naval Scientist Training and 

Exchange Program, he was selected for a one-year assignment in the 

Office of the Director of Naval Laboratories (DNL), Washington, DC. 

He remained on the DNL staff as a budget analyst until 1987, when 

he was appointed Budget Officer of the DNL’s seven Navy Industrial Fund R&D laboratories.

As the DON reorganized the R&D laboratories and T&E activities, Mr. Therning oversaw the financial 

reorganization of the DNL labs with other activities into the Naval warfare centers. Upon the disestablishment of DNL, Mr. Therning remained in the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command as the Director of 

the Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF) Resources Management Division, with collateral duty as the 

Financial Manager of the Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC). During 

this time, he managed the conversion of nine appropriated fund engineering activities to DBOF and the 

financial consolidation of these activities with NCCOSC.

In 1995, Mr. Therning served as Head of the Revolving Funds Branch of the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Controller), where he was responsible for the budget 

formulation and execution processes of all DON DBOF activities, which includes the RDT&E activities, 

shipyards, aviation depots, ordnance centers, and supply centers.

Mr. Therning was appointed Head, Financial Management Division/Comptroller of NRL in July 1996. 

In October 1996, in addition to leading the Financial Management Division, he assumed responsibilities for 

the Management Information Systems office. In January 1999, as an additional duty to his role as Comptroller, Mr. Therning was appointed to the newly established position of Deputy Associate Director of Research 

for Business Operations to assist in the management and administration of the Business Operations Directorate.

Mr. Therning was Acting Associate Director of Research for Business Operations from April 1999 until 

March 2000, when he was appointed the Associate Director of Research for Business Operations.
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Key Personnel

Mr. D.K. Therning Associate Director of Research for Business Operations 3000

Ms. M.Q. Loften Special Assistant 3001

Ms. Kelly Rice Deputy Associate Director of Research for Business

 Operations 3002

Ms. M.N. Robinson* Deputy Director for Small Business 3005

Mr. D.K. Therning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Business Office 3010

Ms. P.W. Lowery Head, Management Information Systems Office 3030

CDR G.A. Wright* Head, Contracting Division 3200

Mr. E.L. Williams* Head, Financial Management Division/Comptroller 3300

Mr. B.W. Belcastro Head, Supply and Administrative Services Division 3400

Mr. T.K. Hull, Jr. Director, Research and Development Services Division 3500

 Point of Contact: Ms. M.Q. Loften, Code 3001, (202) 404-7462

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Contracting Division

Code 3200

Head: CDR G.A. Wright*

Point of Contact: Ms. K.P. Best

Code 3202

(202) 767-3749

Key Personnel

CDR G.A. Wright* Head, Contracting Division 3200

CDR G.A. Wright Deputy Head 3201

Ms. K.P. Best Administrative Officer 3202

Ms. M.N. Robinson Contracts Support Branch 3210

Ms. L.T. Kellstrom Head, Contracts Branch 1 3220

Ms. M.L. Lackey Head, Contracts Branch 2 3230

Ms. B.J. Green Head, Contracts Branch 3 3240

Vacant Team Lead, Contracts Section, SSC 3235

Personnel: 52 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

 Advance Acquisition Planning

 Acquisition Strategies

 Acquisition Training

 Contract Negotiations

 Contractual Execution

 Contract Administration

 Acquisition Policy Interpretation and Implementation

*Acting

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Contracting Division is responsible for the acquisition of major research and development materials, services, and facilities where the value is in excess of $150,000. It also maintains liaison with the ONR 

Procurement Directorate on procurement matters involving NRL. Specific functions include: providing 

consultant and advisory services to NRL division personnel on acquisition strategy, contractual adequacy 

of specifications, and potential sources; reviewing procurement requests for accuracy and completeness; 

initiating and processing solicitations for procurement; awarding contracts; performing contract administration and post-award monitoring of contract terms and conditions, delivery, contract changes, patents, etc., 

and taking corrective actions as required; providing acquisition-related training to division personnel; and 

interpreting and implementing acquisition-related Federal, Department of Defense, and Navy regulations.

Procurement Technician reviews a contract file.

Specialists discuss small business programs.

Procurement Technician preforms contract administration.
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Financial Management Division

Code 3300

Head: Mr. E.L. Williams*

Point of Contact: Ms. C.A. Hornig

Code 3302

(202) 767-6914

Key Personnel

Mr. E.L. Williams* Head, Financial Management Division/Comptroller 3300

Ms. C.A. Hornig Administrative Officer 3302

Vacant Financial Management Division/Assistant Comptroller 3303

Ms. E. Mitchell Head, Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Office 3305

Mr. E.L. Williams Head, Budget and Funds Management Branch 3310

Ms. A.D. Kolbe Head, Funding Section 3311

Ms. E.L. Williams Head, Internal Budget Section 3312

Mr. W. Wong Head, Corporate Budget Section 3313

Ms. S.V. Greenwell Head, Financial Systems, Reports, and Accounting Branch 3350

Ms. L.L. Goodwin Head, Cost Accounting Section 3351

Ms. L.L. Goodwin Cost and Analysis Unit 3351.1

Ms. V.A. Reid Head, Vendor Pay Unit 3351.2 

Ms. L.D. Bowie Head, Financial Services Section 3352

Ms. L.D. Bowie Head, Payroll Services Unit 3352.1

Vacant Head, Travel Services Unit 3352.2

Ms. S.V. Greenwell* Head, Accounting Systems and Reports Section 3353

Ms. K.T. Lewis Head, Asset Management and Accounting Section 3354

Personnel: 50 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

Budget Payroll Liason

Reports and Statistics Audit Readiness

Accounting Asset Management

Travel Services

*Acting

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Financial Management Division (FMD) is managed by the Head, Financial Management Division, 

who is designated the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Comptroller. The NRL Comptroller/Head of the 

FMD reports administratively to the SES Associate Director of Research for Business Operations, but maintains direct access to the Commanding Officer and Director of Research. The FMD develops, coordinates, 

and maintains an integrated system of financial management that provides the Commanding Officer, Director of Research, Associate Director of Research for Business Operations, and other NRL officials with the 

information and support needed to fulfill the financial and resource management aspects of their responsibilities. FMD translates NRL program requirements into the financial plan, formulates the NRL budget, 

monitors and evaluates performance with the budget plan, and provides recommendations and advice to 

NRL management for corrective actions or strategic program adjustments. FMD maintains the accounting 

records of NRL’s financial and related resources transactions; and prepares reports, financial statements, and 

other documents in support of NRL management needs and/or to comply with external reporting requirements. FMD provides financial management guidance, policies, advice, and documented procedures to 

ensure that NRL operates in compliance with Navy and DoD regulations and with economy and efficiency. 

FMD coordinates efforts with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to complete payment 

transactions related to NRL business (e.g., the payment of NRL personnel for payroll and travel expenses, 

and the payment to NRL’s contractors and vendors for goods and services purchased by NRL). Additionally, 

FMD provides administrative support to the Management Information Systems (MIS) Office.

The Budget Branch prepares various financial analyses, 

reports, and studies in response to external data calls 

and/or management requests.

The Financial Systems, Reports, and Accounting Branch ensures that 

NRL's financial system satisfies user requirements and is in compliance 

with applicable rules and regulations, maintains official accounting 

records, and coordinates efforts with DFAS to complete payment transactions related to NRL business.
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Supply and Administration Services Division

Code 3400

Supply Officer: Mr. B.W. Belcastro

Point of Contact: Ms. A.M. Olson

Code 3402

(202) 404-1701

Key Personnel

Mr. B.W. Belcastro Supply Officer 3400

Vacant Deputy Supply Officer 3401

Ms. A.M. Olson Administrative Officer 3402

Ms. D.M. Grimes Head, Customer Support Staff 3403

Ms. P.J. Willis Head, Purchasing Branch 3410

Mr. R.C. Taylor Head, Material Control Branch 3450

Ms. S.E. Bethea Head, Administrative Services Branch 3460

Personnel: 107 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

Purchasing

Customer Support and Program Management

Material Control

Administrative Services

Automated Internal Costing of Supplies

Disposal and Storage
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Basic Responsibilities

The Supply and Information Services Division provides the Laboratory and its field activities with 

contracting, supply management, logistics, and administrative services. Specific functions include: procuring 

required equipment, material, and services; receiving, inspecting, and delivering material and equipment; 

packing, shipping, and traffic management; surveying and disposing of excess and unusable property; 

operating various supply issue stores and performing stock inventories; providing technical and counseling 

services for the research directorates in the development of specifications for a complete procurement package; and obtaining and providing guidance in the performance stages of contractual services. Services also 

include mailroom services and correspondence management.

Employees of the 

Administrative Services 

Branch discuss NRL 

electronic forms.

Customers and employee at the Supply store.

Woodworkers prepare boxes for shipping.

Disposal and storage in Building 49.
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Research and Development Services Division

Code 3500

Director: Mr. T.K. Hull, Jr.

Point of Contact: Ms. K.B. Spohn

Code 3502

(202) 404-4312

Key Personnel

Mr. T.K. Hull, Jr. Director, Research and Development Services Division 3500

Ms. K.B. Spohn Administrative Officer 3502

Mr. G.L. Gray Head, Customer Liaison Staff 3505

Mr. S.Y. Chan Head, Support Services Branch 3520

Mr. H.W. Rolfs Head, Chesapeake Bay Section 3522

Mr. E.T. Smith Head, Shop Services Section 3523

Mr. U.E. Irby Head, Production Control Section 3524

Ms. J. Cheswick Head, Technical Services Branch 3530

Ms. J. Cheswick Head, Engineering Section 3531

Mr. S.M. Tkacik Head, Facilities, Planning and Operations Section 3535

Mr. D.R. Smith Head, Environmental Section 3536

Ms. L. Jeffrieshunter Head, Environmental Response Unit 3536.1

Personnel: 130 full-time civilian
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Staff Activity Areas

• Engineering

• Production Control and Transportation

• Shop Services

• Chesapeake Bay Facilities Management

• Customer Liaison

• Environmental

• Utilities

• Telephones

• Facilities Planning and Operations

Basic Responsibilities

The Research and Development Services Division is responsible for the physical plant of the Naval 

Research Laboratory and subordinate field sites. The responsibilities include military construction, engineering, and coordination of construction; facility support services, planning, maintenance/repair/operation of all 

infrastructure systems; transportation; and environmental programs and permitting.

The Division provides engineering and technical assistance to research divisions in the installation and 

operation of critical equipment in support of the research mission.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Military construction

Research support engineering

Planning

Full range of facility contracting, including construction, architect/engineering services, facilities

 support, and reserved parking

Transportation

Telephone services

Maintenance and repair of buildings, grounds, and communication and alarm systems

Shops for machining, sheet metal, carpentry, and welding

Environmental Program
SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE
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Systems Directorate

Code 5000

The Systems Directorate applies the 

tools of basic research, concept exploration, 

and engineering development to expand 

operational capabilities and to provide 

materiel support to Fleet and Marine Corps 

missions. Emphasis is on technology, devices, systems, and know-how to acquire and 

move warfighting information and to deny 

these capabilities to the enemy. Current 

activities include:

• New and improved radar systems to 

detect and identify ever smaller targets in 

the cluttered littoral environment;

• Optical sensors and related materials to 

extract elusive objects in complex scenes 

when both processing time and communications bandwidth are limited;

• Unique optics-based sensors for detection of biochemical warfare agents and 

pollutants, for monitoring structures, and 

for alternative sensors;

• Advanced electronic support measures 

techniques for signal detection and identification;

• Electronic warfare systems, techniques, 

and devices including quick-reaction 

capabilities;

• Innovative concepts and designs for reduced observables;

• Techniques and devices to disable and/or 

confuse enemy sensors and information 

systems;

• Small intelligent teams of autonomous 

land, sea, and air vehicles to carry sensors, 

communications relays, or jammers;

• High performance/high assurance computers with right-the-first-time software 

and known security characteristics despite 

commercial off-the-shelf components and 

connections to public communications 

media; and

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable more capable and intelligent 

decision aids.

Many of these efforts extend from 

investigations at the frontiers of science to 

the support of deployed systems in the field, 

which themselves provide direct feedback 

and inspiration for applied research and 

product improvement and/or for quests for 

new knowledge to expand the available alternatives.

In addition to its wide-ranging multidisciplinary research program, the Directorate 

provides support to the corporate laboratory 

in shared resources for high performance 

computing and networking, technical information collection and distribution, and 

in coordination of Laboratory-wide efforts 

in signature technology, counter-signature 

technology, Theater Missile Defense, and the 

Naval Science Assistance Program.
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Associate Director of Research

for Systems

Dr. Gerald M. Borsuk is the Associate Director of Research 

for the Systems Directorate at NRL in Washington, DC. 

He provides executive direction and leadership to four 

major NRL research divisions that conduct a broad multi-disciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development in the areas of optics, electromagnetic warfare, 

information technology, and radar with combined funding in 

fiscal year 2017 of $510 million. He is responsible for the conduct 

and effectiveness of research programs performed within these divisions and for the overall administration of activities throughout 

the Systems Directorate. He is also the Focus Area Coordinator 

for all NRL Base programs in electronics science and technology.

Prior to his appointment as Associate Director of Research for 

Systems, Dr. Borsuk served for 23 years as the Superintendent of 

the Electronics Science and Technology Division at NRL, where 

he was responsible for the in-house execution of a multi-disciplinary program of basic and applied research in electronic materials and structures, solid state devices, 

nanometer scale electronics, vacuum electronics, and circuits. Prior to joining NRL, Dr. Borsuk served 

in the industrial sector for 17 years, first as a bench scientist and later as a manager of science and 

technology research. His last position in industry before joining NRL was as a science and technology 

manager at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s (now Northrop-Grumman) Advanced Technology 

Laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Borsuk received a doctorate in physics from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, in 

1973. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. He has published in the literature and has been awarded several patents. He is the recipient of four Presidential Rank Senior Executive Awards, the most recent of which 

was the Distinguished Rank Award granted in 2010. Among his other recognitions for achievement, 

he is the recipient of the IEEE Frederik Philips Medal, the IEEE Harry Diamond Memorial Award, the 

IEEE Millennium Medal, and an IR-100 Award. Dr. Borsuk also served on the Editorial Board of the 

IEEE Proceedings for 18 years.
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Key Personnel

Dr. G.M. Borsuk Associate Director of Research for Systems 5000

Ms. L.L. Williams Special Assistant 5001

Dr. M. White Special Consultant 5007

Mr. M.F. Walder Superintendent, Radar Division 5300

Dr. J.D. McLean Superintendent, Information Technology Division 5500

Dr. C.A. Hoffman Superintendent, Optical Sciences Division 5600

Dr. F.J. Klemm Superintendent, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division 5700

Point of Contact: Ms. J.M. Stone, Code 5000A, (202) 767-3324

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

FOR SYSTEMS

 5000

STAFF

5001 SPECIAL ASSISTANT

 5008 INTOP PROGRAM OFFICE

RADAR

DIVISION

5300

TACTICAL ELECTRONIC

WARFARE 

DIVISION

5700

OPTICAL SCIENCES

DIVISION

5600

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

DIVISION

5500
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Radar Division

Code 5300

Superintendent: Mr. M.F. Walder

Point of Contact: Mr. M.F. Walder

Code 5300

(202) 404-8378

Key Personnel

Mr. M.F. Walder Superintendent, Radar Division 5300

Mr. M.F. Walder Associate Superintendent 5301

Ms. V. Short-Williams Administrative Officer 5302

Mr. V. Gregers-Hansen Head, AEGIS Coordinator Staff 5306

Dr. C.T. Rodenbeck Head, Advanced Concepts Group 5307

Mr. M.G. Parent/Mr. R.D. Lipps* Head, Radar Analysis Branch 5310

Mr. G. Tavik Head, Advanced Radar Systems Branch 5320

Dr. A. Shackelford Head, Surveillance Technology Branch 5340

Personnel: 80 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

Radar Systems Engineering

Shipboard and Airborne Radar Systems

Small Target Detection

Maritime Domain Awareness

Networked and Distributed Radar Concepts

Computational Electromagnetics

High Frequency Radar

Electronic Protection

Ultra-wideband Antennas

Multi-Function Systems

Millimeter-wave radar

Advanced Waveforms and Signal Processing

Radar Imaging

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Radar Division conducts research on basic physical phenomena of importance to radar and related 

sensors, investigates new engineering techniques applicable to radar, demonstrates the feasibility of new 

radar concepts and systems, performs related systems analyses and evaluation of radar, and provides special 

consultative services. The emphasis is on new and advanced concepts and technology in radar and related 

sensors that are applicable to enhancing the Navy’s ability to fulfill its mission.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Shipboard radar research and development test beds: 

– FlexDAR demonstration system (every element digital beamforming)

– AN/SPS-49-A(V)1

– S-Band radar wavefrom development testbed

– Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Testbed

Airborne research radar facility, AN/APS-137D(V)5

Airborne 94 GHz radar system

Radar signature calculation facility

Computational Electromagnetics facility

Compact range and near-field antenna measurement laboratory

Electronic Protection (EP) and adaptive pulse compression (APC) testbed

Electronics and mechanical computer aided design facility

High Frequency (HF) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) testbed

HF Surface Wave Radar Testbed

Microwave and RF instrumentation laboratories
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Information Technology Division

Code 5500

Superintendent: Dr. J.D. McLean

Point of Contact: Dr. B.J. Cadwell

Code 5501

(202) 767-2954

Key Personnel

Dr. J.D. McLean Superintendent, Information Technology Division 5500

Dr. B.J. Cadwell Associate Superintendent 5501

Ms. A.W. Colpitts Administrative Officer 5502

Vacant Director, Navy Center for Applied Research

 in Artificial Intelligence 5510

Dr. P.M. Klein Head, Networks and Communication Systems Branch 5520

Mr. S. Chincheck Director, Center for High Assurance Computer Systems 5540

Mr. M.A. Rupar Head, Transmission Technology Branch 5550

Mr. R. Mittu Head, Information Management and Decision

 Architectures Branch 5580

Mr. K.A. Rohwer Director, Center for Computational Science/Command

 Information Officer° 5590

Ms. S.M. Ryder Chief Librarian, Ruth H. Hooker Research Library 5596

Personnel: 212 full-time civilian
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Research Activity Areas

Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence

Transmission Technology

Center for High Assurance Computer Systems

Networks and Communication Systems

Information Management and Decision Architectures

Center for Computational Science

Ruth H. Hooker Research Library

Configurable Synthetic and Merged Environment (CSME) Laboratory

Basic Responsibilities

The Information Technology Division conducts basic research, exploratory development, and advanced 

technology demonstrations in the collection, transmission, processing, presentation, and distribution of 

information to provide information superiority and distributed networked force capabilities that improve 

Naval operations across all mission areas. The Division provides immediate solutions to current operational 

needs as required while developing those technologies necessary to implement the Navy after next.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Extended Spectrum Experimentation Laboratory

Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory

Immersive Simulation Laboratory 

Warfighter Human-Systems Integration Laboratory

Audio Laboratory

Mobile and Dynamic Network Laboratory 

Integrated Communications Technology Test Lab

General Electronics Environmental Test Facility

Key Management Laboratory

Crypto Technology Laboratory

Navy Cyber Defense Research Laboratory

Communications Security (COMSEC) Laboratory

Navy Shipboard Communications Testbed

Behavior Detection Laboratory

Virtual Reality Laboratory

Service Oriented Architecture Laboratory

Distributed Simulation Laboratory 

Motion Imagery Laboratory

Laboratory for Large Data Research

Affiliated Resource Center for High Performance Computing

Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
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Optical Sciences Division

Code 5600

Superintendent: Dr. C.A. Hoffman

Point of Contact: Ms. C. Woods

Code 5602

(202) 767-9306

Key Personnel

Dr. C.A. Hoffman Superintendent, Optical Sciences Division 5600

Dr. J.M. Nichols Associate Superintendent 5601

Ms. C. Woods Administrative Officer 5602

Dr. J.R. Meyer Head, Senior Scientific Staff 5604

Dr. B.L. Justus Head, Optical Physics Branch 5610

Dr. J.S. Sanghera Head, Optical Materials and Devices Branch 5620

Dr. K.J. Williams Head, Photonics Technology Branch 5650

Mr. D.C. Linne von Berg Head, Applied Optics Branch 5660

Dr. A. Dandridge Head, Optical Techniques Branch 5670

Personnel: 136 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Optical Materials

Lasers and other Optical Sources

Organic and Inorganic Opto-Electronics

Visible and Infrared Imaging and Image Processing

RF and Integrated Photonics

Fiber Optic Sensing

Optical System Development

Staff Activity Areas

Program analysis and development

Special systems analysis

Technical study groups

Technical contract monitoring

Theoretical studies
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Basic Responsibilities

The Optical Sciences Division carries out a variety of research, development, and application-oriented 

activities in the generation, propagation, detection, and use of radiation in the wavelength region between 

near-ultraviolet and far-infrared wavelengths. The research, both theoretical and experimental, is concerned 

with discovering and understanding the basic physical principles and mechanisms involved in optical devices, materials, and phenomena. The development effort is aimed at extending this understanding in the direction of device engineering and advanced operational techniques. The applications activities include systems 

analysis, prototype system development, and exploitation of R&D results for the solution of optically related 

military problems. In addition to its internal program activities, the Division serves the Laboratory specifically and the Navy generally as a consulting body of experts in optical sciences. The work in the Division 

includes studies in quantum optics, laser physics, optical waveguide technologies, laser–matter interactions, 

atmospheric propagation, holography, optical data processing, fiber-optic sensor systems, optical systems, 

optical materials, radiation damage studies, IR surveillance and missile seeker technologies, IR signature 

measurements, and optical diagnostic techniques. A portion of the effort is devoted to developing, analyzing, and using special optical materials. 

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Optical probes laboratory to study viscoelastic, 

structural, and transport properties of

molecular systems

Short-pulse excitation apparatus for kinetic

 mechanisms investigations

IR laser facility for optical characterization of

 semiconductors

Facilities for synthesis and characterization of

optical glass compositions and for the

fabrication of optical fibers

Silica and IR fluoride/chalcogenide fiber

fabrication facilities

Environmental testing of fiber sensors (acoustic, 

magnetic, electric field, etc.)

Mid-IR, low-phonon crystal growth facility

Infrared countermeasure techniques

laboratory

Mobile, high-precision optical tracker

EO/IR technology/systems modeling and

simulation capabilities

Field-qualified EO/IR measurement devices

Focal plane array evaluation facility

Facilities for fabricating and testing integrated

optical devices

Panchromatic and multi- and hyperspectral digital 

imaging processing facilities

NRL P-3 aircraft sensor pallet

Airborne EO/IR and radar sensors

VNIR through SWIR hyperspectral systems

VNIR, MWIR, and LWIR high-resolution

systems

Wideband SAR systems 

RF and laser data links

High-speed, high-power photodetector characterization

Communication link characterization to >100 Gbps

RF phase noise, noise figure, and network analysis

 Ultrahigh-speed A/O converters 

Bio-aerosol containment chamber for testing the

limits of new optical detection strategies
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Tactical Electronic Warfare Division

Code 5700

Superintendent: Dr. F.J. Klemm

Point of Contact: Mr. G.K. Weissbach

Code 5701

(202) 767-5937

Key Personnel

Dr. F.J. Klemm Superintendent, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division 5700

Dr. J. Heyer Senior Scientist for Electronic Warfare Technologies 5700.1

Mr. G.K. Weissbach* Associate Superintendent 5701

Ms. J.C. Johnson Administrative Officer 5702

Mr. G.K. Weissbach Head, Electronic Warfare Lead Laboratory Staff 5705

Mr. E.M. Van Meter Electronic Warfare Operations and Liaison Organization 5706

Dr. D.L. Smith* Head, Signature Technology Office 5708

Mr. J.G. Durbin Head, Offboard Countermeasures Branch 5710

Dr. T.A. Roberts Head, Electronic Warfare Support Measures Branch 5720

Mr. M.S. Spath Head, Aerospace Electronic Warfare Systems Branch 5730

Mr. M.J. Monsma Head, Surface Electronic Warfare Systems Branch 5740

Dr. J.M. Auxier* Head, Advanced Techniques Branch 5750

Mr. T.R. Willats Head, Integrated Electronic Warfare Simulation Branch 5760

Mr. J.Q. Binford Head, Electronic Warfare Modeling and Simulation Branch 5770

Personnel: 269 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

EW Strategic Planning

Signature Technology Office

Effectiveness of Naval EW Systems (ENEWS)

Electronic Warfare Operations Research and Liaison Organization

*Acting
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Research Activity Areas

Signature Analysis

Offboard Countermeasures

Electronic Warfare Support Measures

Aerospace Electronic Warfare Systems

Surface Electronic Warfare Systems

Advanced Techniques

Integrated EW Simulation

EW Modeling and Simulation

Basic Responsibilities

The Tactical Electronic Warfare Division (TEWD) is responsible for research and development in 

support of the Navy’s tactical electronic warfare requirements and missions. These include electronic warfare 

support measures, electronic countermeasures, and supporting counter-countermeasures, as well as studies, 

analyses, and simulations for determining and improving the effectiveness of these systems.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Visualization display room

Transportable step frequency radar

Vehicle development laboratory

Offboard test platform

Compact antenna range facility

Millimeter-Wave Antenna Range Facility

TEWD Mechanical Fabrication Shop

RFCM techniques development chamber facility

Low-power anechoic chamber

High-power microwave research facility

Electro-optics mobile laboratory

Infrared-electro-optical calibration and characterization laboratory

Infrared missile simulator and simulator development laboratory

Secure supercomputing facility

CBD/Tilghman Island IR field evaluation facility

Ultrashort pulse laser effects research and

analysis laboratory

Central Target Simulator facility

Flying Electronic Warfare laboratory

High-power RF explosive laboratory

Classified material lay-up facility

Classified computing facilities

RF measurement laboratory

Wet chemistry laboratory

Ultra-near-field test facility

RF and millimeter-wave laboratory

Optical laboratory

Paint room

Secure laboratories for classified projects

Offboard Test Platform (Wind Tunnel)

Near and Far Field Antenna Measurement Facility 
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT 

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
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Materials Science and Component

Technology Directorate

Code 6000

The Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate carries out a 

multidisciplinary research program whose 

objectives are the discovery, invention, and 

exploitation of new improved materials, the 

generation of new concepts associated with 

materials behavior, and the development 

of advanced components based on these 

new and improved materials and concepts. 

Theoretical and experimental research is 

carried out to determine the scientific origins of materials behavior and to develop 

procedures for modifying these materials to 

meet important naval needs for advanced 

platforms, electronics, sensors, and photonics. 

The program includes investigations 

of a broad spectrum of materials including 

insulators, semiconductors, superconductors, metals and alloys, optical materials, 

polymers, plastics, artificially structured 

bio/molecular materials and composites, 

and energetic materials, which are used in 

important naval devices, components, and 

systems. New techniques are developed 

for producing, processing, and fabricating 

these materials for crucial naval applications.

The synthesis, processing, properties, 

and limits of performance of these new 

and improved materials in natural or radiation environments, and under deleterious 

conditions such as those associated with the 

marine environment, neutron or directed 

energy beam irradiation, or extreme temperatures and pressures, are established. For 

new materials design, emphasis is placed on 

protection of the environment.

Additionally, major thrusts are directed 

in advanced sensing, detection, reactive flow 

physics, computational physics, and plasma sciences. Areas of particular emphasis 

include nanoscience and technology, fluid 

mechanics and hydrodynamics, nuclear 

weapon effects simulations, high energy density materials including fuels, propellants, 

explosives, and storage devices, interactions 

of various types of radiation with matter, 

survivability of materials and components, 

and directed energy devices.
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Associate Director of Research for

Materials Science and Component Technology

Dr. Banahalli Ratna received her B.S. degree in physics, chemistry, 

and mathematics and M.S. degree in physics from University of 

Bangalore, India. She received her M.Tech degree from the Indian 

Institute of Science and a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the 

University of Mysore. Dr. Ratna was a researcher at the Raman Research 

Institute in Bangalore, India, before she joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1994. She has served at NRL as a researcher and as a branch head in 

the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE). In 2009, 

she became the director of CBMSE, when she was selected to the Senior 

Executive Service (SES). Since September 2017, she has been acting as the 

Associate Director of Research for the Materials Science and Component 

Technology directorate. Dr. Ratna is recognized in the fields of liquid crystal and bio/nano science and technologies. Dr. Ratna has over 240 technical publications with over 5000 citations and an h-index of 40. She has also 

authored 25 patents. She has received several NRL research publication 

awards for her work. She has given more than 150 invited and contributed talks at national and international meetings and universities. She has 

co-organized a number of national and international conferences. She is a 

member of the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and International Liquid Crystal Society. She 

is currently a member of Counter Weapons of Mass Distruction – Community of Interest (CWMD–COI). She serves 

on the Executive Steering Committee for the Applied Research for the Advancement of s7T Priorities (ARAP) on 

synthetic biology. Dr. Ratna was inducted as Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering 

in 2015. She received the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 2016.
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Key Personnel

Dr. B.R. Ratna* Associate Director of Research for Materials Science 

 and Component Technology 6000

Mr. R.A. Wynter Special Assistant 6001

Dr. J.P. Boris Chief Scientist for Computational Physics and Fluid

 Dynamics 6003

Dr. D.R. Mott* Director, Laboratories for Computational Physics and 

 Fluid Dynamics 6040

Dr. J.N. Russell, Jr. Superintendent, Chemistry Division 6100

Dr. P. Matic Superintendent, Materials Science and Technology Division 6300

Dr. T.A. Mehlhorn Superintendent, Plasma Physics Division 6700

Dr. B. Levush Superintendent, Electronics Science and Technology Division 6800

Ms. A.W. Kusterbeck* Director, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering 6900

Point of Contact: Ms. D.L. Gray, Code 6000, (202) 767-2538











	







 

 










 

 









 





 





 



	














 













*Acting
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Laboratories for Computational Physics and

Fluid Dynamics

Code 6040

Director: Dr. D.R. Mott*

Point of Contact: Ms. C. Collier

Code 6040.2

(202) 767-8713

Key Personnel

Dr. D.R. Mott* Director, Laboratories for Computational Physics and 

 Fluid Dynamics 6040

Ms. C. Collier Administrative Officer 6040.2

Dr. J.P. Boris Chief Scientist for Computational Physics and 

 Fluid Dynamics 6003

Dr. R. Ramamurti Head, Laboratory for Propulsion, Energetic, and 

 Dynamic Systems 6041

Dr. G. Patnaik Head, Laboratory for Advanced Computational Physics 6042

Dr. D.R. Mott Head, Laboratory for Multiscale Reactive Flow Physics 6043

Personnel: 22 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Reactive Flows

Computational Physics Developments

Military Aircraft Noise Reduction

Naval Air Propulsion

*Acting

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Laboratories for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics (LCP&FD) are responsible for the 

research leading to and the application of advanced analytical and numerical capabilities that are relevant 

to NRL, Navy, DoD, and other Government agencies. This research is pursued in the fields of compressible 

and incompressible fluid dynamics, reactive flows, fluid/structure interactions including submarine and 

aerospace applications, atmospheric and solar geophysics, magnetoplasma dynamics, application of parallel 

processing to large-scale problems such as unsteady flows of contaminants in and around cities, advanced 

propulsion concepts, flame dynamics for shipboard fire safety, jet noise reduction, and other disciplines of 

continuum computational physics as required to further the overall mission of NRL. The specific objectives 

of the LCP&FD are to develop and maintain state-of-the-art analytical and computational capabilities in fluid dynamics and related fields of physics; to establish in-house expertise in parallel processing for large-scale 

scientific computing; to perform analyses and computational experiments on specific relevant problems 

using these capabilities; and to transfer this technology to new and ongoing projects through cooperative 

programs with the research Divisions at NRL and elsewhere.

1120 Core Intel Cluster

1152 core AMD cluster

420 core Intel Core i7 Cluster with 88 Nvidia GPUs

256 Core Intel Core i7 Cluster with 16 NVIDIA GPUs, 70 Xeon Phis

136 Core Many-Core Platform with 136 Xeon Phis

More than 50 Apple and Intel workstations

200 TB RAID storage system

All computers have network connections to NICENET, allowing access to the NRL CCS facilities (including DoD HPC resources) and many other computer resources internal and external to NRL.

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
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Chemistry Division

Code 6100

Superintendent: Dr. J.N. Russell, Jr.

Point of Contact: Ms. M. Walters

Code 6102

(202) 767-2460

Key Personnel

Dr. J.N. Russell, Jr. Superintendent, Chemistry Division 6100

Dr. W.W. Schultz Associate Superintendent 6101

Ms. M. Walters Administrative Officer 6102

Dr. C.M. Roland Senior Scientist for Soft Matter Physics 6105

CAPT S. Newell, USN Biotechnology Program Manager 6106

Dr. G.E. Collins Head, Chemical Dynamics and Diagnostics Branch 6110

Dr. J.H. Wynne* Head, Materials Chemistry Branch 6120

Mr. E.J. Lemieux Head, Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering 6130

Dr. K.J. Wahl* Head, Surface Chemistry Branch 6170

Dr. S.L. Rose-Pehrsson Head, Navy Tech Center for Safety and Survivability 6180

 Personnel: 137 full-time civilian; 3 military; 1 intermittent; 1 part-time

Research Activity Areas

Chemical Diagnostics

Materials Chemistry

Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering

Surface/Interface Chemistry

Safety and Survivability

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Chemistry Division conducts basic research, applied research, and development studies in the 

broad fields of chemical/structural diagnostics, reaction rate control, materials chemistry, surface and interface chemistry, corrosion passivation, environmental chemistry, and ship safety/survivability. Specialized 

programs within these fields include coatings, functional polymers/elastomers, clusters, controlled release 

of energy, physical and chemical characterization of surfaces, electrochemistry, assembly and properties 

of nanometer structures, tribology, chemical vapor deposition/etching, atmosphere analysis and control, 

environmental protection/reclamation, prevention/control of fires, mobility fuels, modeling/simulation, and 

miniaturized sensors for chemical, biological, trace analysis and data fusion, and explosives.

 To enhance protection of Navy personnel and platforms from damage and injury in peace and wartime, 

the Navy Technology Center for Safety and Survivability performs RDT&E on fire and personnel protection, 

fuels, chemical defense, submarine atmospheres, and damage control aspects of ship and aircraft survivability; supports Navy and Marine Corps requirements in these areas; and acts as a focus for technology transfer 

in safety and survivability.

 To address problems in corrosion and marine fouling, a Marine Corrosion Facility is located in Key 

West, Florida. This laboratory resides in an unparalleled site for natural seawater exposure testing and 

marine related materials evaluation. The tropical climate is ideal for marine exposure testing. Along with 

the high quality seawater, the location provides small climatic variation and a stable biomass throughout the 

year.

Synthesis/processing facilities

Paint formulation and coating

Functional polymers/elastomers/composites

Nanotubes/Nanofibers

Surface modification

Thin film deposition/etching with in situ control

Marine Corrosion Facility (at Key West, Florida)

Fire/Damage Control Test Facility (at Chesapeake 

Beach, Maryland)

Wave pool (at Mobile, Alabama)

Small boat test platforms (at Mobile, Alabama)

Characterization facilities

General-purpose chemical analysis/trace analysis

Surface diagnostics

Nanometer scale composition/structure

 properties

Magnetic resonance NDI

Tribology

Polymer structure/function/dynamics

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Special-purpose capability

Environmental monitoring/remediation

Combustion and fire research

Alternate and petroleum-derived fuels

Trace explosive detection test beds

Trace vapor generation and detection test beds

Simulation/modeling

Pressurized test chambers (small, medium, large)
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Materials Science and Technology Division

Code 6300

Superintendent: Dr. P. Matic

Point of Contact: Ms. S.L. Willett

Code 6302

(202) 767-2458

Key Personnel

Dr. P. Matic Superintendent, Materials Science and Technology Division 6300

Dr. B.T. Jonker Senior Scientist 6300.1

Dr. K.M. Bussmann Associate Superintendent 6301

Ms. S.L. Willett Administrative Officer 6302

Mr. J.H. O’Donnell Head, Special Projects Group 6304

Dr. V.G. DeGiorgi Head, Multifunctional Materials Branch 6350

Dr. A. Piqué Head, Materials and Systems Branch 6360

Dr. S.C. Erwin Head, Center for Materials Physics and Technology 6390

Personnel: 93 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Fundamental Materials and Physics

Density functional theory, molecular dynamics and 

multiphysics simulations, quantum dots, spintron- ics, and surface and interface physics

Materials-based Concepts and Devices

Chemical and explosive detection, magneto-optic 

sensors, laser direct write, nonlinear dynamics, and 

advanced alloys

Extreme Environment Multiphysics

Corrosion, electromagnetic launch, warfighter 

protection, additive manufacturing, and joining 

technology

Materials for Energy

Fuel from seawater, battery and fuel cell materials, 

multiferroic energy harvesting, thermo-electric 

ceramics, and superconductor technologies

Materials Informatics

3D materials science, multiscale simulation, atom 

probe tomography, TEM, SEM, tomography, and 

IR characterization

Biology and Materials

Neuronal networks, single-cell process measurements, cell healing mechanisms, protein modeling 

in solution, and biomechanical modeling
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Basic Responsibilities

The Materials Science and Technology Division conducts basic and applied research in functional and 

structural materials and engages in exploratory and advanced development to generate new Navy technologies and defense capabilities. The Division efforts encompass metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, 

and biological materials for electrical, magnetic, optical, plasmonic, chemical, mechanical, and energy 

technologies. Major Division focus areas include fundamental material physics, innovative device design, 

performance in extreme environments, power and energy, materials informatics, and the interface between 

materials and biology. These efforts are performed by multidisciplinary teams of materials scientists, physicists, chemists, and engineers working at the atomic, nano, microstructural, mesostructural, and macroscopic scales. The integrated use of new experimental and computational techniques accelerates new scientific 

understanding and innovative engineering solutions. Advanced materials synthesis, processing, characterization, diagnostic capabilities, performance prediction methods, and life-cycle management methods are 

developed to further new device design, prototyping, and testing methods.

Synthesis and Processing

Hot and cold isostatic presses 

Isothermal heat treating facility 

Vacuum arc melting facility 

Rapid Solidification System 

Composites processing autoclave 

Film depositionby thermal/sputter/MBE/PLD/

 MOCVD/aerosol/ALD 

2D materials: graphene, MoS2, other TMDs

Parylene coater

Laser direct write system

3D-printing of polymers

Polymer extruder, synthesis and characterization

Channel reactors for fuels synthesis 

Laser cutting facility

Biomechanical surrogate fabrication

Physical & Structural Property Characterization

Conductive AFM/MFM

Vibrating sample & SQUID magnetometry 

Magneto–transport characterization 1.5K–400K,

 9T

Analytical transmission electron microscopy

Atomic–resolution scanning TEM

Scanning electron microscopy with EDS, EBSD

 and automated robotic serial sectioning system

Variable–pressure SEM

Dual–beam focused ion beam system

Atom probe tomography (LEAP)

SIMS–SSAMS mass spectrometry for sub-ppb

 elemental characterization

Quantitative metallography 

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Thermal analysis characterization suite (TGA/DSC

 DMA/DEA/rheometer)

Dielectric characterization facility 

Microwave device test facility

Bomen infrared spectrometer facility 

Diffuse light scattering facility 

Femtosecond laser facility

Magneto–electric materials characterization

Gas chromatography

X-ray computed microtomography with DCT 

X-ray diffractometers, powder and 4-circle

Contact angle and surface tension analyzer

LEED/RHEED/XPS/Auger characterization

Mechanical Property Characterization

Robotic multiaxial loading system

Stress corrosion cracking measurement systems 

Computer-aided experimental stress analysis 

2D and 3D strain imaging and measurement

 Material drop tower test facility

Helmet drop tower test facility 

Shock tube

Gas gun

Imaging, Modeling, and Simulation

High speed video and infrared cameras 

Quantum cascade lasers

Live biological cell confocal imaging and

 manipulation system

Live biological cell mechanical loading system 

High performance computer clusters
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Plasma Physics Division

Code 6700

Superintendent: Dr. T.A. Mehlhorn

Point of Contact: Dr. T.A. Mehlhorn

Code 6700

(202) 767-2723

Key Personnel

Dr. T.A. Mehlhorn Superintendent, Plasma Physics Division 6700

Dr. R.F. Hubbard Associate Superintendent 6701

Ms. T.G. Santos Administrative Officer 6702

Dr. A.L. Velikovich Senior Scientist, Radiation Physics and High Energy

 Density Materials 6705

Dr. G.I. Ganguli Senior Scientist, Intense Particle Beams and 

 Plasma Processes 6709

Dr. J.L. Giuliani, Jr. Head, Radiation Hydrodynamics Branch 6720

Dr. S.P. Obenschain Head, Laser Plasma Branch 6730

Dr. W.E. Amatucci Head, Charged Particle Physics Branch 6750

Dr. J.W. Schumer Head, Pulsed Power Physics Branch 6770

Dr. J.R. Penano Head, Beam Physics Branch 6790

Personnel: 90 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Radiation Hydrodynamics

Laser Plasma

Charged Particle Physics

Pulsed Power Physics

Beam Physics
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Basic Responsibilities

The Plasma Physics Division conducts a broad theoretical and experimental program of basic and 

applied research in plasma physics, laboratory discharge, and space plasmas, intense electron and ion beams 

and photon sources, atomic physics, pulsed power sources, laser physics, advanced spectral diagnostics, 

and nonlinear systems. The effort of the Division is concentrated on a few closely coordinated theoretical 

and experimental programs. Considerable emphasis is placed on large-scale numerical simulations related 

to plasma dynamics; ionospheric, magnetospheric, and atmospheric dynamics; nuclear weapons effects; 

inertial confinement fusion; atomic physics; plasma processing; nonlinear dynamics and chaos; free electron 

lasers and other advanced radiation sources; advanced accelerator concepts; and atmospheric laser propagation. Areas of experimental interest include laser–plasma, laser–electron beam, and laser–matter interactions, high-energy laser weapons, laser shock hydrodynamics, thermonuclear fusion, electromagnetic wave 

generation, the generation of intense electron and ion beams, large-area plasma processing sources, electromagnetic launchers, high-frequency microwave processing of ceramic and metallic materials, advanced 

accelerator development, inductive energy storage, laboratory simulation of space plasma phenomena, 

high-altitude chemical releases, and in situ and remote sensing space plasma measurements.

Pulsed Power

 Mercury: 6 MV, 360 kA, magnetically insulated inductive voltage adder

 Gamble II: 1 MV, 1 MA pulsed power generator

 HAWK: 1 MA inductive storage facility

 Railgun Materials Testing Facility

 Small Railgun (SRG)

Inertial Confinement Fusion and High Energy Density Physics

 NIKE krypton fluoride laser facility

 ELECTRA: repetitive-pulsed electron beam and excimer laser facility

 Z-pinch and plasma radiation source modeling

Space Plasmas

 Space Physics Simulation Chamber

 Ionospheric sensing, modification, and modeling

 Radiation belt physics

 Solar physics and space weather

Directed Energy and Active Sensing

 MATRICS ultrafast laser facility (sources spanning wavelength range from ultraviolet to far infrared)

 Directed Energy Physics Facility (fiber lasers for weapons and power beaming applications)

 Remote underwater laser acoustics system (RULAS)

 SWOrRD: Swept-Wavelength Optical resonant Raman Device

 High-power microwave sources

Materials Processing and Related Applications

 Plasma Applications Laboratory (low temperature plasmas at atmospheric and reduced pressures)

 Microwave facility for processing of advanced materials

 Plasma chemistry modeling and applications

Nonlinear Dynamics and Applied Mathematics

 Autonomous swarm behavior

 Coupled systems with delay

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
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Electronics Science and Technology Division

Code 6800

Superintendent: Dr. B. Levush

Point of Contact: Ms. C. McConnell

Code 6802

(202) 767-3416

Key Personnel

Dr. B. Levush Superintendent, Electronics Science and Technology Division 6800

Dr. J.M. Pond Associate Superintendent 6801

Ms. C.A. McConnell Administrative Officer 6802

Vacant Theoretical Consultant 6807

Dr. T.L. Reinecke Senior Scientist for Nanoelectronics 6877

Dr. E.H. Aifer* Head, Optoelectronics and Radiation Effects Branch 6810

Dr. D.K. Abe Head, Electromagnetics Technology Branch 6850

Dr. E.S. Snow Head, Physics of Electronic Materials Branch 6870

Dr. F.J. Kub Head, High Power Electronics Branch 6880

Personnel: 107 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

 Quantum Information Science and Technology

 Nanoelectronics

Surface and Interface Sciences

Electronic Materials Growth, Characterization, and Processing

Theoretical and Computational Electronics and Electromagnetics

Power Electronics

Microwave, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Wave Solid State and

 Vacuum Electronics Technologies

 Optoelectronics

 Photovoltaics

Radiation Effects

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Electronics Science and Technology Division conducts programs of basic science and applied 

research and development. Our technically diverse staff of experimental, theoretical, and computational 

physicists, surface and materials scientists, chemists, and electrical, electronic, chemical and mechanical 

engineers reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the Division’s research. The synergy that results from the 

collaboration between these experts ensures the development of world-class electronics science and technology. Our well-equipped laboratories and unique fabrication facilities provide the research tools needed to 

move rapidly from a flash of inspiration to real-world demonstration. In-house efforts include research and 

development in the following areas: quantum information science and technology; nanoelectronics; surface 

and interface sciences; electronics material growth, characterization, and processing; theoretical and computational electronics and electromagnetics; power electronics; microwave, millimeter-wave, and submillimeter-wave solid-state and vacuum electronics technologies; optoelectronics; photovoltaics; radiation effects. 

Compound Semiconductor Processing Facility

Laboratory for Advanced Materials Synthesis

Center for Advanced Materials Epitaxial Growth and Characterization (Epicenter)

Electronic Transport Laboratory

Advanced Silicon Carbide Epitaxial Research Laboratory

Solar Cell Characterization Laboratory

Ultrafast Laser Facility 

Ultraviolet Photolithography Laboratory for Submillimeter-Wave Devices

Millimeter-Wave Vacuum Electronics Fabrication Facility 

Solid-State Qubit Coherent Spectroscopy Laboratory

3D Laser Lithorgraphy Laboratory

Optoelectronic Scanning Electron Characterization Facility

Infrared Materials and Detectors Characterization Laboratory

Atomic Layer Deposition System

Atomic Layer Epitaxy System 

Facility for Nanopowders Processing and Enhanced Pressure Assisted Sintering

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
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Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering

Code 6900

Director: Ms. A.W. Kusterbeck*

Point of Contact: Ms. E.C. Newman

Code 6902

(202) 404-6012

Key Personnel

Ms. A.W. Kusterbeck* Head, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering 6900

Ms. A.W. Kusterbeck Assistant Director 6901

Ms. E.C. Newman Administrative Officer 6902

Dr. D.A. Stenger Senior Scientist for Biosurveillance 6905

Dr. I.L. Medintz Senior Scientist for Biosensors and Biomaterials 6907

LT N.D. Reynolds Military Deputy 6900

Dr. J.R. Deschamps Head, Laboratory for Biosensor and Biomaterials 6910

Ms. A.W. Kusterbeck* Head, Laboratory for Biomolecular Dynamics 6920

Dr. L.M. Tender Head, Laboratory for the Study of Molecular Interfacial

 Interactions 6930

 Personnel: 57 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Biologically Derived Microstructures

Biosensors

Novel Materials

Molecular Biology

Energy Harvesting

*Acting

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering is using the tools of modern biology, physics, 

chemistry, and engineering to develop advanced materials and sensors. The long-term research goal is first 

to gain a fundamental understanding of the relationship between molecular architecture and the function of 

materials, then apply this knowledge to solve problems for the Navy and DoD community. The key theme 

is the study of complex bio/molecular systems with the aim of understanding how “nature” has approached 

the solution of difficult structural and sensing problems. Technological areas currently being studied include 

molecular and microstructure design, molecular biology, imaging of cells using nanoparticles, sensor design 

and prototype development for biosurveillance or underwater chemical detection, and energy harvesting. 

Much of the research deals with the engineering of peptides, proteins, and nanoparticles into complex 

microstructures for use in advanced material applications, and the harnessing of the recognition functions 

of proteins and cells for the development of advanced sensors. A highly multidisciplinary staff is required 

to pursue these research and development programs. The Center provides a stimulating environment for 

cross-disciplinary programs in the areas of immunology, biochemistry, systems biology, electrochemistry, 

synthetic chemistry, microbiology, microlithography, photochemistry, biophysics, spectroscopy, advanced 

diagnostics, organic synthesis, and electro-optical engineering.

Optical equipment

Confocal microscope

Raman microscope

UV-visible absorption spectrophotometers

Transmission electron microscope

Scanning electron microscope 

Microscope/atomic force microscope

Nanosight (nanoparticle tracking analysis)

Analytical instruments

Gas chromatography mass spectrometer

HPLC 

LC/MS/MS system

FluroMax-3 spectrofluorometer

Titration workstation

General facilities

X-ray scattering 

Cold room for storage and preparation

High-speed and microanalytical ultracentrifuges

Inert atmosphere dry box

NMR

FTIR

Ellipsometer

Dynamic mechanical analyzer

Differential scanning calorimeter

Circular dichroism

Minimill injection mold machine

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Multi RF centrifuge

Perkin Elmer BioChip Arrayer I

Freeze-dry system

Affymetrix Gene Chip system

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)

Isothermal calorimeter 

High-resolution 3D Printer
OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
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Ocean and Atmospheric Science and

Technology Directorate

Code 7000

The Ocean and Atmospheric Science 

and Technology Directorate performs 

research and development in the fields of 

acoustics, remote sensing, oceanography, 

marine geosciences, marine meteorology, and space science. Areas of emphasis 

in acoustics include advanced acoustic 

concepts and computation, acoustic signal 

processing, physical acoustics, acoustic 

systems, ocean acoustics, and acoustic 

simulation and tactics. Areas of emphasis in 

remote sensing include radio, infrared, and 

optical sensors, remote sensing physics and 

hydrodynamics, remote sensing simulation, 

and imaging systems. Areas of emphasis 

in oceanography include coastal and open 

ocean dynamics, ocean modeling and prediction, coastal and open ocean processes, 

remote sensing applications to oceanography, and marine biocorrosion processes. 

Areas of emphasis in marine geosciences 

include characterization and prediction of 

seafloor and terrestrial regions, dynamic 

littoral and riverine processes, and geospatial 

sciences and technology. Areas of emphasis 

in marine meteorology include atmospheric 

dynamics and coupled processes ranging 

from theater to tactical scales, coupled data 

assimilation and prediction systems, and 

meteorological application systems. Areas 

of emphasis in space science include middle 

and upper atmosphere physics, solar terrestrial relationships, solar physics, and higher 

energy astronomy. Senior naval officers are 

assigned as military advisors to help maintain the directorate focus on operational 

Navy and other DoD requirements in these 

areas of emphasis. The directorate is responsible for administrative and technical 

support to major activities in Washington, 

DC; Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; and 

Monterey, California.
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Associate Director of Research for Ocean and

Atmospheric Science and Technology

Dr. D.G. Todoroff is currently Acting Associate Director of 

Research for Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology and the Superintendent of the Acoustics Division 

at the Naval Research Laboratory. In this capacity, he leads and 

directs a world-class research organization that conducts basic 

and applied research in ocean acoustics, physical acoustics, signal 

processing, and acoustic systems. Dr. Todoroff was appointed to 

the Senior Executive Service in April 2009, and has over 20 years 

of Federal service. 

 Prior to joining the Naval Research Laboratory, Dr. Todoroff 

held a three-year appointment to NATO (on leave from the Office 

of Naval Research) as the Deputy Director and Chief Scientist at 

the NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy. As Deputy 

Director, he was responsible for the overall operation of the laboratory, including the management and operation of the Centre’s 

two research vessels (NRV Alliance and CRV Leonardo). As the 

Chief Scientist, Dr. Todoroff led the scientific and technical staff, and was responsible for the development and execution of the Centre’s Scientific Program of Work. 

 Dr. Todoroff joined the Office of Naval Research in 1994. He managed the Navy’s mine warfare S&T 

programs, led the development of the Organic Mine Countermeasures Future Naval Capability, and led 

the development of the ONR basic research program to counter Improvised Explosive Devices. While at 

ONR, Dr. Todoroff was active in international efforts, serving as the U.S. Head of Delegation to NATO 

Naval Group 3, the U.S. National Lead for Panel 13 of The Technical Cooperation Program, and the 

U.S. Alternative Representative on the Scientific Committee of National Representatives for the NATO 

Undersea Research Centre. 

From May 1988 through November 1994, Dr. Todoroff served as Division Head, Branch Head, and 

researcher at the Naval Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida. He also conducted research on 

acoustic scattering, and was the Chief Scientist for Wake Physics on the Joint U.S./U.K. Surface Ship 

Torpedo Defense Program. 

Dr. Todoroff received a bachelor’s degree in physics as well as a master of arts and a doctorate degree 

(1983) in physics from Kent State University. He is a member of the Liquid Crystal Institute. Dr. Todoroff ’s awards include the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award, the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service 

Award, and the Commanding Officer/Technical Director Award for Science and Technology. 
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Key Personnel

Dr. D.G. Todoroff* Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric 

 Science and Technology 7000

Ms. P.A. Dixon Special Assistant 7001

CDR S. Mancini, USN Military Deputy 7005

Dr. R.H. Preller+ Head, Office of Research Support Services 7030

Dr. D.G. Todoroff Superintendent, Acoustics Division 7100

Dr. R.M. Bevilacqua Superintendent, Remote Sensing Division 7200

Dr. R.H. Preller Superintendent, Oceanography Division 7300

Dr. K.T. Holland/Dr. J. Sample* Superintendent, Marine Geosciences Division 7400

Dr. J.A. Hansen Superintendent, Marine Meteorology Division 7500

Dr. J.P. Dahlburg Superintendent, Space Science Division 7600

Point of Contact: Ms. C.A. Joyce, Code 7000A, (202) 404-8174

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF 

RESEARCH FOR

OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

7000

STAFF

7001 SPECIAL ASSISTANT

7005 MILITARY DEPUTY

OFFICE OF RESEARCH 

SUPPORT SERVICES

7030

MARINE

GEOSCIENCES

DIVISION

7400

SPACE SCIENCE

DIVISION

7600

MARINE

METEOROLOGY

DIVISION

7500

ACOUSTICS

DIVISION

7100

REMOTE SENSING

DIVISION

7200

OCEANOGRAPHY

DIVISION

7300

*Acting +Additional duty
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Office of Research Support Services (NRL-SSC)

Code 7030

Head: Dr. R.H. Preller+

Point of Contact: Dr. R.H. Preller

Code 7030

(228) 688-4704; DSN 828-4704

Key Personnel

Dr. R.H. Preller+ Head, Office of Research Support Services 7030

Ms. E.H. Rawls* Administrative Officer 7030.2

Mr. P.T. Haverstic Head, Facilities Office 7030.3

Ms. S.M. Mensi NRL-SSC Strategic Communications Office 7030.4

Mr. W.L. Calehuff Safety/Environmental Officer 7030.5

Ms. H.K. Turfitt HPC Management Office 7030.6

Mr. K.O. Davis NRL-SSC Network Management Office 7030.8

Personnel: 8 full-time civilian

Staff Activity Areas

Facilities

HPC Management

Safety/Environmental

Public Affairs

NRL-SSC Network Management

+Additional duty

*Acting +Additional duty
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Basic Responsibilities

The Office of Research Support Services is responsible for the operational and management support 

necessary for the day-to-day operations at NRL Stennis Space Center, Mississippi (NRL-SSC). The head 

of NRL-SSC acts for the Commanding Officer in dealing with local Navy, Federal, and civil activities and 

personnel on matters relating to NRL-SSC support activities and facilities, community and multicommand 

issues, and safety and disaster control measures. Support functions include public affairs, network support, 

safety, high performance computer management, and support services to include management, administration, and facilities.
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Acoustics Division

Code 7100

Superintendent: Dr. D.G. Todoroff

Point of Contact: Dr. D.G. Todoroff

Code 7100

(202) 767-3482

Key Personnel

Dr. D.G. Todoroff Superintendent, Acoustics Division 7100

Vacant Associate Superintendent 7101

Mr. J.R. Tomlinson Administrative Officer 7102

Vacant Military Deputy 7105

Dr. E.G. Williams Senior Scientist for Structural Acoustics 7106 

Dr. B.H. Houston Head, Physical Acoustics Branch 7130

Dr. G.J. Orris Head, Acoustic Signal Processing and Systems Branch 7160

Dr. J.P. Fabre Head, Acoustic Simulation, Measurements, and Tactics Branch 7180

Personnel: 65 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Physical Acoustics

Acoustic Signal Processing and Systems

Acoustic Simulation, Measurements, and Tactics
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Basic Responsibilities

The Acoustics Division conducts basic and applied research addressing the physics of acoustic signal 

generation, propagation, scatter, and detection with the objective of improving the strategic and tactical capabilities of the Navy and Marine Corps in the ocean and land operational environment. The Division’s scientists and engineers perform collaborative research with scientists affiliated with national and international 

academic, private, and governmental research organizations. The Division’s research spans classical and 

quantum physics, signal processing, the impact of fluid dynamics on the oceans sound speed field, the propagation and scatter of acoustic signals in the ocean and land environments, structural and physical acoustics 

including the development of MEMS and nanotechnology based sensors, and the application of networked 

unmanned underwater vehicles and associated sensors to the Navy’s ASW, MCM, and ISR missions.

Laboratory Measurements

One-million-gallon, vibration-isolated under

water acoustic holographic/3D laser vibrometer 

facility for studying structural acoustic

 phenomena

Large, sandy-bottom, acoustic holographic pool 

facility for investigating echo characteristics of

underwater buried/near-bottom targets and 

sediment acoustics

In-air structural acoustics facility with high 

spatial density near-field acoustic hologrphy

and 3D laser vibrometry for diagnosing large 

structures, including aircraft interiors and

rocket payload fairings

Salt water acoustic tank (20 ft by 20 ft by 10 ft 

deep) with environmental control and substantial optical access for studying the acoustics of bubbly media, acoustic metamaterials, 

and laser induced sound

Micro-Nanostructure Dynamics Laboratory to 

study the structural dynamics and performance

of high Q oscillators and other micromechanical systems using laser Doppler vibrometers, 

super resolution nearfield scanning optical 

microscope, and low temperature calorimeter

Additive Manufacturing Center to fabricate

 structures and devices using 3D printing

 techniques

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Sonomagnetic Laboratory with doubly insulated Faraday cage for conducting experiments 

to measure weak electromagnetic fields generated by mechanical/acoustic vibrations of

a conducting medium in an arbitrary magnetic field

Seagoing Assets

Acoustic arrays (towed/moored/suspended)

64-channel broadband source–receiver array 

with time-reversal mirror functionality over 

a frequency band of 500 to 3500 Hz

High-powered sound sources and source 

arrays

Autonomous acoustic sources

Acoustic communications array and data

acquisition buoy

Portable, ocean-deployable synthetic aperture 

acoustic measurement system (100-meter rail

with precise positioning)

Containerized, seagoing multichannel data 

acquisition system

High-speed, maneuverable towed body with

MK-50 and synthetic aperture sonars to measure high frequency scattering and coherence
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Remote Sensing Division

Code 7200

Superintendent: Dr. R.M. Bevilacqua

Point of Contact: Dr. R.M. Bevilacqua

Code 7200

(202) 767-3391

Key Personnel

Dr. R.M. Bevilacqua Superintendent, Remote Sensing Division 7200

Vacant Associate Superintendent 7201

Ms. C.M. Milstead Administrative Officer 7202

LCDR D.J. Cheney, USN Military Deputy 7205

Vacant Special Projects Office 7207

Dr. S.R. Restaino Head, Radio/Infrared/Optical Sensors Branch 7210

Dr. P.W. Gaiser Head, Remote Sensing Physics Branch 7220

Dr. M.E. Kappus Head, Coastal and Ocean Remote Sensing Branch 7230

Dr. R.L. Fiedler Head, Image Science and Applications Branch 7260

Personnel: 82 full-time civilian

Research Activity Areas

Passive Microwave research and exploitation

Middle Atmosphere 

Hydrodynamics

Hyper/multi-spectral Coastal Imaging

Synthetic Aperture Radar Exploitation

Interferometric Imaging

Ionospheric Remote Sensing

Astrophysics
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Basic Responsibilities

The Remote Sensing Division is the Navy’s center of excellence for remote sensing research and development, conducting a program of basic research, science, and applications aimed at the development of new 

concepts for sensors and imaging systems for objects and targets on the Earth, in the near-Earth environment, and in deep space. The research, both theoretical and experimental, deals with discovering and understanding the basic physical principles and mechanisms that give rise to target and background emission 

and to absorption and emission by the intervening medium. The accomplishment of this research requires 

the development of sensor systems technology. This development effort includes active and passive sensor 

systems to be used for the study and analysis of the physical characteristics of phenomena that give rise to 

naturally occurring background radiation, such as that caused by the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, as well 

as man-made or induced phenomena, such as ship/submarine hydrodynamic effects. The research also includes theory, laboratory, and field experiments leading to ground-based, airborne, and space-based systems 

for use in such areas as environmental remote sensing (including improved meteorological support systems 

for the operational Navy), astrometry, astrophysics, surveillance, and nonacoustic ASW. Special emphasis is 

given to developing space-based platforms and exploiting existing space systems.

WindSAT satellite instrument (joint with Code 

8000)

WindSat processing facility

Ground-based water vapor millimeter-wave 

spectrometer (WVMS)

SAR processing facility

SCI processing facility

SEALAB

SAP facility

Hyperspectral imaging, sensors, and processing 

facility

Optical remote sensing calibration lab/facility

Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI)

Very Large Array (VLA) Low-band Ionospheric and 

Transient Experiment (VLITE)

Free surface hydrodynamics laboratory (including

a 10 m wave tank with wave generation capability)

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

In-water lidar facility

Aerosol field measurement facility

Airborne polarimetric microwave imaging

radiometer (APMIR)

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)

Multi-phase Center Synthetic Aperture Radar 

(MSAR)

Electro-optical (EO) airborne sensor suite

Visible/near infrared (VNIR) hyperspectral 

 imaging systems

VNIR polarimetric multispectral imager

Short-wave IR (SWIR) hyperspectral imaging

 systems

Midwave infrared (MWIR) indium antimonide

 (InSb) imaging system

Long-wave infrared (LWIR) quantum well IR

 photodetector (QWIP) imaging system 
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Oceanography Division

Code 7300

Superintendent: Dr. R.H. Preller

Point of Contact: Mr. R.C. Rhodes

Code 7301

(228) 688-4704; DSN 828-4704

Key Personnel

Dr. R.H. Preller Superintendent, Oceanography Division 7300

Mr. R.C. Rhodes Associate Superintendent 7301

Ms. E.H. Rawls Administrative Officer 7302

Dr. B.J. Little Office of the Senior Scientist for Marine Molecular

 Processes 7303

Vacant Military Deputy 7305

Dr. G.A. Jacobs Head, Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch 7320

Dr. R.L. Crout Head, Ocean Sciences Branch 7330

Personnel: 75 full-time civilian; 1 military

Research Activity Areas

Ocean Dynamics and Prediction

Ocean Data Assimilation

Coupled Environmental Models

Physical Oceanographic Processes

Bio-optical Modeling

Remote Sensing of Ocean Optics

Ocean Lidar Applications
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Basic Responsibilities

The Oceanography Division conducts basic and applied research in description and modeling of biological, physical, and dynamical processes in open ocean, regional, and littoral areas; in exploitation of satellite, 

airborne, and in situ sensors for environmental characterization; and in investigation and application of microbial processes to Navy problems. The oceanographic research is both theoretical and experimental in nature and is focused on understanding and modeling ocean, coastal, and littoral area hydro/thermodynamics, 

circulation, waves, ice dynamics, air–sea exchange, optics, and small and microscale processes. Analytical 

methods and algorithms are developed to provide quantitative retrieval of geophysical parameters of Navy 

interest from state-of-the-art sensor systems. The Division work includes analysis of biological processes that 

mediate and control optical properties of the oceans, coastal, and littoral regions, and microbially induced 

corrosion/metal–microbe interaction. The Division programs are designed to be responsive to and to anticipate Naval needs. Transition of Division products to the DoD, Navy systems developers, operational Navy, 

and civilian (dual use) programs is a primary goal. The Division’s programs are coordinated and interactive 

with other NRL programs and activities, ONR’s research programs, and other government agencies involved 

in oceanographic activities. The Division also collaborates and cooperates with scientists from the academic 

community and other U.S. and foreign laboratories.

Towed sensor and advanced microstructure profiler systems for studying upper ocean fine and 

micro-structure

Integrated absorption cavity and optical profiler 

systems for studying ocean optical characteristics

Self-contained bottom-mounted upward-looking 

acoustic profilers for measuring ocean variability 

Acoustic Doppler profiler for determining ocean 

currents while under way

Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV)

Bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler profilers

Towed hyperspectral optical array

SCI processing facility

Satellite receiving stations for AVHRR, MODIS, 

DMSP, and JPASS ocean color processing facility

Environmental scanning electron microscope, 

confocal laser scanning microscope, and Inspect 

S low vacuum scanning electron microscope for 

detailed studies of biocorrosion in naval materials

Real-time Ocean Observations and Forecast Facility 

for monitoring and tracking of ocean physical and 

bio-optical conditions

Slocum Electric Gliders for performing wide-area 

ocean surveys of temperature, salinity, and optical 

characteristics

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

SCANFISH MKII, a towed undulating vehicle 

system, designed for collecting 3D TS profile data 

of the water column

Bottom-mounted Shallow water Environmental 

Profiler in Trawl-safe Real-time configuration 

(SEPTR) for measuring temperature, salinity, and 

optical parameters in addition to current profiles 

and pressure

Bio-optical Physical Pop-up Environmental Reconnaisance System to measure bio-optical and physical properties of the water column

Cytosense Scanning Flow Cytometer to identify individual phytoplankton and zooplankton for ecological model development and validation

Shipboard Lidar Optical Profiler and Turbulence 

Ocean Lidar (TURBOL) to measure optical properties of the water

Simulated Turbulence and Turbidity Environment 

(SITTE) using a Raleigh Bernard Convective 

Tank with Hybrid Underwater Camera and TURBOL to study both particulates as well as turbulent mixing in underwater environments

Collaborative system for propagating environment error distributions through disparate dynamical systems
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Marine Geosciences Division

Code 7400

Superintendent: Dr. K.T. Holland/Dr. J. Sample*

Point of Contact: Ms. S.M. Bower

Code 7400

(228) 688-4650; DSN 828-4650

Key Personnel

Dr. K.T. Holland/Dr. J. Sample* Superintendent, Marine Geosciences Division 7400

Vacant Associate Superintendent 7401

Vacant Administrative Officer 7402

Dr. K.B. Shaw Head, Office of Geospatial Science and Tech. Innovation 7403

CDR S. Miller, USN Military Deputy 7405

Dr. K.T. Holland Head, Seafloor Sciences Branch 7430

Dr. J. Sample Head, Geospatial Sciences and Technology Branch 7440

Personnel: 85 full-time civilian; 2 military

Research Activity Areas

Marine Geology

Marine Geophysics

Geospational Sciences and Technology

Marine Related In Situ and Laboratory Sensors

Basic Responsibilities

The Marine Geosciences Division conducts a broadly based, multidisciplinary program of scientific research, advanced technology development, and applied research in marine geosciences, geodesy, geospatial 

information, and related technologies. This includes investigations of basic processes within ocean basins, 

littoral regions and adjacent land areas, and arctic regions; development of models, sensors, and techniques; 

and the exploitation of this knowledge and technology to enhance Navy and Marine Corps systems, plans, 

and operations, and to meet national needs.

*Acting

*Acting

Dr. K.T. Holland Dr. J. Sample
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 As the Navy’s subject matter expert in the areas of geospatial computing, analysis, and data, the Division 

provides vital technical support to the Oceanographer/Navigator of the Navy; Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography (CNMOC); CNO (N2/N6E); the National Geospatial–Intelligence Agency (NGA); 

and the Tri-Service Community. NRL also contributes to the development of leading-edge geospatial technology by reviewing emerging standards and products.

 Close coordination and interactions with the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography 

Command, Naval Oceanographic Office, CNO, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Systems Commands, Warfare Centers, NGA, and the other DoD and national organizations are essential to the success of Division 

programs, with transition of Division technology to systems developers and to the operational Navy as a 

primary goal. The Division program is coordinated and interactive with other NRL programs and activities, 

ONR’s research programs, NOAA, USGS, NSF, and other government agencies involved in seafloor activities. The Division collaborates and cooperates with scientists from the academic community, other U.S. and 

foreign laboratories, and industry.

Airborne gravimetry, magnetics, and topographic 

measurements suite coupled with differential GPS 

yielding position accuracies of <1.0 meter

100 and 500 kHz sidescan sonar with 2–12 kHz chirp 

profiler and Cs magnetometer for seafloor characterization/imaging and shallow subbottom 

profiling

Deep-towed acoustic geophysical system operating at

 220–1000 Hz characterizes subseafloor structure

Acoustic seafloor classification system operating at 

 8–50 kHz provides underway, real-time prediction

 of sediment type and physical properties

Seafloor probes for measuring sediment pore water 

pressures, permeability, electrical resistivity, acoustic 

compressional and shear wave velocities and attenuations, and dynamic penetration resistance

Electronic Charting and Navigation System Test and 

Validation Facility

Comprehensive geotechnical and geoacoustics laboratory capability

3D, multispectral, subbottom swath imaging system

Ocean bottom seismographs (OBS)

In situ sediment acoustic measurement system

(ISSAMS)

Instrumented mine shapes to measure hydrodynamics 

of free-fall in the water column, dynamics of deceleration in seafloor sediments, and rates and depths of 

scour burial

Bottom Mounted Sector Scanning and Pencil Beam 

Sonar System

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Integrated digital databases analysis and 

display system for bathymetric, meteorological, 

oceanographic, geoacoustic, and acoustic data

Sediment gas-content sampler

Acoustic tomographic probes for surf zone sands and 

gassy muds

Computed tomography (CT) system and real-time 

radiography unit with a 0–225 keV @ 0–1 mA 

micro-focus X-ray tube and a 225 mm image intensifier

Human Machine Interaction Laboratory

GPS-based survey vehicles and equipment to measure 

foreshore and nearshore bathymetry (camera towers, jet ski, and push cart)

Geospatial lab for rapid 2D and 3D visualization, 

analysis, and prototyping

Small oscillatory flow tunnel to observe sediment 

dynamics under forcing from waves and currents

Tomographic particle image velocimetry system for 

three-dimensional volumetric velocity measurements of fluid flow

SEABAT Bathymetric Survey System, 200–400 kHz

3D Riverine Mapping System

Multi-band Synthetic Aperture Radar; 2.5–9.5 MHz, 

1000–1500 MHz

UXS Environmental Sensing Laboratory

Marine Biogeochemistry Laboratory
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Marine Meteorology Division

Code 7500

Superintendent: Dr. J.A. Hansen

Point of Contact: Ms. L.A. Hazard

Code 7502

(831) 656-4314; DSN 828-4314

Key Personnel

Dr. J.A. Hansen Superintendent, Marine Meteorology Division 7500

Dr. D.L. Westphal Associate Superintendent 7501

Ms. L.A. Hazard Administrative Officer 7502

Dr. J.D. Doyle Senior Scientist for Mesoscale Meteorology 7503

Dr. C.A. Reynolds Lead Scientist, Probabilistic Prediction Research Office 7504

LCDR D.H. Watson, USN Military Deputy 7505

Dr. L. Xu Head, Atmospheric Dynamics and Prediction Branch 7530

Dr. T.R. Holt Head, Meteorological Applications Development Branch 7540

Personnel: 77 full-time civilian; 1 military

Research Activity Areas

Atmospheric Dynamics and Prediction

Data Assimilation

Tactical Environmental Support

Atmospheric Physics

Satellite Data/Imagery

Decision Aids
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Basic Responsibilities

The Marine Meteorology Division conducts a basic and applied research and development program 

designed to improve scientific understanding of atmospheric processes that impact Fleet operations and to 

develop automated systems that analyze, simulate, predict, and interpret the structure and behavior of these 

processes and their effect on naval weapons systems. Basic and applied research includes work in air–sea 

interaction, aerosol and cloud physics, atmospheric turbulence, orographically forced flow, atmospheric predictability, scale interactions observation impact, advanced data assimilation, ensemble prediction, tropical 

dynamics, and numerical methods. Research and development ranges from development of atmospheric 

analysis/forecast systems and satellite data products to the development of tactical decision aids for operations support. Interdisciplinary research supports the development of coupled analysis/forecast systems, 

including components for ocean, wave, land surface, aerosol, chemistry, and middle atmosphere prediction. 

NRL-Monterey (NRL-MRY) is co-located with the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center 

(FNMOC), the Navy’s operational forecast center. NRL-MRY has developed and transitioned to FNMOC 

and other operational centers the data assimilation, global, and mesoscale weather forecast models, aerosol prediction systems, and satellite applications products that form the backbone of the Navy’s worldwide 

environmental forecasting capability. Specialties of the Division include numerical weather prediction, data 

assimilation, tropical cyclones, marine boundary layer processes, aerosols, rapid environmental assessment, 

environmental decision aids, and satellite data analysis, interpretation, and application. 

The U.S. GODAE Data Server (Global Ocean Data 

Assimilation Experiment) for collection and 

broad distribution of near-real-time METOC data 

and higher-level products from Navy, DoD, and 

other providers to the global ocean and atmospheric research community 

A Cray XE6m Supercomputer for numerical weather 

prediction systems development provided by the 

DoD High Speed Computing Modernization 

Program (HPCMP) through a Dedicated HPC 

Project Investment (DHPI) grant

A large data center with an extensive disk file storage 

capacity and research data tape backup/archival 

capability

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Classified and unclassified radar and satellite data 

processing facility

Two Mobile Atmospheric Aerosol and Radiation 

Characterization Observatories (MAARCO) used 

to collect atmospheric data around the world

Rooftop observation platform, laboratory and 

calibration facilities, and surface and airborne 

instrumentation for research on the effects of 

atmospheric aerosols, clouds and radiation on 

visibility, naval sensors and Earth’s weather and 

climate

The mobile NRL Cloud Lab equipped with a portable Ka-band scanning Doppler radar, microwave 

radiometer, ceilometer, fog drop detector and two 

laser disdrometers for studying cloud evolution

Marine Meteorology Center building for the Meteorological Applications Development Branch, Secure IT Facility, Division Administrative support, 

and Front Office Management Team
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*Acting

Space Science Division

Code 7600

Superintendent: Dr. C.R. Englert/Dr. J.E. Grove/

 Dr. D.G. Socker*

Point of Contact: Ms. S.L. Swann

Code 7602

(202) 767-3248

Key Personnel

Dr. C.R. Englert/Dr. J.E. Grove/

 Dr. D.G. Socker* Superintendent, Space Science Division 7600

Vacant Associate Superintendent 7601

Ms. S.L. Swann Administrative Officer 7602

Vacant Military Deputy 7603

Dr. J.L. Lean Senior Scientist for Sun-Earth Systems Research 7605

Dr. C.R. Englert Head, Geospace Science and Technology Branch 7630

Dr. J.E. Grove Head, High-Energy Space Environment Branch 7650

Dr. D.G. Socker Head, Solar and Heliospheric Physics Branch 7680

Personnel: 77 full-time civilian; 1 military

Research Activity Areas

Geospace Science and Technology

High Energy Space Environment

Solar and Heliospheric Physics

*Acting

Dr. C.R. Englert Dr. J.E. Grove Dr. D.G. Socker
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Basic Responsibilities

The Space Science Division conducts a broad-spectrum RDT&E program in solar-terrestrial physics, 

astrophysics, upper/middle atmospheric science, and astronomy. Instruments to be flown on satellites, 

sounding rockets and balloons, and ground-based facilities and mathematical models are conceived and developed. Researchers apply these and other capabilities to the study of the atmospheres of the Sun and Earth, 

including solar activity and its effects on the Earth’s ionosphere, upper atmosphere, and middle atmosphere; 

laboratory astrophysics; and the unique physics and properties of celestial sources. The science is important 

to orbital tracking, radio communications, and navigation that affect the operation of ships and aircraft, 

utilitization of the near-space and space environment of the Earth, and the fundamental understanding of 

natural radiation and geophysical phenomena.

Development and test facilities for satellite, sounding 

rocket, and balloon instruments, to perform solar 

terrestrial, astrophysical, astronomical, solar, upper/middle atmospheric, and space environment 

sensing

Solar Coronagraph Optical Test Chamber 

(SCOTCH)

Vacuum Ultraviolet Calibration Facility (VUCF)

Gamma Ray Imaging Laboratory (GRIL)

Rocket Assembly and Checkout Facility

Neutron Characterization Laboratory

Semiautomatic Probe Station

Solar Irradiance Calibration Facility

Suborbital Instrument Assembly and Test Facility

SuperMISTI series of reconfigurable and adaptable stand-off gamma ray and neutron radiation 

detection systems for detection of special nuclear 

material and other radiological/nuclear Weapons 

of Mass Destruction 

Fast Neutron Spectrometer (FNS) deployable standoff neutron radiation detection system

Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrumentation (SIRI) 

satellite instrument series

Very high angular Resolution Imaging Spectrometer 

(VERIS) sounding rocket instrument

Helium Resonance Scattering in the Corona and 

Heliospheric (HERSCHEL) sounding rocket 

instrument

High Intensity Transient Event Acquisition System 

(HITEAS)

Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI) satellite 

instrument

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities

Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) 

satellite instrument

Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) 

satellite instrument

Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric 

Investigation (SECCHI) satellite instrument suite

Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) satellite 

instrument

Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) satellite 

instrument

Compact Coronograph (CCOR) satellite instrument

Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) 

satellite instrument

Winds Ions Neutrals Composition Suite (WINCS) 

small satellite instrument suite

Extensive computer-assisted data manipulation, 

interpretive, and theoretical capabilities for space 

science instrumentation operations, data imaging, 

and modeling

SECCHI Payload Operations Center (POC)

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly 

GLAST) Science Analysis Center (SAC)

SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors 

(SWORD)

Mountain Wave Forecast Model (MWFM)

Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter Radar 

empirical atmospheric model (NRLMSISE)

Horizontal Wind Model (HWM)

Ground to Space empirical atmospheric model

 (G2S)

Navy Gloval Environmental Model (NAVGEM)

Highly Integrated Thermosphere Ionosphere 

DEmonstration System (HI-TIDES)
NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY
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Naval Center for Space Technology

Code 8000

In its role to preserve and enhance a 

strong space technology base and provide 

expert assistance in the development and 

acquisition of space systems that support 

naval missions, the Naval Center for Space 

Technology performs basic and applied 

research through advanced development 

in all areas of interest to the Navy space 

program. The Center develops spacecraft, 

systems using these spacecraft, and ground 

command and control stations. Principal 

functions of the Center include understanding and clarifying requirements, 

recognizing and prosecuting promising 

research and development, analyzing and 

testing systems to quantify their capabilities, developing operational concepts that 

exploit new technical capabilities, performing system engineering to allocate design 

requirements to subsystems, and performing 

engineering development and initial operation to test and evaluate selected spacecraft 

subsystems and systems. The Center is a 

focal point and integrator for those divisions at NRL whose technologies are used 

in space systems. The Center also provides 

systems engineering and technical direction 

assistance to system acquisition managers of 

major space systems. In this role, technology transfer is a major goal and motivates a 

continuous search for new technologies and 

capabilities and the development of prototypes that demonstrate the integration of 

such technologies.
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Director, Naval Center for Space Technology

Mr. John P. Schaub is the Director of the Naval Center of 

Space Technology (NCST) at the U.S. Naval Research 

Laboratory (NRL). As DNCST, Mr. Schaub leads a highly 

skilled workforce of engineers, scientists, and technicians who 

conduct cutting-edge spacecraft research and development programs to meet and anticipate the needs of the Department of the 

Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence 

Community (IC). The Center’s mission is to preserve and enhance 

a strong space technology base and provide expert assistance in the 

development and acquisition of space systems which support naval 

missions. NCST also provides systems engineering and technical 

direction assistance to major space systems acquisition programs.

 Mr. Schaub came to NRL in 1985 and dedicated his career 

towards becoming a recognized expert in the design and development of spacecraft systems, program management, and systems 

engineering. He materially contributed to the development of “first 

of a kind” spacecraft or space instruments providing important capabilities in C4ISR, terrestrial and space 

weather, strategic defense, operationally responsive space, space robotic servicing, and advances in space 

science and technology.

Prior to his appointment as Director for NCST, Mr. Schaub served within the SES as Superintendent 

of the Spacecraft Engineering Department for ten years. He served as Associate Superintendent and then 

Acting Superintendent for NRL’s Spacecraft Engineering department from November 1998 to December 

2006. From May 1994 to November 1998, Mr. Schaub was detailed to the National Reconnaissance Office 

(NRO) where he served as Director, Space Technology Experiment (STEX) Satellite Program Office. 

Mr. Schaub successfully completed the requirements of a dual degree program and was awarded 

bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and physics with 

honors from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta in 1984. He is the recipient of numerous Special Act, Notable Achievement, and Outstanding Performance Awards, including the NRO 

Advanced Science & Technology Directorate Team of the Year Award in 1998. Mr. Schaub is senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and has served as a voting member of the 

DoN Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) since 2008. In 2014, Mr. Schaub was named an Alumni of 

Distinction by SUNY Oneonta.
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Key Personnel

Mr. J.P. Schaub Director, Naval Center for Space Technology 8000

Vacant Associate Director 8001

Vacant Technical Staff 8001.1

Vacant Head, Administrative/Financial Management Office 8010

Vacant Military Deputy 8020

Mr. C. Dwyer Superintendent, Space Systems Development Department 8100

Dr. G.S. Sandhoo Superintendent, Spacecraft Engineering Department 8200

Point of Contact: Mr. M.S. Deniston, Code 8010, (202) 767-6550

SPACE SYSTEMS 

DEVELOPMENT 

DEPARTMENT

 8100

SPACECRAFT

ENGINEERING 

DEPARTMENT

 8200

MILITARY DEPUTY

8020

TECHNICAL STAFF

8001.1

ADMINISTRATIVE/

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

OFFICE

 8010

DIRECTOR

NAVAL CENTER

FOR

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

 8000

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

 8001
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Space Systems Development Department

Code 8100

Superintendent: Mr. C. Dwyer

Point of Contact: Ms. M.E. Russo

Code 8102

(202) 767-0432

Key Personnel

Mr. C. Dwyer Superintendent, Space Systems Development Department 8100

Mr. D.A. DeRieux Associate Superintendent 8101

Ms. M.E. Russo Administrative Officer 8102

Mr. R.L. Nichols Head, Mission Management Office 8103

Vacant Head, National Programs Support Office 8104

Mr. A.S. Hope Head, Mission Development Branch 8110

Dr. K.A. Clark Head, Advanced Systems Technology Branch 8120

Ms. W.S. Borodin Head, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, 

 and Intelligence Branch 8140

Dr. K.L. Senior Head, Advanced Space Precision Navigation and 

 Timing Branch 8150

Personnel: 147 full-time civilian; 1 part-time civilian; 11 student civilian; 1 military

Research Activity Areas

Advanced Space/Airborne/Ground Systems Technologies

Astrodynamics

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,

 Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Space and Airborne Payload Development

Laser Communications Research

Space and Airborne Mission Development

Precision Navigation and Time
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Basic Responsibilities

The Space Systems Development Department (SSDD) is the space and ground support systems research 

and development organization of the Naval Center for Space Technology. The primary objective of the SSDD 

is to develop command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) hardware and software solutions to space, airborne, and ground applications to respond to 

Navy, DoD, and national mission requirements with improved performance, capacity, reliability, efficiency, 

and/or life cycle cost. The Department must derive system requirements from the mission, develop architectures in response to these requirements, and design and develop systems, subsystems, equipment, and 

implementation technologies to achieve the optimized, integrated operational space, airborne, and ground 

system. These development responsibilities extend across the entire space/airborne/ground spectrum of 

hardware, software, and advanced technologies, including digital processing and control, analog systems, 

power, communications, payload command and telemetry, radio frequency, optical, payload, and electromechanical systems, as well as systems engineering.

Payload test facility and processor development laboratory

Laser communications and electro-optics laboratories

Tactical Technology Development Laboratory (TTDL)

Precision oscillator (clock) test facility

RF payload development laboratory with anechoic chamber

Precision high-frequency RF compact range anechoic chamber facility

Transportable ground station development, assembly, and test facility

Multiplatform FPGA/ASIC/VLSI development laboratory 

Pomonkey field site: large antenna, space communications, and research facility

Midway Research Center space communications and research facility

Optical telescope facility 

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
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Spacecraft Engineering Department

Code 8200

Superintendent: Dr. G.S. Sandhoo

Point of Contact: Ms. C.A. Gross

Code 8202

(202) 767-6412

Key Personnel

Dr. G.S. Sandhoo Superintendent, Spacecraft Engineering Department 8200

Mr. G.A. Golba Associate Superintendent 8201

Ms. C.A. Gross Administrative Officer 8202

Mr. G.A. Golba* Head, Programs Support Office 8204

Mr. G.A. Golba* Head, Blossom Point Satellite Command and Tracking Facility 8206

Mr. T. Duffey Head, Design, Test, and Processing Branch 8210

Vacant Head, Space Mechanical Systems Development Branch 8220

Mr. M.E. Mook Head, Control Systems Branch 8230

Mr. M.S. Johnson Head, Space Electronics Systems Development Branch 8240

Personnel: 154 full-time civilian; 2 part-time civilian; 21 student civilian

Research Activity Areas

Design, Test, and Processing

Space Mechanical Systems Development

Control Systems

Space Electronic Systems Development

Spacecraft and Robotics Control Systems

Attitude Control Systems

Propulsion Systems

Astrodynamics, Orbit Determination, and Control

Robotic Control, Agility, and Motor Learning

*Acting
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Basic Responsibilities

The Spacecraft Engineering Department (SED) is the focal point for the Navy’s capability to design 

and build spacecraft. Activities range from concept and feasibility planning to on-orbit IOC for NRL’s space 

systems.

The SED provides spacecraft bus expertise for the Navy and maintains an active in-house capability to 

develop satellites; manages Navy space programs through engineering support and technical direction; in 

concert with the Space Systems Development Department, designs, assembles, and tests spacecraft and 

space experiments, including all aspects of space, launch, and ground support; analyzes and designs structures, mechanisms, and a variety of control systems, including attitude, propulsion, reaction, and thermal; 

integrates satellite designs, launch vehicles, and satellite-to-boost stages; functions as a prototype laboratory 

to ensure that designs can be transferred to industry and incorporated into subsequent satellite hardware 

builds; and consults with the Navy Program Office on technical issues involving spacecraft architecture, 

acquisition, and operation.

Chambers:

Thermal-vacuum 

Acoustic reverberation

Large, tapered horn, RF anechoic chamber

EMI/EMC testing chamber 

Facilities:

Spacecraft high-reliability electronic and electrical rework facility

Spacecraft electronic systems integration and test facility

Radio frequency (RF) system development facility

RF microcircuit fabrication clean room facility

Large tapered horn RF anechoic chamber facility

Frequency sources laboratory

Shock and vibration test 

Clean rooms (multiple classes and sizes)

Spacecraft fabrication and assembly 

Fuels testing 

Autoclave 

Space robotics laboratory

Proximity operations testbed

CAD/CAM

Propulsion system welding

Static loads test

Star tracker characterization

Spacecraft spin balance

Modal analysis

Computational astrodynamic simulation and visualization

Advanced Two-Phase Heat Transfer

Satellite telemetry, tracking, and satellite control at Blossom Point, MD

 L/C/S/X-band fixed antenna resources

 Connectivity to the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN)

Major Research Capabilities and Facilities
TECHNICAL OUTPUT, FISCAL, AND

PERSONNEL INFORMATION
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Technical Output

 The Navy continues to be a pioneer in science and engineering developments and a leader in applying 

these advancements to military requirements. The primary means of informing the scientific and engineering community of the advances made at NRL is through the Laboratory’s technical output—reports, articles 

in scientific journals, contributions to books, papers presented to scientific societies and topical conferences, 

patents, and inventions.

 The figures for calendar years 2016 and 2017 presented below represent the output of NRL facilities in 

Washington, DC; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; and Monterey, California.

 In 1986, Congress enacted the Federal Technology Transfer Act in an effort to encourage the commercial use of technology developed in Federal laboratories. The Act allows Government inventors and the laboratories where they work to share the royalties generated by commercial licensing of their inventions. Also, 

the Act encourages the establishment of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) 

between laboratories such as NRL and non-Federal entities such as state and local governments, universities, and business corporations. Such cooperative R&D agreements can include the allocation in advance of 

patent rights on any inventions made under the joint research effort.

 The 1986 Act has given additional impetus to the Laboratory’s efforts to patent important inventions 

arising out of its various research programs.

Calendar Year 2016

Type of Contribution Unclassified Classified Total

Articles in periodicals, chapters in books,

 and papers in published proceedings 1268* 0 1268*

Oral Presentations 1146 0 1146

NRL Formal Reports 4 3 7

NRL Memorandum Reports 39 2 41

Books 3 0 3

U.S. patents granted 103 0 103

Foreign patents granted 21 0 21

U.S. Trademark Registrations 1 0 1

Calendar Year 2017

Type of Contribution Unclassified Classified Total

Articles in periodicals, chapters in books,

 and papers in published proceedings 1236* 0 1236*

Oral Presentations 1484 0 1484

NRL Formal Reports 3 3 6

NRL Memorandum Reports 42 2 44

Books 2 0 2

U.S. patents granted 115 1 116

Foreign patents granted 14 0 14

U.S. Trademark Registrations 1 0 1

*This is a provisional total based on information available to the Ruth H. Hooker Research Library on February 13, 2018. 

Total includes refereed and non-refereed publications.
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FY 2016/2017 Sources of New Funds (Actual)

 $M

FY 2016 Reimbursable Direct Cite Total

Office of Naval Research (ONR) 364.2 37.6 401.8

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 45.4 85.1 130.5

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) 16.6 3.3 19.9

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) 14.7 20.8 35.5

Other Navy 87.6 20.3 107.9

All Other 353.4 69.6 423.0

Total Funds 881.9 236.7 1,118.6

FY 2016

Source of Funds

FY 2016

 $M

FY 2017 Reimbursable Direct Cite Total

Office of Naval Research (ONR) 412.0 36.9 448.9

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 44.3 63.0 107.3

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) 8.4 0.6 9.0

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) 28.4 21.7 50.1

Other Navy 85.4 12.1 97.5

All Other 358.6 50.7 409.3

Total Funds 937.1 185.0 1,122.1

FY 2017

Source of Funds

SPAWAR

1.8%

All Other

37.8%

ONR

35.9%

Other Navy

9.6%

NAVAIR

3.2%

11.7%

NAVSEA

SPAWAR

0.8%

All Other

36.5%

ONR

40.0%

Other Navy

8.7%

NAVAIR

4.5%

NAVSEA

9.5%

FY 2017
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Indirect

Overhead

9.9%

General 

Overhead

9.3%

Direct

Material, 

Travel, 

and Other

13.9%

Direct

Labor

26.0%

Direct

Contracts

40.9%

Indirect

Overhead

9.2%

General 

Overhead

7.2%

Direct

Material, 

Travel, 

and Other

14.7%

Direct

Labor

23.8%

Direct

Contracts

45.1%

FY 2016/2017 Uses of Funds

FY 2016

FY 2016

Distribution of Funds

$M

Direct Labor 264.4

General Overhead 79.8

Indirect Overhead 102.2

Direct Material, Travel, and Other 162.4

Direct Contracts 499.9

Total Costs* 1,108.7

*Costs based on CFO statements; direct contracts include costs for reimbursable-funded contracts and obligations for direct

cite-funded contracts.

FY 2017

Distribution of Funds

$M

Direct Labor 272.4

General Overhead 97.8

Indirect Overhead 103.9

Direct Material, Travel, and Other 145.6

Direct Contracts 428.1

Total Costs* 1,047.8

FY 2017
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FY 2016 Total New Funds by Category

Distribution of RDT&E, Navy (%)

($549.5)

Distribution of Total (%)

($1,118.6)

FY 2016

 $M

Category Navy Non-Navy Total

BA1 Basic Research 145.1 6.2 151.3

BA2 Applied Research 179.0 26.9 205.9

BA3 Advanced Technology Development 48.3 200.3 248.6

BA4 Advanced Component Development Prototypes 83.6 11.2 94.8

BA5 System Development and Demonstration 41.8 7.9 49.7

BA6 RDT&E Management Support 29.3 9.4 38.7

BA7 Operational System Development 22.4 24.2 46.6

 Subtotal RDT&E 549.5 286.1 835.6

Operations and Maintenance 53.7 32.2 85.9

Procurement 79.1 30.8 109.9

Other 0.0 87.2 87.2

 Total New Funds 682.3 436.3 1,118.6

BA7

BA6 4.1%

5.3%

BA5

7.6%

BA4

15.2%

BA1

26.4%

BA3

8.8%

BA2

32.6%

Other NonNavy

13.4%

RDT&E, 

Navy

49.1%

RDT&E,

Non-Navy

25.6%

O&M, Navy

4.8%

Other Navy

0.0%

Proc., Navy

7.1%
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FY 2017 Total New Funds by Category

Distribution of RDT&E, Navy (%)

($586.1)

Distribution of Total (%)

($1,122.1)

FY 2017

 $M

Category Navy Non-Navy Total

BA1 Basic Research 136.7 8.2 144.9

BA2 Applied Research 179.1 31.9 211.0

BA3 Advanced Technology Development 88.6 162.7 251.3

BA4 Advanced Component Development Prototypes 96.2 12.3 108.5

BA5 System Development and Demonstration 39.2 13.5 52.7

BA6 RDT&E Management Support 27.5 13.5 41.0

BA7 Operational System Development 18.8 19.0 37.8

 Subtotal RDT&E 586.1 261.1 847.2

Operations and Maintenance 48.9 38.7 87.6

Procurement 71.1 40.1 111.2

Other 0.0 76.1 76.1

 Total New Funds 706.1 416.0 1,122.1

BA7

3.2%

BA6

4.7%

BA5

6.7%

BA4

16.4%

BA1

23.3%

BA3

15.1%

BA2

30.6% Other NonNavy

13.8%

RDT&E,

Navy

52.2%

RDT&E,

Non-Navy

23.3%

O&M, Navy

4.4%

Other Navy

0.0%

Proc., Navy

6.3%
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Personnel Information

Civilian On-Board

 Full-Time, Permanent (FTP)

 Graded 2,540

 Ungraded 93

 Total 2,467

 Temporary, Part-Time, Intermittent (TPTI)

 TPTI 73

Total Civilian 2,540

 FTP Breakdown

 Scientific/Engineering Professional 1,615

 Scientific/Engineering Technical 103

 Administrative Specialist/Professional 383

 Administrative Support 238

 Senior Executive Service 21

 Scientific or Professional 14

 General Schedule 0

 Total 2,374

Military On-Board

 Officers 36

 Enlisted 55

Total Military On-Board 91

 (Military Allowance) 106

Annual Civilian Turnover Rate (%) (permanent employees only)

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Research divisions 5.3 6.0 4.2 6.7 7.5 8.1 6.8

Nonresearch areas 13.5 11.1 8.3 10.6 15.7 16.4 12.9

Entire Laboratory 6.9 7.0 5 7.5 9.1 9.8 8

Highest Academic Degrees Held by Civilian Full-Time Permanent Employees

 Bachelors 617

 Masters 463

 Doctorates 883

*All data is as of December 31, 2017.
2018 NRL FACT BOOK 117 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Professional Development

Programs for NRL Employees

The NRL Human Resources Office (HRO) 

supports and provides traditional and alternative 

methods of training for employees. NRL employees 

are encouraged to develop their skills and enhance 

their job performance so they can meet the current 

and future needs of NRL and enhance their own 

personal development.

LONG-TERM TRAINING AND

DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS

The Advanced Graduate Research Program

enables selected professional employees to pursue collaborative research in their own field or a 

related field on a full-time basis for up to one year 

at an institution or research facility of their choice. 

Participants receive full pay and benefits. NRL pays 

all travel and moving expenses for the employee. 

Criteria for eligibility include professional stature consistent with the applicant’s opportunities 

and experience, the ability and special aptitude for 

advanced training, and acceptance by the facility 

selected by the applicant. The program is open to 

employees who have completed six years of Federal service, four of which have been at NRL by the 

commencent of the program.

The Edison Memorial Graduate Training 

Program enables employees to pursue graduate-level work that may lead to a graduate degree 

at a local university. Participants in this program 

normally work 24 hours per week at the work 

site, while carrying an appropriate academic load 

of either graded, credited classes or dissertation 

research credits. The criteria for eligibility include 

a minimum of one year of Federal service at NRL 

by program commencement, a bachelor’s degree in 

an appropriate field, professional stature consistent 

with the applicant’s opportunities and experience, 

and the ability and special aptitude for advanced 

training.

The Select Graduate Training Program develops employees of exceptional talent by assisting 

them in full-time graduate study that may lead to 

the acquisition of a graduate degree at a facility of 

their choice within the continental United States. 

To be eligible for this program, employees must 

possess at least a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate 

field, have completed at least one full year of Federal 

service at NRL by program commencement, and 

have demonstrated ability and aptitude for advanced training. Students accepted into this program 

receive one-half of their salary and one-half of their 

benefits. NRL pays for tuition and travel expenses.

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), located 

in Monterey, California, provides graduate programs to enhance the technical preparation of 

Naval officers and civilian employees who serve the 

Navy in the fields of science, engineering, operations analysis, and management. This program 

enables employees to pursue full-time graduate 

studies that may lead to the completion of a graduate degree. Thesis work will be accomplished at 

NRL. To be eligible for this program, employees 

must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in an 

appropriate field and must have maintained at 

least a 3.0 GPA in undergraduate course work or 

previous graduate studies. Employees must also 

have completed at least two full years of Federal 

service at NRL, have demonstrated the ability 

and aptitude for advanced training, and have 

professional stature consistent with the applicant’s 

opportunities and experience. Participants in the 

NPS program will continue to receive full pay and 

benefits during their periods of study. NRL also 

pays for tuition and travel expenses.

In addition to NRL and university offerings, 

applications may be submitted for a number of 

noteworthy Navy developmental programs. These 

and other fellowship programs are grade-specific, 

and the courses vary in length. A few examples 

of these opportunities are the Aspiring Leader 

Program (ALP), Defense Civilian Emerging 

Leader Program (DCELP), Executive Leadership 

Development Program (ELDP), and the Defense 

Senior Leader Development Program (DSLDP). 

Announcements for these programs are posted on 

the HRO web page as schedules are published.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION

Undergraduate and graduate courses offered

at local colleges and universities may be subsidized 

by NRL for employees interested in improving their 

skills and keeping abreast of current developments 

in their fields. 

NRL offers short courses to all employees in 

a number of fields of interest, including administrative subjects and supervisory and management 

techniques. Laboratory employees may also attend 

these courses at nongovernment facilities. HRO 

advertises training opportunities on Pipeline, the 

HRO website, and in the email newsletter HRO 

Highlights.

For further information on any of the LongTerm Training, Leadership Development, and Continuing Education programs, contact the Employee 

Development and Management Branch (Code 

1840) at (202) 767-8306 or via email at Training@

hro.nrl.navy.mil.

The Scientist-to-Sea Program (STSP) provides 

opportunities for Navy R&D laboratory/center 

personnel to go to sea to gain firsthand insight into 

operational factors affecting system design, performance, and operations on a variety of ships. NRL is 

a participant in the program. When these opportunities become available from ONR, NRL divisions 

are informed to nominate candidates. For further 

information, call (202) 404-2701.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NRL has several programs, professional society chapters, and informal clubs that enhance the 

professional growth of employees. Some of these 

are listed below.

The NRL chapter of Women In Science and 

Engineering (WISE) was established to address 

current issues concerning the scientific community 

of women at NRL, such as networking, funding, 

work-life satisfaction, and effective use of our 

resources. We address these issues by empowering 

members through the establishment of a supportive 

and constructive network that serves as a sounding 

board to develop solutions that address said issues, 

and then serve as a platform in which members 

work together to implement solutions. Recently, 

WISE hosted Dr. Stephanie Tompkins of DARPA, 

Dr. Wen Masters of ONR, and a summer career 

panel with guest lecturer Dr. Brenda Little. The 

NRL WISE organization also provided feedback 

that led to an official NRL lactation policy and 

NRL’s first-ever lactation room as well as support 

for adding more spaces and other improvements. 

Membership in WISE is open to all employees. For 

more information call (202) 767-9549.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 

encourages and acknowledges original investigation in pure and applied science. It is an honor 

society for research scientists. Individuals who 

have demonstrated the ability to perform outstanding research are elected to membership in local 

chapters. The NRL Edison Chapter, comprising 

approximately 200 members, recognizes exceptional research by presenting annual awards in pure 

and applied science to two outstanding NRL staff 

members per year. In addition, an award seeking 

to reward rising stars at NRL is presented annually 

through the Young Investigator Award. The chapter 

also sponsors several lectures per year at NRL on 

a wide range of topics of general interest to the 

scientific and DoD community. These lectures 

are delivered by scientists from all over the world. 

The highlight of the Sigma Xi Lecture Series is the 

Edison Memorial Lecture, which traditionally is 

given by an internationally distinguished scientist. 

Call (202) 767-0351.

The NRL Mentor Program was established to 

provide an innovative approach to professional and 

career training and an environment for personal 

and professional growth. It is open to permanent 

NRL employees in all job series and at all sites. 

Mentees are matched with successful, experienced 

colleagues who have more technical or managerial 

experience and who can provide mentees with the 

knowledge and skills needed to maximize their 

contribution to their immediate organization, to 

NRL, the Navy, and their chosen career fields. The 

ultimate goal of the program is to increase job 

productivity, creativity, and satisfaction through 

better communication, understanding, and training. NRL Instruction 12400.1B provides policy and 

procedures for the program. For more information, 
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please email mentor@hro.nrl.navy.mil or call (202) 

767-8324.

Employees interested in developing effective 

self-expression, listening, thinking, and leadership 

potential are invited to join the NRL Forum Toastmasters Club, a chapter of Toastmasters International. Members of this club possess diverse career 

backgrounds and talents and learn to communicate 

not by rules but by practice in an atmosphere of 

understanding and helpful fellowship. NRL’s Commanding Officer and Director of Research endorse 

Toastmasters. Call (202) 404-4670.

The Department of the Navy Civilian 

Employee Assistance Program (DONCEAP)

provides confidential assessment, referral, and shortterm counseling for employees (or their eligible 

family members) to help resolve personal concerns 

that otherwise might adversely affect job performance, such as challenging relationships (at work or 

home); dealing with stress, anxiety, or depression; 

grief and loss; or substance abuse. The DONCEAP 

also provides work/life referral services, such as 

“live” or on-demand webinars; discussion groups; 

and advice on parenting, wellness, financial and legal 

issues, education, and much more. Call (844) 366-

2327, or visit http://donceap.foh.hhs.gov.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

(EEO) PROGRAMS

NRL provides equal employment opportunity 

(EEO) for all employees regardless of race, color, 

national origin, sex, religion, age, physical or mental 

disability, or genetic information. The NRL EEO 

Office is a service organization responsible for 

counseling employees to resolve employee/management conflicts, processing formal discrimination 

complaints and requests for reasonable accommodation, providing EEO training, and managing NRL’s 

MD-715 and affirmative employment recruitment 

programs. The NRL EEO Office is also responsible for sponsoring special-emphasis programs to 

promote awareness and increase sensitivity and 

appreciation of the issues or the history relating to 

females, individuals with disabilities, and minorities. 

Contact the NRL Deputy EEO Officer at (202) 767-

8390 for additional information on programs and 

services.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

NRL’s Community Outreach Program emphasizes STEM education. Managed by the Public 

Affairs Section of the Strategic Communication 

Office, the program is designed to inspire, engage, 

educate, and employ the next generation of scientists and educators. The robust program originated 

in response to our nation placing a high priority on 

STEM education and workforce development.

The NRL Community Outreach Program 

continues to grow many STEM initiatives aimed 

at K–12 and its primary audience of undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. At the 

K–12 level, the program partners with researchers 

to create STEM-inspired presentations that fit 

education lesson plans for hands-on activities. 

The program also reaches out to students in institutions of higher learning who are considering 

STEM careers, and fosters collaboration between 

colleges and universities and NRL researchers. 

Lecture series, STEM demonstrations, Q&As, digital 

engagements, and STEM competitions focused on 

the needs of the Navy are primary program drivers.

NRL volunteer mentors actively engage in 

judging science fairs, guiding science projects, 

and employing interns, and vigorously support 

STEM competitions. At the end of each year, an 

annual holiday party is held for DC-neighborhood 

schoolchildren. Through the Community Outreach 

Program, NRL has built active partnerships with 

several District of Columbia public schools. To find 

out how you can get involved, contact the STEM 

Outreach Coordinator at (202) 767-2541.

Other programs that enhance the development 

of NRL employees include sports groups and the 

Amateur Radio Club. The NRL Fitness Center

at NRL-DC, managed by Naval Support Activity Washington Morale, Welfare and Recreation 

(NSAW-MWR), houses a fitness room with treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, step mills, and a full strength 

circuit; a gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, and 

other activities; and full locker rooms. The Fitness 

Center is free to NRL employees and contractors. 

NRL employees are also eligible to participate in all 

NSAW-MWR activities on Joint Base Anacostia–

Bolling and Washington Navy Yard, less than five 

miles down the road from the NRL D.C. campus.
2018 NRL FACT BOOK 121

Programs for Non-NRL Employees

Several programs have been established for 

non-NRL professionals. These programs encourage 

and support the participation of visiting scientists and 

engineers in research of interest to the Laboratory. 

Some of the programs may serve as stepping-stones 

to Federal careers in science and technology. Their 

two-fold objective is to enhance the quality of the 

Laboratory’s research activities through working 

associations and interchanges with highly capable 

scientists and engineers and provide opportunities for 

outside scientists and engineers to work in the Navy 

laboratory environment. Along with enhancing the 

Laboratory’s research, these programs acquaint participants with Navy capabilities and concerns, and may 

provide a path to full-time employment at NRL.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH

ASSOCIATESHIPS

Every year, NRL hosts several postdoctoral 

research associates through the National Research 

Council (NRC) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) postdoctoral associateship and fellowship programs. These competitive 

positions provide postdoctoral scientists and 

engineers with the opportunity to pursue research 

at NRL in collaboration with NRL scientists and 

engineers. Research associates are guest investigators, not employees of NRL.

NRL/NRC Cooperative Research Associateship Program: The National Research Council 

conducts a national competition to recommend 

and make awards to outstanding scientists and 

engineers at recent postdoctoral levels for tenure as 

guest researchers at participating laboratories. The 

objectives of the NRC program are (1) to provide 

postdoctoral scientists and engineers of unusual 

promise and ability opportunities for research 

on problems, largely of their own choice, that are 

compatible with the interests of the sponsoring 

laboratories and (2) to contribute thereby to the 

overall efforts of the Federal laboratories. The 

program provides an opportunity for concentrated 

research in association with selected members of 

the permanent professional laboratory staff, often 

as a climax to formal career preparation.

NRL/NRC Postdoctoral Associateships are 

awarded to individuals who have held a doctorate 

less than five years at the time of application. The 

awards are made initially for one year, renewable 

for a second and possible third year. Information 

and applications may be found at http://www.

national-academies.org/rap. To contact NRL’s 

program coordinator, call (202) 767-8323 or email 

nrc@hro.nrl.navy.mil.

NRL/ASEE Postdoctoral Fellowship 

Program: The ASEE program is designed to 

significantly increase the involvement of creative 

and highly trained scientists and engineers from 

academia and industry in scientific and technical 

areas of interest and relevance to the Navy. Fellowship awards are based upon the technical quality 

and relevance of the proposed research, recommendations by the Navy laboratory, academic 

qualifications, reference reports, and availability of 

funds.

NRL/ASEE Fellowship awards are made to 

individuals who have held a doctorate for less than 

five years at the time of application. The awards are 

made for one year, renewable for a second and possible third year. Information and applications may 

be found at http://www.asee.org/nrl/. To contact 

NRL’s program coordinator, call (202) 767-8323 or 

email asee@hro.nrl.navy.mil.

FACULTY MEMBER PROGRAMS

The Office of Naval Research Summer 

Faculty Research and Sabbatical Leave Program

provides opportunities for university faculty 

members to work for 10 weeks (or longer, for those 

eligible for sabbatical leave) with professional peers 

in participating Navy laboratories on research of 

mutual interest. Applicants must hold a teaching 

or research position at a U.S. college or university. 

Contact NRL’s program coordinator at sfrp@hro.

nrl.navy.mil.

The NRL/United States Naval Academy 

Cooperative Program for Scientific Interchange

allows faculty members of the U.S. Naval Academy 

(USNA) to participate in NRL research. This collaboration benefits the Academy by providing the 

opportunity for USNA faculty members to work 
122 2018 NRL FACT BOOK

on research of a more practical or applied nature. 

In turn, NRL’s research program is strengthened by 

the available scientific and engineering expertise of 

the USNA faculty. Contact NRL’s program coordinator at usna@hro.nrl.navy.mil.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Faculty Member Appointments use the special skills and abilities of faculty members for short 

periods to fill positions of a scientific, engineering, 

professional, or analytical nature at NRL.

Consultants and experts are employed because 

they are outstanding in their fields of specialization or because they possess ability of a rare nature 

and could not normally be employed as regular civil 

servants.

Intergovernmental Personnel Act Appointments temporarily assign personnel from state or 

local governments or educational institutions to the 

Federal government (or vice versa) to improve public services rendered by all levels of government.

STUDENT PROGRAMS

The student programs are tailored to high school, 

undergraduate, and graduate students to provide 

employment opportunities and work experience in 

naval research.

The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program 

(NREIP) is a 10-week summer research opportunity 

for undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 

and graduate students. The Office of Naval Research 

(ONR) offers summer appointments at Navy laboratories to current college sophomores, juniors, seniors, 

and graduate students from participating schools. 

Application is online at www.asee.org/nreip through 

the American Society for Engineering Education. 

Electronic applications are sent for evaluation to the 

point of contact at the Navy laboratory identified by 

the applicant. Contact NRL’s program coordinator at 

nreip@nrl.navy.mil.

The National Defense Science and Engineering 

Graduate Fellowship Program helps U.S. citizens 

obtain advanced training in disciplines of science and 

engineering critical to the U.S. Navy. The three-year 

program awards fellowships to recent outstanding 

graduates to support their study and research leading to doctoral degrees in specified disciplines such as 

electrical engineering, computer sciences, material sciences, applied physics, and ocean engineering. Award 

recipients are encouraged to continue their study and 

research in a Navy laboratory during the summer. 

Contact NRL’s program coordinator at (202) 404-7450 

or ndseg@hro.nrl.navy.mil.

The Pathways Intern Program (formerly STEP 

and SCEP) provides students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions, from high school to 

graduate level, with opportunities to work at NRL 

and explore Federal careers while still in school and 

while getting paid for the work performed. Students 

can work full-time or part-time on a temporary or 

non-temporary appointment. Students must be continuously enrolled on at least a half-time basis at a 

qualifying educational institution and be at least 16 

years of age. The primary focus of our Non-temporary

intern appointment is to attract students enrolled in 

undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, 

computer science, or the physical sciences. Students on 

non-temporary appointments are eligible to remain on 

their appointment until graduation and may be noncompetitively converted to a permanent appointment 

within 120 days after completion of degree requirements. Conversion is not guaranteed. Conversion is 

dependent on work performance, completion of at 

least 640 hours of work under the intern appointment 

before completion of degree requirements, and meeting the qualifications for the position. The Temporary

intern appointment is initially a one-year appointment. This program enables students to earn a salary 

while continuing their studies and offers them valuable work experience. NRL’s Pathways Intern Program 

opportunities are announced on USAJOBS four times 

per year. Visit USAJOBS at https://www.usajobs.gov/ 

to create an account, search for jobs, set up an email 

notification alert of when positions of interest are 

posted (see “Saved Searches”), and apply for our intern 

opportunities when they are posted. For additional 

information on NRL’s Intern Program, visit http://

hroffice.nrl.navy.mil/student/student_only.asp or call 

(202) 767-8313.

The STEM Student Employment Program 

(SSEP) provides paid employment opportunities for 

undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students enrolled in scientific, technical, engineering, 

or mathematics majors. Appointments are made to 

Science and Engineering Professional (NP) or Science and Engineering Technical (NR) career track 

positions in the competitive service. Appointments 
2018 NRL FACT BOOK 123

can be temporary (NTE 1 year), term (no more 

than 4 years), or flexible length appointments that 

expire 120 days after completion of the academic 

course of study. Upon completion of the degree 

program, SSEP participants may be noncompetitively converted to permanent NP career track 

positions, provided the OPM science and engineering qualification requirements are met and the 

candidate is otherwise eligible. Applicants for NP 

career track positions must have at least a 3.0 GPA, 

and applicants for NR career track positions must 

have at least a 2.5 GPA. Applications are accepted 

year-round. For additional information, visit 

https://hroffice.nrl.navy.mil/student/pdf/STEM_

StudentDirectHire.pdf.

The Department of Defense Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) provides 

an opportunity for high school students, who have 

completed at least grade 9 and are at least 15 years of 

age, to serve as junior research associates. Under the 

direction of a mentor, for eight weeks in the summer, 

students gain a better understanding of research — 

its challenges and its opportunities — through participation in scientific, engineering, and mathematics 

programs. Criteria for eligibility are based on science and mathematics courses completed and grades 

achieved; scientific motivation, curiosity, and the 

capacity for sustained hard work; a desire for a technical career; teacher recommendations; and exceptional test scores. The NRL program is the largest in 

the Department of Defense. For detailed information, 

visit https://seap.asee.org/, email seap@hro.nrl.navy.

mil, or call (202) 767-8324.

The Summer Research Program for Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or 

Minority Institution (MI) is a 10-week summer 

internship program that provides opportunities for 

undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research under the guidance of a mentor 

at NRL. Preference is given to students planning 

careers in science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Applicants must 

be U.S. citizens or have permanent residency and 

be enrolled at an HBCU, MI, or Tribal College or 

University. Participating students receive a stipend. 

Information and application materials are available 

online at the TWCIAS-NRL HBCU Information 

Page. Online applications can be found at http://

nrl.e.twc.edu/.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Student Volunteer Program helps students gain valuable experience by allowing them 

to voluntarily perform educationally related work 

at NRL. It provides exposure to the work environment and also provides an opportunity for students to make realistic decisions regarding their 

future careers. Applications are accepted yearround. For additional information, visit http://

hroffice.nrl.navy.mil/student/student_only.asp or 

call (202) 767-8313.
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

4555 Overlook Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20375-5320

(202) 767-3200 – DSN 297-3200

CRYSTAL

CITY

WASHINGTON

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Directions TO NRL 

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1 Follow Route 1 South for approximately 3 miles to the Beltway 

I-95/I-495.

2 Exit right to the Beltway. This 

exit curves to the right and then 

divides. Take the left fork to I-95 

(Baltimore). Stay in local lanes.

3 Stay in the right lane on the 

Woodrow Wilson Bridge. After 

crossing the Woodrow Wilson 

Bridge, take the first exit (I-295). 

This exit divides. Take the left 

fork to I-295 North.

4 NRL is the first exit off of I-295 

(approximately 2 miles) after 

crossing the Woodrow Wilson 

Bridge.

5 Make a right at the traffic light in 

front of the main gate (Overlook 

Avenue). Then make an immediate left into the parking lot. The 

Visitor Control Center (Building 

72) is located on the corner in the 

brick building next to the main 

gate.
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Location of Buildings at NRL Washington
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Location of Field Sites in the NRL Washington Area

 Approximate

 Mileage from Cognizant

Location NRL Washington Code

A – Chesapeake Bay Section, Chesapeake Beach, MD 40 3522

B – Tilghman Island, MD 110 3522

C – Patuxent River (MD) Naval Air Station 64 1600

D – Pomonkey, MD 20 8124

E – Midway Research Center, Quantico, VA 38 8140

F – Blossom Point, MD 40 8140

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Chesapeake Bay Section (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland)

CHESAPEAKE

BAY

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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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Access Routes to

Chesapeake Bay Section

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Chesapeake Bay Section

5813 Bayside Road

Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732

(301) 257-4002
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Location of Buildings at the Chesapeake Bay Section

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Building No.

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John C. Stennis Space Center

(Stennis Space Center, Mississippi)

NORTH

BUFFER ZONE

FEE AREA

NEW ORLEANS

PICAYUNE

Highway 90

Lake Pontchartrain

Lake

Borgne

Mississippi Sound

Louisiana Mississippi

Gulfport

Long Beach

Pass Christian

Bay St. Louis

Waveland

Biloxi

Gulf of Mexico

Bay of St. Louis

Stennis

Field

NEW ORLEANS

INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT

Slidell

NOTE: Use Interstate 610 to by-pass

downtown New Orleans district.

Mississippi R evi r

NRL-SSC

10

10

10

12

59

610

Highway 90

Pearl River

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

John C. Stennis Space Center

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5004

(228) 688-3390
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Monterey

(Monterey, California)

Del Vina Avenue

Airport Road

Canyon Del Rey Boulevard

Airport Road

Ramona Avenue

Casanova Avenue

 

 Casanova Avenue

Ramona Avenue

Fairground Road

Garden Road

Garden Road

Monterey Peninsula

Airport

NORTH

MAIN

GATE

Monterey - Salinas Highway

U.S. Navy Golf Course

Casa

Verde

Way

Airport

Terminal Building

Monterey County 

Fairground

Sylvan Road

Del Monte

Golf Course

Del Monte Avenue

Del

Monte

Lake

West Road

MiddleRoad

South Road

East Road

Lake Drive

Garden Drive

Lake Driv e

Palo Verde Avenue

Garden Ave.

Monterey

Seaside

U.S. Naval

Postgraduate

School

Mark Thomas Drive

Old Golf Course Road

Josselyn Canyon Road

1

North Fremont Street

North Fremont Street

Olmstead Road

NRL-MRY

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Marine Meteorology Division

7 Grace Hopper Avenue

Monterey, CA 93943-5502

(831) 656-4721
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Key Personnel

DSN: NRL Washington 297- or 754-; NRL/SSC 828-; NRL/Monterey 878-;

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Code Telephone

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE

1000 Commanding Officer (202) 767-3403

1000.1 Inspector General (202) 404-3309

1000.2 Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity Officer (202) 767-8390

1001 Director of Research (202) 767-3301

1001.1 Executive Assistant to the Director of Research (202) 767-2445

1001.2 Head, Strategic Workforce Planning (202) 767-3421 

1001.3 Executive Assistant for Technology Deployment (202) 767-0851

1002 Executive Officer (202) 767-3621

1004 Head, Office of Technology Transfer (202) 767-3083

1006 Head, Office of Program Administration and Policy Development (202) 767-1312

1008 Head, Office of Counsel (202) 767-2244

1030 Head, Strategic Communications Office (202) 404-3322

1100 Director, Institute for Nanoscience (202) 767-1803

1200 Head, Mission Support Division/STILO (202) 404-1004

1220 Head, Information Assurance and Communications Security (202) 767-0213

1250 Head, Safety Branch (202) 767-2232

1400 Head, Military Support Division (202) 767-2273

1600 Commanding Officer, Scientific Development Squadron One (VXS-1)

 (PAX River NAS) (301) 342-3751

1700 Director, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (202) 767-0792

1800 Director, Human Resources Office (202) 767-3792

1900 Head, Office of the Command Information Officer (202) 767-9225

3005 Deputy for Small Business (202) 767-0666

 BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE

3000 Associate Director of Research for Business Operations (202) 767-2371

3005 Deputy for Small Business (202) 767-0666

3030 Head, Management Information Systems Office (202) 404-3659

3200 Head, Contracting Division (202) 767-5227

3300 Head, Financial Management Division (202) 767-3405

3400 Head, Supply and Administration Services Division (202) 767-3446

3500 Director, Research and Development Services Division (202) 404-4054

SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

5000 Associate Director of Research for Systems (202) 767-3525

5300 Superintendent, Radar Division (202) 404-2700

5500 Superintendent, Information Technology Division/NRL Command

 Information Officer (202) 767-2903

5600 Superintendent, Optical Sciences Division (202) 767-3171

5700 Superintendent, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division (202) 767-6278

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

6000 Associate Director of Research for Materials Science 

 and Component Technology (202) 767-3566

6040 Director, Laboratories for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics (202) 767-3055

6100 Superintendent, Chemistry Division (202) 767-3026

6300 Superintendent, Materials Science and Technology Division (202) 767-2926

6700 Superintendent, Plasma Physics Division (202) 767-2723

6800 Superintendent, Electronics Science and Technology Division (202) 767-3693

6900 Director, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (202) 404-6000
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Code Telephone

OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

7000 Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric

 Science and Technology (202) 404-8690

7030 Head, Office of Research Support Services (228) 688-4010

7100 Superintendent, Acoustics Division (202) 767-3482

7200 Superintendent, Remote Sensing Division (202) 767-3391

7300 Superintendent, Oceanography Division (228) 688-4670

7400 Superintendent, Marine Geosciences Division (228) 688-4650

7500 Superintendent, Marine Meteorology Division (831) 656-4721

7600 Superintendent, Space Science Division (202) 767-6343

NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY

8000 Director, Naval Center for Space Technology (202) 767-6547

8100 Superintendent, Space Systems Development Department (202) 767-4593

8200 Superintendent, Spacecraft Engineering Department (202) 404-3727
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 NRL VXS-1

NRL-DC NRL-SSC NRL-MRY NRL CBD Patuxent River

Hotline (202) 767-6543 (202) 767-6543 (202) 767-6543 (202) 767-6543 (202) 767-6543

Personnel Locator (202) 767-3200 (228) 688-3390 (831) 656-4763 (410) 257-4000 (301) 342-3751

DSN 297- or 754- 828 878 — 342

Direct-in-Dialing 767- or 404- 688 656 257 342

SCO (202) 767-2541 (228) 688-5328 (202) 767-2541 — (202) 767-2541

Additional telephone numbers are listed on pages 133 and 134.

Quick Reference Telephone Numbers
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